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1. Breaking News: Girls don't become engineers because they don't want to (boston.com)
51 points by aggieben on May 19, 2008 | 104 comments
2. Peter Thiel Makes Down Payment on Libertarian Ocean Colonies (wired.com)
44 points by naish on May 19, 2008 | 29 comments
3. San Jose is hell on earth (jwz.org)
43 points by henning on May 19, 2008 | 91 comments
4. Andrew Chen: Why every Web 2.0 startup needs to think about Metcalfe's Law (andrewchen.typepad.com)
39 points by andrew_null on May 19, 2008 | 10 comments
5. Boto: integrated Python interface to Amazon Web Services (code.google.com)
38 points by ivankirigin on May 19, 2008 | 9 comments
6. Ubigraph: dynamic graph visualization (ubietylab.net)
32 points by nreece on May 19, 2008 | 5 comments
7. Apple’s market share of PCs over $1,000 hits 66% (cnn.com)
29 points by nickb on May 19, 2008 | 16 comments
8. Tim Ferriss Revisited (texasstartupblog.com)
26 points by utnick on May 19, 2008 | 28 comments
9. Webmonkey.com returns (webmonkey.com)
25 points by pistoriusp on May 19, 2008 | 6 comments
10. Money doesn't buy happiness, but success does... (american.com)
22 points by theoneill on May 19, 2008 | 4 comments
11. Programmers shunning Vista for Mac OS and Linux (cnn.com)
23 points by nickb on May 19, 2008 | 9 comments
12. LifeLock CEO Had His Own Identity Stolen Numerous Times, Suit Alleges (dvorak.org)
22 points by joshwa on May 19, 2008 | 9 comments
13. Perfection does not exist (inter-sections.net)
21 points by swombat on May 19, 2008 | 10 comments
14. The Perils of Free Coffee (nytimes.com)
21 points by dbreunig on May 19, 2008 | 9 comments
15. Peter Molyneux: My Next Game a 'Significant Scientific Achievement' (wired.com)
19 points by breily on May 19, 2008 | 16 comments
16. Python: Save the interactive interpreter's state and reload it anywhere (activestate.com)
18 points by kirubakaran on May 19, 2008 | 1 comment
17. Why Microsoft will buy Facebook and keep it closed (scobleizer.com)
18 points by bdfh42 on May 19, 2008 | 15 comments
18. India’s hottest start-ups (businesstoday.digitaltoday.in)
14 points by prakash on May 19, 2008 | 6 comments
19. Terrorism as a Tax (schneier.com)
13 points by xirium on May 19, 2008 | 7 comments
20. RISC vs. CISC in the mobile era (arstechnica.com)
12 points by edw519 on May 19, 2008
21. 10 Reasons Gen Xers Are Unhappy at Work (businessweek.com)
12 points by mosburger on May 19, 2008 | 7 comments
22. I'm Giving Away Domain Names (vibeagent.com)
11 points by superhelix on May 19, 2008 | 18 comments
23. Who Needs an API? (errtheblog.com)
11 points by chaostheory on May 19, 2008 | 2 comments
24. Identity Theft Hits the Root Name Servers (renesys.com)
10 points by babul on May 19, 2008 | 4 comments
25. When nerds hook up with nerds... (chalain.livejournal.com)
10 points by raganwald on May 19, 2008 | 2 comments
26. How Did That Chain Letter Get To My Inbox? (nsf.gov)
10 points by blogimus on May 19, 2008 | 8 comments
27. After Google calls Facebook’s bluff, Zuckerberg says “let’s see if there’s a way to make it work” (zdnet.com)
10 points by nickb on May 19, 2008 | 2 comments
28. Beyond Threaded Comments
10 points by uuilly on May 19, 2008 | 4 comments
29. Breaking the Fermilab Code (jgc.org)
10 points by pchristensen on May 19, 2008 | 2 comments
30. Ask YC: Seeking advice for future unemployee in the context of start-ups.
9 points by j2d2 on May 19, 2008 | 15 comments

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