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1. Squareup (squareup.com)
278 points by tiffani on Dec 1, 2009 | 155 comments
2. Highcharts: JavaScript Charts that don't suck (highcharts.com)
198 points by nym on Dec 1, 2009 | 59 comments
3. Of Geeks and Girls (ucsc.edu)
136 points by araneae on Dec 1, 2009 | 167 comments
4. CommonJS effort sets JavaScript on path for world domination (arstechnica.com)
126 points by baxter on Dec 1, 2009 | 35 comments
5. Interview with Donald Knuth (simple-talk.com)
102 points by mqt on Dec 1, 2009 | 33 comments
6. Craigslist blocks Yahoo Pipes (romy.posterous.com)
93 points by slay2k on Dec 1, 2009 | 84 comments
7. Mario Couldn't Jump At First (wii.com)
92 points by bdr on Dec 1, 2009 | 33 comments
8. Hand-cranked penny-dispenser allows anyone to work for minimum wage (blakefallconroy.com)
88 points by Flemlord on Dec 1, 2009 | 38 comments
9. I've implemented a new HTTP/1.1 request and response parser by hand (four.livejournal.com)
79 points by fogus on Dec 1, 2009 | 41 comments
10. Job Satisfaction (dilbert.com)
76 points by gaika on Dec 1, 2009 | 20 comments
11. How's My Code? A simple, lightweight code review tool for distributed teams. (howsmycode.com)
68 points by bensummers on Dec 1, 2009 | 27 comments
12. Microsoft finally urging users to upgrade from IE6 (cnet.com)
62 points by suprgeek on Dec 1, 2009 | 25 comments
13. Ask HN: Review My (Common Lisp backed) Startup (postabon.com)
59 points by smanek on Dec 1, 2009 | 59 comments
14. Idiomatic Clojure (tbray.org)
54 points by fogus on Dec 1, 2009
15. Harvard study: Computers don't save hospitals money (computerworld.com)
51 points by edw519 on Dec 1, 2009 | 46 comments
16. LED Bulbs Save Substantial Energy (nytimes.com)
51 points by raju on Dec 1, 2009 | 47 comments
17. How we increased ecommerce sales 100x (boagworld.com)
47 points by pchristensen on Dec 1, 2009 | 8 comments
18. Yahoo, Verizon: Spy Capabilities Would ‘Shock’, ‘Confuse’ Consumers (wired.com)
45 points by phsr on Dec 1, 2009 | 14 comments
19. The Physics of Building a Black Hole Powered Starship [pdf] (arxiv.org)
44 points by awwx on Dec 1, 2009 | 25 comments
20. Walter Bright: Assembler to C (dobbscodetalk.com)
44 points by fogus on Dec 1, 2009 | 3 comments
21. Serious localhost vulnerability found in FreeBSD (freebsd.org)
42 points by tptacek on Dec 1, 2009 | 21 comments
22. Less is Better: Interview with DHH (uxmagazine.com)
41 points by bpung on Dec 1, 2009 | 5 comments
23. Plancast Is Foursquare... For The Future (techcrunch.com)
42 points by hwork on Dec 1, 2009 | 31 comments
24. Books you shouldn't read when starting out as a programmer (travisswicegood.com)
40 points by tswicegood on Dec 1, 2009 | 16 comments
25. HeyZap (YC W09) Launches "Xbox Live for Flash Games" (techcrunch.com)
38 points by dwynings on Dec 1, 2009 | 25 comments
26. Jeff Vogel Indie Game Developer releases new RPG (Mac Only For the Moment) (jeff-vogel.blogspot.com)
39 points by samh on Dec 1, 2009 | 4 comments
27. The Climate Science Isn't Settled (wsj.com)
38 points by DanielBMarkham on Dec 1, 2009 | 48 comments
28. How the Digital Economy bill is trying to kill open Wi-Fi networks (guardian.co.uk)
37 points by envitar on Dec 1, 2009 | 3 comments
29. Google waving goodbye to Gears, hello to HTML5 (latimes.com)
36 points by Flemlord on Dec 1, 2009 | 7 comments
30. Introduction to Bayesian Networks (ubc.ca)
34 points by martian on Dec 1, 2009 | 1 comment

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