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1. Did you mean recursion? (google.com)
290 points by _pius on July 23, 2009 | 50 comments
2. Joel Spolsky: The Day My Industry Died (inc.com)
175 points by twampss on July 23, 2009 | 63 comments
3. How A Pretty Face Can Push Visitors Away (grokdotcom.com)
116 points by bensummers on July 23, 2009 | 18 comments
4. Why a woman's attractiveness acts as a repellent, explained using probability. (maths.org)
104 points by amichail on July 23, 2009 | 95 comments
5. On "magic", once again (from James Bennet, Django dev) (b-list.org)
83 points by jerf on July 23, 2009 | 14 comments
6. Lisp outside the Box (O'Reilly book) (lisp-book.org)
83 points by RK on July 23, 2009 | 34 comments
7. Very Cool 3D Sketching Program (rhondaforever.com)
76 points by Davertron on July 23, 2009 | 10 comments
8. Jeff Bezos apologizes for 1984-Kindle debacle (amazon.com)
77 points by blazamos on July 23, 2009 | 43 comments
9. Etherpad gets a makeover and becomes even more of a threat to Google Docs (techcrunch.com)
67 points by mrduncan on July 23, 2009 | 24 comments
10. Bill Gates: My 1979 Memories (gizmodo.com)
67 points by mgcreed on July 23, 2009 | 7 comments
11. What is a functional programming language? (enfranchisedmind.com)
66 points by e1ven on July 23, 2009 | 33 comments
12. Segway inventor on future technology – and why videogames aren't it (guardian.co.uk)
61 points by emontero1 on July 23, 2009 | 24 comments
13. Nicholas Negroponte's sweet nonsense omelet (radian.org)
57 points by blasdel on July 23, 2009 | 11 comments
14. Gmail auto-unsubscribe simplifies your life (itworld.com)
54 points by abennett on July 23, 2009 | 28 comments
15. How to Make Phone Calls from the Command Line (twilio.com)
54 points by dmor on July 23, 2009 | 10 comments
16. Something's pretty broken with Firebug... (addons.mozilla.org)
52 points by geuis on July 23, 2009 | 59 comments
17. Apple Claims 91% of $1,000+ PC Market Revenue in June (macrumors.com)
46 points by intregus on July 23, 2009 | 61 comments
18. Zappos CEO Wanted To Stay Independent, Sequoia Wanted Liquidity (pehub.com)
43 points by trs90 on July 23, 2009 | 14 comments
19. Hate Driven Development (rc3.org)
41 points by ionfish on July 23, 2009 | 6 comments
20. Five Features from Mercurial That Would Make Git Suck Less (nubyonrails.com)
37 points by ionfish on July 23, 2009 | 14 comments
21. Indian moon mission eclipsed by Apollo 11 anniversary (telegraph.co.uk)
36 points by medianama on July 23, 2009 | 3 comments
22. Zappos Deal Shows VCs Hate Entrepreneurs (manyniches.com)
36 points by BrandonWatson on July 23, 2009 | 27 comments
23. A timely Times correction from 1969 (regrettheerror.com)
34 points by iamelgringo on July 23, 2009 | 2 comments
24. Startup CTO mistakes I'd rather not repeat... (carlschmidt.ca)
30 points by mgenzel on July 23, 2009 | 13 comments
25. Low Bar, High Ceiling - The Posterous Philosophy (sexywidget.com)
30 points by lawrence on July 23, 2009 | 8 comments
26. Open-Source Tools for Working With Video and Audio (nytimes.com)
28 points by newacc on July 23, 2009 | 14 comments
27. Intel X25-M G2: Dissected and Performance Preview (anandtech.com)
27 points by profquail on July 23, 2009 | 3 comments
28. Mac Versus PC Debate Has Never Been Clearer (techcrunch.com)
28 points by ExJournalist on July 23, 2009 | 63 comments
29. Extremely simple productivity tool I wrote (twogoals.com)
26 points by zacman85 on July 23, 2009 | 15 comments
30. Rich Harvard, Poor Harvard (vanityfair.com)
24 points by navanit on July 23, 2009 | 2 comments

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