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1.		The Art and Science of Seductive Interactions (slideshare.net)
		91 points by replicatorblog on April 19, 2009 \| 13 comments
2.		Round manhole covers, or if Feynman applied for a job at Microsoft (sellsbrothers.com)
		69 points by swombat on April 19, 2009 \| 33 comments
3.		Experimenting with the YouTube audio fingerprinting system (rit.edu)
		67 points by BioGeek on April 19, 2009 \| 11 comments
4.		First reprapped circuit (reprap.org)
		64 points by ph0rque on April 19, 2009 \| 8 comments
5.		"Nothing like this will be built again" - A Nuclear Reactor Tour (antipope.org)
		60 points by jseliger on April 19, 2009 \| 20 comments
6.		Hawala: transferring money without actually moving it (wikipedia.org)
		58 points by Rod on April 19, 2009 \| 19 comments
7.		ISPs refuse to shut down Pirate Bay (thelocal.se)
		53 points by vaksel on April 19, 2009 \| 9 comments
8.		The Real Pirate Bay (harvardbusiness.org)
		48 points by peter123 on April 19, 2009 \| 43 comments
9.		Thoughts on the Y Combinator interview process (arvindn.livejournal.com)
		43 points by randomwalker on April 19, 2009 \| 8 comments
10.		NYCSeed's summer program: $10k for 5% for 10 groups (nycseed.com)
		38 points by aditya on April 19, 2009 \| 26 comments
11.		The Long Road from XHTML to HTML (nimbupani.com)
		36 points by deepakjois on April 19, 2009 \| 6 comments
12.		The method still works (37signals.com)
		34 points by peter123 on April 19, 2009 \| 3 comments
13.		Erlang: Efficiency Guide (erlang.org)
		30 points by erlanger on April 19, 2009 \| 7 comments
		wayne on April 19, 2009 \| parent \| context \| on: Why Programmers Suck at CSS Design It's good to know about dupes. If nothing else, if you're interested in the article you can read the HN comments on the other page.
		DavidSJ on April 19, 2009 \| parent \| context \| on: Round manhole covers, or if Feynman applied for a ... That doesn't sound anything like Feynman.
		spitfire on April 19, 2009 \| parent \| context \| on: Ask HN: Things They Don't Teach You In Computer Sc... 1. Girls are just as horny as you are. 2. Those business guys are even dumber than you think they are. (doubly so for the current crop of dotcom guys) 3. What's new is not necessarily better. Do not ignore the lessons (and successes) of the past.
17.		How do kids these days get started in programming? (ensode.net)
		27 points by vaksel on April 19, 2009 \| 41 comments
		mannicken on April 19, 2009 \| parent \| context \| on: ISPs refuse to shut down Pirate Bay Incorrect headline. "ISPs refuse to censor Pirate Bay"
19.		Ask HN: cloud computing options?
		26 points by Tichy on April 19, 2009 \| 27 comments
20.		Ask HN: Open-source project as startup?
		25 points by cool-RR on April 19, 2009 \| 46 comments
21.		PyPy 1.1.0 beta released (morepypy.blogspot.com)
		25 points by ropiku on April 19, 2009 \| 4 comments
22.		Awesome Procedural Terrain Generation (shamusyoung.com)
		25 points by buggy_code on April 19, 2009 \| 10 comments
23.		Ask HN: Things They Don't Teach You In Computer Science
		25 points by wushupork on April 19, 2009 \| 27 comments
24.		The Lean Startup Presentation at Web 2.0 (with audio) (slideshare.net)
		24 points by wave on April 19, 2009 \| 3 comments
25.		Ask HN: Is there an archive, dataset or RSS feed of all HN posts?
		24 points by tm on April 19, 2009 \| 4 comments
		nostrademons on April 19, 2009 \| parent \| context \| on: Ask HN: What upcoming technological development in... E-ink. Sunlight-readable displays that consume no power could open up a whole bunch of new markets. The Kindle is just the beginning - could you imagine replacing road signs with E-ink? They could change to reflect traffic conditions, automatically routing traffic around jams without requiring that drivers glance down at their cell phones. If only they were available in color... If someone ever invents a worthwhile holographic display, that would be huge as well. The limiting factors on most portable electronic devices are the display and keyboard: if you could have a full-sized, immersive 3D display and an accelerometer-based pointer, you could do so much more with your phone.
		_tggb on April 19, 2009 \| parent \| context \| on: Thoughts on the Y Combinator interview process Would also be very unscrupulous to upload such a thing without the folks from YC's consent. However interesting it would be, I would hope that no one would actually do this. Personally, I'd much rather just find out how an interview goes by actually going to an interview.
		dchest on April 19, 2009 \| parent \| context \| on: Ask HN: 6-char Gmail account flooded by "legit" bo... Why your 6-char account on a free email service is so important? Get another account and stop thinking (and asking) about this.
		DenisM on April 19, 2009 \| parent \| context \| on: Ask HN: What upcoming technological development in... Stem-cell grown teeth. Imagine your future dentist visit: a really big dude punches you in the teeth the moment you walk into the dentist office, then you spit out your old teeth and they plant you a new set. In 6 month you have perfect teeth - good for next 10 years of abuse. I can hardly wait.
30.		13 iPhone Apps That Need to be Made -- Add Yours in HN Comments (ryanspoon.com)
		21 points by dell9000 on April 19, 2009 \| 24 comments
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