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1. Tools we use for running our startup (balsamiq.com)
198 points by BvS on Oct 30, 2009 | 31 comments
2. Why is e^(pi i) = -1? (toronto.edu)
114 points by ulvund on Oct 30, 2009 | 47 comments
3. Logo Design from Start to Finish (layersmagazine.com)
92 points by theandym on Oct 30, 2009 | 21 comments
4. Ask HN: How have you dealt with corruption?
91 points by puppetaccount on Oct 30, 2009 | 69 comments
5. The most important question to ask before taking seed money (from VCs) (cdixon.org)
75 points by epi0Bauqu on Oct 30, 2009 | 5 comments
6. Google Wave's 'Fail Whale' (wave.google.com)
70 points by shaddi on Oct 30, 2009 | 39 comments
7. Why every country has a different electrical plug - awesome graphic (gizmodo.com)
68 points by suprgeek on Oct 30, 2009 | 22 comments
8. Equity investing in superstar individuals (not their companies, them) (emergentfool.com)
60 points by rafefurst on Oct 30, 2009 | 47 comments
9. The Case for D (ddj.com)
56 points by signa11 on Oct 30, 2009 | 47 comments
10. Compleat: Programmable bash completion for human beings (limpet.net)
52 points by mbrubeck on Oct 30, 2009 | 7 comments
11. Technology reduces the value of old people (law.harvard.edu)
52 points by soundsop on Oct 30, 2009 | 58 comments
12. Xerox develops breakthrough in printable circuits (venturebeat.com)
48 points by monological on Oct 30, 2009 | 3 comments
13. Traffic Server is finally here (Y's http proxy/cache server) (ogre.com)
43 points by sstrudeau on Oct 30, 2009 | 11 comments
14. The Prime Lexicon: A list of English words that are prime in base 36 (utm.edu)
42 points by nrr on Oct 30, 2009 | 27 comments
15. Google Wave's Phased Beta is Disappointing (fwd2tweet.com)
40 points by amitu on Oct 30, 2009 | 33 comments
16. How To Hold Your Breath Like David Blaine (fourhourworkweek.com)
38 points by rjshade on Oct 30, 2009 | 19 comments
17. Why I'm Leaving Twitter and Returning to Blogging (astartupaday.wordpress.com)
36 points by astartupaday on Oct 30, 2009 | 20 comments
18. Natural Selection 2 - Pre-Sales Completely Changed Our Financial Picture (gamasutra.com)
35 points by 3pt14159 on Oct 30, 2009 | 8 comments
19. Gambit Co-Founder Reveals His Biggest Startp Mistakes (mixergy.com)
33 points by waleedka on Oct 30, 2009 | 5 comments
20. Make Yourself Uncomfortable (hellosorld.com)
32 points by stanleydrew on Oct 30, 2009 | 27 comments
21. Charging from Day 1: Genius or Deathknell? (squeejee.com)
32 points by bradleyjoyce on Oct 30, 2009 | 16 comments
22. Ad man behind '1984,' 'Think Different,' and 'I'm a Mac' stepping down (macworld.com)
31 points by briansykora on Oct 30, 2009 | 18 comments
23. Ask HN: How do you evaluate a web site?
31 points by jmtame on Oct 30, 2009 | 23 comments
24. Scoopler (YC S08) Digs Up Some Funding, New Features (techcrunch.com)
30 points by dilanj on Oct 30, 2009 | 4 comments
25. Ask HN: What's the deal with mailing lists?
29 points by cool-RR on Oct 30, 2009 | 34 comments
26. Heroku vs EngineYard Cloud vs Joyent (eliotsykes.com)
28 points by r11t on Oct 30, 2009 | 10 comments
27. Simplicity is Complicated (avdi.org)
28 points by laktek on Oct 30, 2009 | 10 comments
28. NoSQL East 2009 - Summary of Talks from Day 1 (uggedal.com)
27 points by uggedal on Oct 30, 2009 | 8 comments
29. How to Redis — Part #3 of the paperplanes.de Redis Saga (paperplanes.de)
27 points by janl on Oct 30, 2009 | 3 comments
30. Handling out of memory conditions in C (thegreenplace.net)
25 points by yan on Oct 30, 2009 | 12 comments

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