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1. Stephen Hawking 'very ill' (cnn.com)
144 points by kf on April 20, 2009 | 57 comments
2. Why it is so hard to stay focused these days—and what to do about it (wsj.com)
67 points by jseliger on April 20, 2009 | 31 comments
3. Underbelly: What haughty startup bloggers don't tell you (asmartbear.com)
64 points by lrm242 on April 20, 2009 | 17 comments
4. The Great Brazilian Sat-Hack Crackdown (wired.com)
59 points by ffernan on April 20, 2009 | 19 comments
5. Twitter and Posterous (mattmaroon.com)
58 points by brlewis on April 20, 2009 | 22 comments
6. Atlassian Confluence $5 for 5 users (atlassian.com)
64 points by Jakob on April 20, 2009 | 13 comments
7. ISP modifying .torrent file contents to add local seed (compsci.ca)
55 points by swombat on April 20, 2009 | 14 comments
8. Peeping into Memcached (evanweaver.com)
52 points by danielrhodes on April 20, 2009
9. The Google Bay (google.com)
49 points by dotcoma on April 20, 2009 | 21 comments
10. Ask HN: How much do you exercise a day/week?
47 points by rockstar9 on April 20, 2009 | 89 comments
11. Link by Link - Creator of Web Cartoon xkcd Writing a Paper Book (nytimes.com)
45 points by twampss on April 20, 2009 | 15 comments
12. Ask HN: A languishing startup with a great product - thoughts?
42 points by jodrellblank on April 20, 2009 | 24 comments
13. New jQuery Plugin - ImageSwitch, amazing effect with simple code (hieu.co.uk)
40 points by hieuuk on April 20, 2009 | 12 comments
14. The Edit Distance Problem (rjlipton.wordpress.com)
39 points by Rod on April 20, 2009 | 13 comments
15. Jackie Chan: China Has A Problem With Its “Suzhi” (paulmidler.com)
38 points by si2 on April 20, 2009 | 32 comments
16. Database giant Oracle has agreed to buy Sun Microsystems (theregister.co.uk)
38 points by gaius on April 20, 2009 | 5 comments
17. Programming newbies make apps for iPhone (sfgate.com)
37 points by gibsonf1 on April 20, 2009 | 28 comments
18. URL Shorteners – the herpes of the web (inquisitr.com)
36 points by nreece on April 20, 2009 | 17 comments
19. Advice from Kleiner Perkins, Hummer Winblad, ... (fourhourworkweek.com)
35 points by mattjung on April 20, 2009 | 3 comments
20. Oracle Agrees to Acquire Sun Microsystems for $7.4B (nytimes.com)
34 points by pierrefar on April 20, 2009 | 10 comments
21. How I Did It: Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos.com (2006) (inc.com)
34 points by byrneseyeview on April 20, 2009 | 12 comments
22. The Unintended Consequences of Startups - Docstoc CEO (jasonnazar.com)
33 points by cera on April 20, 2009 | 19 comments
23. Hacker News meetup in San Francisco (Wed Apr 22nd 6:00pm Revolution Cafe) (yahoo.com)
32 points by abarrera on April 20, 2009 | 8 comments
24. 60 Minutes - Cold Fusion Is Hot Again (cbsnews.com)
31 points by keltecp11 on April 20, 2009 | 31 comments
25. Google Similar Images First Look (techcrunch.com)
29 points by vaksel on April 20, 2009 | 15 comments
26. What if Smalltalk were invented today? (alarmingdevelopment.org)
28 points by BigZaphod on April 20, 2009 | 9 comments
27. H-1B visa use cuts U.S. programmer, software engineer wages by up to 6% (computerworld.com)
28 points by pushcx on April 20, 2009 | 35 comments
28. Facebook's Recruiting and Retention Problem (businessinsider.com)
27 points by daviday on April 20, 2009 | 32 comments
29. He makes $1 million crowdsourcing sources (newsosaur.blogspot.com)
27 points by wallflower on April 20, 2009 | 6 comments
30. Hackers: Intern for the Summer, Get Paid for a Year (jobalchemist.com)
27 points by LukeG on April 20, 2009 | 60 comments

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