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1. IE9 team responds to Reddit questions: reddit tl;dr version (reddit.com)
267 points by dochtman on Sept 29, 2010 | 196 comments
2. A clever way to fight IE6 (igorpartola.com)
260 points by IgorPartola on Sept 29, 2010 | 109 comments
3. Zed finishes Learn Python The Hard Way (sheddingbikes.com)
206 points by RyanMcGreal on Sept 29, 2010 | 111 comments
4. Maryland Judge finds that it is legal to record police in public (hellforleathermagazine.com)
176 points by MartinCron on Sept 29, 2010 | 45 comments
5. Why you should learn at least a little bit of Awk (gregable.com)
162 points by gregable on Sept 29, 2010 | 62 comments
6. Linux Kernel Tuning for C500k (urbanairship.com)
158 points by superjared on Sept 29, 2010 | 25 comments
7. Mathematics for computer science (Fall 2010, MIT) (csail.mit.edu)
145 points by signa11 on Sept 29, 2010 | 13 comments
8. Why Germans have higher productivity and longer vacations (openforum.com)
144 points by y2002 on Sept 29, 2010 | 129 comments
9. Rumpetroll - a new Websockets/HTML5/CSS3/JS experiment (rumpetroll.com)
142 points by hugoahlberg on Sept 29, 2010 | 56 comments
10. Mysql "Swap Insanity" (jcole.us)
141 points by xal on Sept 29, 2010 | 26 comments
11. Bitbucket Joins Atlassian (blog.bitbucket.org)
136 points by DVassallo on Sept 29, 2010 | 82 comments
12. Working computer made out of Minecraft blocks (boingboing.net)
119 points by chanux on Sept 29, 2010 | 60 comments
13. The BlackBerry PlayBook Doesn't Exist (singularityhacker.com)
108 points by BinaryAcid on Sept 29, 2010 | 36 comments
14. Dropbox Startup Lessons Learned (slideshare.net)
108 points by cartab on Sept 29, 2010 | 26 comments
15. How to hit the Hacker News front page (and what it’s worth) (ryanwaggoner.com)
105 points by ryanwaggoner on Sept 29, 2010 | 56 comments
16. Dick is a bad manager (ieatpaste.com)
94 points by ia on Sept 29, 2010 | 66 comments
17. I'll Tell You What is Causing Pain for Almost Everyone in the Western World (chrishugh.blogspot.com)
95 points by twelch on Sept 29, 2010 | 40 comments
18. Node.js memory benchmark confirms V8's GC may not be ready for the server (hns.github.com)
93 points by hannesw on Sept 29, 2010 | 40 comments
19. US scientists find potentially habitable planet near Earth (yahoo.com)
90 points by DanielBMarkham on Sept 29, 2010 | 92 comments
20. Django core: Improving our decision-making and committer process (groups.google.com)
87 points by conesus on Sept 29, 2010 | 14 comments
21. Kevin Rose: Digg Turned Down $80 Million Acquisition Offer (readwriteweb.com)
83 points by thiele on Sept 29, 2010 | 106 comments
22. How to Start a Hedge Fund (vanityfair.com)
80 points by cwan on Sept 29, 2010 | 40 comments
23. Chromium OS ported to iPad (engadget.com)
71 points by jayeshsalvi on Sept 29, 2010 | 27 comments
24. Show HN: Koi - a programming language that teaches language implementation. (thingsaaronmade.com)
70 points by aarongough on Sept 29, 2010 | 12 comments
25. Southwest's acquisition of AirTran: Why they're doing it and why you should care (flightcaster.com)
68 points by jaf12duke on Sept 29, 2010 | 54 comments
26. Review my hackathon MVP - Amazon instant search (shelfluv.com)
61 points by wushupork on Sept 29, 2010 | 49 comments
27. The technical challenges of a successful marketplace (airbnb.com)
63 points by brianchesky on Sept 29, 2010 | 6 comments
28. How We Increased Conversion Actions 218% And Increased Sales 0% (georgesaines.com)
60 points by gsaines on Sept 29, 2010 | 18 comments
29. Unix’s Revenge (asymco.com)
57 points by mbateman on Sept 29, 2010 | 16 comments
30. Freakonomics: How to Avoid a Bad Apartment in New York City (nytimes.com)
54 points by cwan on Sept 29, 2010 | 40 comments

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