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31. Motivation behind creating Wikipedia (in.com)
29 points by ananthrk on Aug 7, 2009 | 10 comments
32. Yahoo Chief: ‘We Have Never Been a Search Company’ (nytimes.com)
29 points by newacc on Aug 7, 2009 | 25 comments
33. C# finally gets default parameters (devcurry.com)
28 points by RyanMcGreal on Aug 7, 2009 | 10 comments
34. Bjarne Stroustrup on Concepts and the Future of C++ (devx.com)
27 points by naish on Aug 7, 2009 | 9 comments
35. What Works: The Web Way vs. The Wave Way (dashes.com)
26 points by mshafrir on Aug 7, 2009 | 9 comments
36. “Blink” and the Art of Hiring the Best (assembla.com)
25 points by b-man on Aug 7, 2009 | 11 comments
37. Ask YC: Where/how do YC founders get health insurance?
24 points by daviday on Aug 7, 2009 | 18 comments
38. Opera: Still competing, still growing (Interview with CEO) (npr.org)
23 points by Pistos2 on Aug 7, 2009 | 10 comments
39. Freaky Sleep Paralysis: Being Awake in Your Nightmares (wired.com)
22 points by AjJi on Aug 7, 2009 | 20 comments
40. The fundamentals you need to master in sales: cause & effect (b2brainmaker.com)
21 points by cwan on Aug 7, 2009 | 1 comment
41. On Scala's future (antoniocangiano.com)
20 points by acangiano on Aug 7, 2009 | 15 comments
42. CSS Debug Snippet (snipplr.com)
20 points by frisco on Aug 7, 2009 | 3 comments
43. Aesop's Fable - or fact? Meet the world's cleverest bird (timesonline.co.uk)
19 points by wallflower on Aug 7, 2009 | 3 comments
44. Study finds women directors damage profits (ft.com)
18 points by limist on Aug 7, 2009 | 36 comments
45. RESTful Transactions (jcalcote.wordpress.com)
18 points by fogus on Aug 7, 2009 | 7 comments
46. Tell HN: HeavyMetal for PHP released
18 points by jawngee on Aug 7, 2009 | 7 comments
47. Reuters exec: Please link to us and let us steal AP’s thunder (shortformblog.com)
17 points by shortformblog on Aug 7, 2009 | 7 comments
48. Schmidt's Apple Gig: He Worked for Free (businessweek.com)
17 points by zhyder on Aug 7, 2009 | 4 comments
49. A New DB for 80% of Facebook, YouTube-scale Sites (roadtofailure.com)
16 points by gsteph22 on Aug 7, 2009 | 13 comments
50. Could Grad School Be Fixed? (false-epiphany.com)
17 points by asimjalis on Aug 7, 2009 | 13 comments
51. IPhone 3D Texture Mapped City: Paris [video] (digitalurban.blogspot.com)
14 points by kirubakaran on Aug 7, 2009 | 4 comments
52. New open office UI prototype (sun.com)
14 points by kasunh on Aug 7, 2009 | 13 comments
53. Portland Incubator Experiment (siliconflorist.com)
12 points by domodomo on Aug 7, 2009 | 4 comments
54. Patterns in the Group Mind (informationisbeautiful.net)
10 points by Anon84 on Aug 7, 2009 | 2 comments
55. Cost of living adjusted, NYC poorest city in America? (city-journal.org)
13 points by cwan on Aug 7, 2009 | 11 comments
56. Unofficial Poll: Would you pay a $5 lifetime membership fee to Hacker News?
9 points by thorax on Aug 7, 2009 | 25 comments
57. In five years all browsers will block Internet advertisements by default. (windowsitpro.com)
9 points by vaksel on Aug 7, 2009 | 23 comments
58. Deutsche Bank: ‘Underwater’ Mortgages to Hit 48% (bloomberg.com)
10 points by cwan on Aug 7, 2009 | 1 comment
59. Iowa 911 Call Center Nation First To Accept Emergency Txts (ohgizmo.com)
9 points by cwan on Aug 7, 2009 | 4 comments
60. How do I learn Ruby & Rails? (rubyonrails.org)
8 points by mattjaynes on Aug 7, 2009 | 5 comments

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