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1. Forget Starbucks, work at the library instead (davecaolo.com)
160 points by henning on Aug 12, 2009 | 113 comments
2. Is US Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra a Phony? (dvorak.org)
157 points by chanux on Aug 12, 2009 | 89 comments
3. Be a roaming hacker this fall: JetBlue offers all-you-can-fly pass for $599 (jetblue.com)
146 points by rufo on Aug 12, 2009 | 79 comments
4. Verified: Kundra Did Receive an M.S. in Information Systems Management (nextgov.com)
109 points by luigi on Aug 12, 2009 | 69 comments
5. Getting up earlier by not eating late: anecdotal bodyhacking (trendpreneur.com)
104 points by jlees on Aug 12, 2009 | 37 comments
6. Rate my startup: PagerDuty.com
83 points by alexsolo on Aug 12, 2009 | 80 comments
7. White House calls Dvorak's report "a lie" (gigaom.com)
76 points by jgrahamc on Aug 12, 2009 | 29 comments
8. Women Prefer Poaching (overcomingbias.com)
67 points by rams on Aug 12, 2009 | 39 comments
9. GFS: Evolution on Fast-forward (acm.org)
65 points by joeshaw on Aug 12, 2009 | 12 comments
10. Judge: Microsoft can't sell Word anymore (seattlepi.com)
63 points by aj on Aug 12, 2009 | 66 comments
11. Managing UI Complexity (brandonwalkin.com)
63 points by callahad on Aug 12, 2009 | 7 comments
12. Palm Pre Privacy Invasion (kitenet.net)
62 points by jawngee on Aug 12, 2009 | 25 comments
13. The shy connector: How to get strangers to talk to you (sachachua.com)
57 points by dhotson on Aug 12, 2009 | 30 comments
14. Google Website Optimizer Case Study: Daily Burn, 20%+ Improvement (fourhourworkweek.com)
51 points by divia on Aug 12, 2009 | 22 comments
15. Cheapest MBA Program for CS Students Costs $99: It's Called the App Store (fairsoftware.net)
52 points by alain94040 on Aug 12, 2009 | 43 comments
16. Microsoft to ditch support for IE6 in Office Web Apps (msdn.com)
47 points by trezor on Aug 12, 2009 | 20 comments
17. RethinkDB performance data (rethinkdb.com)
44 points by coffeemug on Aug 12, 2009 | 29 comments
18. Five Netbooks Microsoft Has Crushed (networkworld.com)
42 points by tc on Aug 12, 2009 | 30 comments
19. Rate HN: Our site - Looklookbuy
39 points by kyro on Aug 12, 2009 | 44 comments
20. Ask HN: My site's popular. How would YOU monetise it? (favstar.fm)
39 points by TimH on Aug 12, 2009 | 47 comments
21. Someday, A Tiny Subway Will Deliver Your Groceries (wired.com)
38 points by edw519 on Aug 12, 2009 | 43 comments
22. Coding Horror: Are You a Digital Sharecropper? (codinghorror.com)
38 points by blazzerbg on Aug 12, 2009 | 31 comments
23. The Netflix Zen Master (joedoliner.com)
37 points by jdoliner on Aug 12, 2009 | 29 comments
24. Basic income (wikipedia.org)
37 points by parenthesis on Aug 12, 2009 | 56 comments
25. If you hate all of the unoriginal design blogs, this post is for you (briancray.com)
37 points by briancray on Aug 12, 2009 | 21 comments
26. Justin.tv Signs Deal With Fox, Gets Serious About Copyright Problems (businessinsider.com)
35 points by NathanielMc1 on Aug 12, 2009 | 19 comments
27. Y Combinator / Seed Accelerator Dissertation Survey (spreadsheets.google.com)
31 points by jedc on Aug 12, 2009 | 8 comments
28. How Verbal Self-Defense Works (howstuffworks.com)
31 points by screwperman on Aug 12, 2009 | 6 comments
29. What Facebook Lite Actually Is. Hint: It’s Not Twitter Or FriendFeed. (techcrunch.com)
31 points by blazamos on Aug 12, 2009 | 9 comments
30. Taking more math in school will raise your income (economist.com)
31 points by cwan on Aug 12, 2009 | 29 comments

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