| 1. | | Why I am Not a Professor, or The Decline and Fall of the British University (lambdassociates.org) |
| 124 points by edw519 on Aug 2, 2009 | 124 comments |
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| 2. | | How Different Groups Use Their Time (nytimes.com) |
| 108 points by kingkawn on Aug 2, 2009 | 38 comments |
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| 3. | | How Learning a Second Language Changed My Life (chadfowler.com) |
| 107 points by cyunker on Aug 2, 2009 | 79 comments |
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| 4. | | Apple Expects Google Voice App Developers To Pay Refunds Out Of Pocket (gizmodo.com.au) |
| 82 points by vaksel on Aug 2, 2009 | 67 comments |
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| 5. | | Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp (wordoid.com) |
| 71 points by op on Aug 2, 2009 | 49 comments |
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| 6. | | WikiLeaks published secret information about Icelandic meltdown (icelandweatherreport.com) |
| 70 points by edw519 on Aug 2, 2009 | 8 comments |
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| 7. | | The truth about grit (boston.com) |
| 56 points by robg on Aug 2, 2009 | 29 comments |
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| 8. | | College: An Overpriced Monopoly (by Kent Pitman) (salon.com) |
| 56 points by _zhqs on Aug 2, 2009 | 41 comments |
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| 9. | | Fake ATM doesn't last long at Defcon (itworld.com) |
| 55 points by abennett on Aug 2, 2009 | 14 comments |
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| 10. | | Firefox Achieves One Billion Downloads, 31% Marketshare (gizmodo.com) |
| 53 points by Flemlord on Aug 2, 2009 | 7 comments |
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| 11. | | The Scheme Programming Language 4th edition online (scheme.com) |
| 52 points by fogus on Aug 2, 2009 | 6 comments |
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| 12. | | Your body wasn’t built to last: a lesson from human mortality rates (gravityandlevity.wordpress.com) |
| 51 points by quizbiz on Aug 2, 2009 | 37 comments |
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| 13. | | Orbit Your Own Satellite For $8,000 (spacefellowship.com) |
| 44 points by edw519 on Aug 2, 2009 | 15 comments |
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| 14. | | My Adwords Are Turned Off (kalzumeus.com) |
| 42 points by patio11 on Aug 2, 2009 | 19 comments |
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| 15. | | Kissing the App Store Goodbye (thecodist.com) |
| 38 points by edw519 on Aug 2, 2009 | 23 comments |
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| 16. | | Greetings from Beautiful Mountain View, Calif. (greetingsfrombeautifulmountainview.com) |
| 37 points by 100k on Aug 2, 2009 | 16 comments |
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| 17. | | King Size Linodes Now Available (linode.com) |
| 36 points by alexitosrv on Aug 2, 2009 | 22 comments |
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| 18. | | Can We Please Kill This Meme Now (stevenberlinjohnson.com) |
| 33 points by ams1 on Aug 2, 2009 | 18 comments |
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| 19. | | Weapons 8% of US exports of durable goods, up from 3% in 2000 (boingboing.net) |
| 32 points by Flemlord on Aug 2, 2009 | 23 comments |
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| 20. | | Your 'Big Idea' Sucks (techdrawl.com) |
| 31 points by Oompa on Aug 2, 2009 | 13 comments |
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| 21. | | Python Scientific Library (scipy.org) |
| 30 points by kasunh on Aug 2, 2009 | 14 comments |
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| 22. | | Alan Kay: "An oral culture of assertions held around an electronic campfire?" (gmane.org) |
| 27 points by michael_dorfman on Aug 2, 2009 | 10 comments |
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| 23. | | Presenting the Linode Library (linode.com) |
| 27 points by falava on Aug 2, 2009 | 5 comments |
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| 24. | | Firefox: it's just too darned expensive (gizmodo.com) |
| 25 points by jgamman on Aug 2, 2009 | 26 comments |
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| 25. | | Life in a World of Pervasive Immorality: The Ethics of Being Alive (aaronsw.com) |
| 25 points by blasdel on Aug 2, 2009 | 22 comments |
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| 26. | | Use AJAX to filter Kayak's employees (kayak.com) |
| 25 points by jack7890 on Aug 2, 2009 | 14 comments |
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| 27. | | Words I Would Love To See Banned From Press Releases (techcrunch.com) |
| 25 points by edw519 on Aug 2, 2009 | 14 comments |
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| 28. | | Lying With Statistics (smu.edu) |
| 25 points by iamwil on Aug 2, 2009 | 6 comments |
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| 29. | | Math-hattan: How math lovers see the City (newyorker.com) |
| 24 points by bootload on Aug 2, 2009 | 7 comments |
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| 30. | | Nissan unveils world's first mass-market electric car, the Leaf (guardian.co.uk) |
| 23 points by newacc on Aug 2, 2009 | 28 comments |
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