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1. Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin (time.com)
89 points by emontero1 on Aug 9, 2009 | 104 comments
2. The challenges of Creating a Civilization Web Game (code.google.com)
81 points by roschdal on Aug 9, 2009 | 74 comments
3. Programming (torvalds-family.blogspot.com)
73 points by prakash on Aug 9, 2009 | 18 comments
4. In which I switch on a 30 year old computer and it just works (jgc.org)
71 points by jgrahamc on Aug 9, 2009 | 28 comments
5. Sketchbooks aren't about being a good artist, they're about being a good thinker (jasonsantamaria.com)
58 points by grinich on Aug 9, 2009 | 18 comments
6. Vitamin D slashes risk of cancers by 77 percent (2007) (creighton.edu)
49 points by MikeCapone on Aug 9, 2009 | 50 comments
7. Droplet: An Arduino-based wireless display (e.g. weather, twitter, news) (rapplogic.blogspot.com)
48 points by profquail on Aug 9, 2009 | 6 comments
8. Ask PG: When should founders start taking a salary?
46 points by prpon on Aug 9, 2009 | 24 comments
9. Poll: YC Startups, do you use Django, Rails, PHP or Other?
45 points by dkokelley on Aug 9, 2009 | 56 comments
10. Jobs vs. Gates: Who's the Star? (2006) (wired.com)
43 points by terpua on Aug 9, 2009 | 17 comments
11. Google Wave's Web of Protocols (diagram and commentary) (cubiclemuses.com)
42 points by jaaron on Aug 9, 2009 | 13 comments
12. So you think you are a Rockstar Coding Ninja? (deannolan.co.uk)
37 points by edw519 on Aug 9, 2009 | 27 comments
13. Which Search Engine Do You Choose In The Blind Test? (techcrunch.com)
34 points by jmonegro on Aug 9, 2009 | 21 comments
14. The poor man’s Bash Tab-completion (paksoy.net)
31 points by mustpax on Aug 9, 2009 | 13 comments
15. Ask HN: "How to make something people want?"
31 points by apsurd on Aug 9, 2009 | 27 comments
16. Is 23,148,855,308,184,500 a magic number, or sheer chance? (stackoverflow.com)
30 points by kirubakaran on Aug 9, 2009 | 3 comments
17. Shipping (circa 1995) (dadhacker.com)
30 points by edw519 on Aug 9, 2009
18. Ask HN: How to reduce sloppy mistakes?
28 points by Everest on Aug 9, 2009 | 39 comments
19. Minimum Viable Product Detailed Case Study (groups.google.com)
28 points by _pius on Aug 9, 2009 | 5 comments
20. The Rasterbator - Create huge, rasterized images from any picture. (homokaasu.org)
27 points by bearwithclaws on Aug 9, 2009 | 23 comments
21. Design notebook suggestions?
25 points by mechanician on Aug 9, 2009 | 27 comments
22. Ask HN: What would you love to work on?
25 points by gaia-forming on Aug 9, 2009 | 33 comments
23. How I Learned To Quit The iPhone & Love Google Voice (techcrunch.com)
25 points by paul9290 on Aug 9, 2009 | 13 comments
24. Clojure: An Atom Feed in Ten Minutes (ethanjfast.com)
25 points by unignorant on Aug 9, 2009 | 1 comment
25. A Run-down of Free Software Project Hosting Sites (complete.org)
24 points by fogus on Aug 9, 2009 | 6 comments
26. What Is The Real Reason Dell Is Discontinuing 12-inch Netbooks? (techcrunch.com)
24 points by vaksel on Aug 9, 2009 | 25 comments
27. Pressure-sensitive keyboard (procrastineering.blogspot.com)
23 points by mark_h on Aug 9, 2009 | 12 comments
28. Visualizing Sorting Algorithms (hatfulofhollow.com)
22 points by unignorant on Aug 9, 2009 | 3 comments
29. Are science fiction/fantasy writers insane? (keepingthedoor.com)
20 points by renai42 on Aug 9, 2009 | 9 comments
30. Some Basic Truths About Broadband (Economics) (gigaom.com)
19 points by amutap on Aug 9, 2009 | 11 comments

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