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1. "How to Get Rich": an anti-self-help book by Felix Dennis (didigetthingsdone.com)
74 points by dpapathanasiou on Aug 22, 2008 | 59 comments
2. "The mission is to end oil," he says, "not create a company." (wired.com)
72 points by colortone on Aug 22, 2008 | 34 comments
3. Ask HN: What does Ruby have that Python doesn't?
66 points by globalrev on Aug 22, 2008 | 221 comments
4. An Analysis of the YC "Open Sourced" Documents In Layman's Terms (sachinagarwal.com)
69 points by sachinag on Aug 22, 2008 | 9 comments
5. How to get your lying printer to use up all its ink (slate.com)
58 points by fmanjoo on Aug 22, 2008 | 38 comments
6. Firefox to get massive JavaScript performance boost (arstechnica.com)
53 points by apu on Aug 22, 2008 | 26 comments
7. 6% Ain’t Really That Much (mattmaroon.com)
32 points by mqt on Aug 22, 2008 | 13 comments
8. Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
31 points by zasz on Aug 22, 2008 | 38 comments
9. Seth Godin Advocates Click Fraud (affiliatetip.com)
29 points by rob on Aug 22, 2008 | 31 comments
10. UNICEF says Britain is the worst country for children in the Western world (city-journal.org)
26 points by ksvs on Aug 22, 2008 | 13 comments
11. Lively, Google’s virtual world, has been a flop (economist.com)
25 points by cawel on Aug 22, 2008 | 29 comments
12. Pastebin the way god intended it be (sprunge.us)
25 points by shabda on Aug 22, 2008 | 8 comments
13. A review of the Nokia E71 (joelonsoftware.com)
25 points by raganwald on Aug 22, 2008 | 8 comments
14. Why Are You a Programmer? (danielfischer.com)
24 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 22, 2008 | 52 comments
15. Make Data Not Look Like Data (webmonkey.com)
23 points by soundsop on Aug 22, 2008 | 5 comments
16. Recursion and human thought (edge.org)
17 points by gdee on Aug 22, 2008 | 6 comments
17. What you should know before starting a doctorate... (plasticbag.org)
16 points by bootload on Aug 22, 2008 | 20 comments
18. Build your own Fusion Reactor [pdf] (fusor.net)
14 points by rbc on Aug 22, 2008 | 4 comments
19. I made tea. (telescopictext.com)
13 points by robg on Aug 22, 2008 | 1 comment
20. How Did You Get the Confidence to Start Your Business? (smallbiztrends.com)
13 points by procyon on Aug 22, 2008 | 14 comments
21. Python Universal GUI (tkinter, wxwidgets, winforms with shoes-like syntax) (alcidesfonseca.com)
12 points by Alcides on Aug 22, 2008 | 4 comments
22. Adi Shamir's Cube Attacks - New form of Cryptanalysis (schneier.com)
12 points by nickb on Aug 22, 2008
23. They sold the startup, then bought it back.. (footytips.com.au) (theage.com.au)
12 points by whatusername on Aug 22, 2008 | 10 comments
24. Are Big Name Universities Worth the Money? (newsweek.com)
11 points by nickb on Aug 22, 2008 | 15 comments
25. Learning Calculus: Overcoming Our Artificial Need for Precision (betterexplained.com)
10 points by prakash on Aug 22, 2008
26. Ask HN: When to turn on advertisements?
10 points by pxlpshr on Aug 22, 2008 | 15 comments
27. Ma.gnolia goes open source (inquisitr.com)
11 points by toni on Aug 22, 2008 | 2 comments
28. How your printer tricks you into buying ink and toner when you don't need it (slate.com)
9 points by nickb on Aug 22, 2008
29. Deprogramming From the Academic Cult (chronicle.com)
9 points by 13ren on Aug 22, 2008 | 5 comments
30. How to fix Rails helpers (railspikes.com)
9 points by qhoxie on Aug 22, 2008

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