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31. MIT Press Bookstore: Loading Dock Sale (web.mit.edu)
18 points by dantheman on Oct 17, 2009 | 8 comments
32. ORMs are a thing of the past (codemonkeyism.com)
18 points by alrex021 on Oct 17, 2009 | 22 comments
33. Halloween Hack: programming a "haunted" Jack-O-Lantern (nerdkits.com)
18 points by compumike on Oct 17, 2009 | 4 comments
34. Ask HN: Are there any very long term genetic programming experiments?
17 points by amichail on Oct 17, 2009 | 26 comments
35. 24 years of Windows package design (techradar.com)
17 points by zeynel1 on Oct 17, 2009 | 6 comments
36. The Song Decoders at Pandora (nytimes.com)
16 points by jwt on Oct 17, 2009
37. Kathy Sierra on Feeling Better is Better [video]. (oreilly.com)
15 points by chanux on Oct 17, 2009 | 8 comments
38. The New California Gold Rush (nbclosangeles.com)
14 points by alexandros on Oct 17, 2009 | 5 comments
39. Systems programming in "scripting" languages (tompinckney.com)
14 points by adamsmith on Oct 17, 2009 | 10 comments
40. Databases Should be Dynamically Typed (mongodb.org)
14 points by sharksandwich on Oct 17, 2009 | 30 comments
41. ‘Known Software Bug’ Disrupts Brain-Tumor Zapping (wired.com)
14 points by RK on Oct 17, 2009 | 20 comments
42. IRobot Unveils Morphing Blob Robot (physorg.com)
13 points by karthikm on Oct 17, 2009
43. The Book That Contains All Books (wsj.com)
13 points by grellas on Oct 17, 2009 | 22 comments
44. HTPC – Intel Atom Media Center Inside a CD Player [DIY] (kalingasblog.com)
13 points by chanux on Oct 17, 2009 | 1 comment
45. Introduction to Clojure (cio.com.au)
12 points by jacquesm on Oct 17, 2009 | 20 comments
46. BFS vs. Mainline Scheduler: Discussion (pubbs.net)
12 points by bwag on Oct 17, 2009 | 4 comments
47. Write Yourself a Scheme in 48 Hours (tang.name)
11 points by edw519 on Oct 17, 2009
48. Becoming a Happier Hacker: Actively Strive to Work with Other Hackers (codelord.net)
11 points by abyx on Oct 17, 2009
49. Setting up OS X as a scientific programming environment (washington.edu)
11 points by henning on Oct 17, 2009 | 5 comments
50. The pocket spy: Will your smartphone rat you out? (newscientist.com)
11 points by araneae on Oct 17, 2009 | 5 comments
51. Github has an apps platform (neverlet.be)
11 points by _pius on Oct 17, 2009
52. Distributed Hash Tables and the Postage Stamp Problem (alexmohr.com)
9 points by MaysonL on Oct 17, 2009 | 2 comments
53. What Moves Markets: The Seven Hundred Million Dollar Man (netapp.com)
9 points by slam on Oct 17, 2009 | 2 comments
54. Behold the jot of evidence (badscience.net)
8 points by baha_man on Oct 17, 2009 | 1 comment
55. Gary Burd Exits Facebook Two Months After FriendFeed Acquisition (louisgray.com)
8 points by prakash on Oct 17, 2009
56. Hacked Facebook Apps used IFrames to Force Malicious Software on Users (readwriteweb.com)
7 points by suprgeek on Oct 17, 2009 | 8 comments
57. Ask HN: Guiding Novice Programmers
6 points by mscarborough on Oct 17, 2009 | 4 comments
58. JQuery Browser Rejection (jquery.com)
6 points by jmonegro on Oct 17, 2009 | 10 comments
59. The Perils of Transparency in Government (tnr.com)
6 points by mhb on Oct 17, 2009 | 4 comments
60. How to hire the best people you've ever worked with (pmarca-archive.posterous.com)
5 points by dwynings on Oct 17, 2009

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