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1. Quantity Always Trumps Quality (codinghorror.com)
53 points by mtts on Aug 3, 2008 | 23 comments
2. My experiences on a one month startup (neverreadpassively.com)
49 points by jasonb05 on Aug 3, 2008 | 32 comments
3. Paul Graham, Changing the World and "Built to Flip" Startups (25hoursaday.com)
48 points by Anon84 on Aug 3, 2008 | 24 comments
4. Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89 (bbc.co.uk)
44 points by ola on Aug 3, 2008 | 21 comments
5. Venture Fund Economics: Gross and Net Returns (avc.blogs.com)
41 points by terpua on Aug 3, 2008 | 3 comments
6. The brain can get a lot done, and leave you a little smarter, when it sleeps (sciam.com)
34 points by peakok on Aug 3, 2008 | 16 comments
7. End of the Blog (williampatry.blogspot.com)
34 points by nickb on Aug 3, 2008 | 8 comments
8. Ask YC: How do we announce the alpha launch? (onista.wordpress.com)
27 points by prashantdesale on Aug 3, 2008 | 26 comments
9. 10 MySQL variables that you should monitor (techrepublic.com.com)
26 points by alexk on Aug 3, 2008 | 4 comments
10. Smalltalk 80: The Language and its Implementation (ipa.net)
22 points by qwph on Aug 3, 2008 | 6 comments
11. If You Run a Red Light, Will Everyone Know? (nytimes.com)
21 points by echair on Aug 3, 2008 | 15 comments
12. NYC Soldering Championship (video) (ieee.org)
20 points by prakash on Aug 3, 2008 | 5 comments
13. Why Free Software has poor usability, and how to improve it (mpt.net.nz)
20 points by dylan on Aug 3, 2008 | 10 comments
14. The future of communications is passive. (laserlike.com)
19 points by mspeiser on Aug 3, 2008 | 4 comments
15. Exceptional Performance: Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site (yahoo.com)
18 points by prakash on Aug 3, 2008 | 1 comment
16. Taking social networks abroad - Why MySpace and Facebook are failing in Japan (techcrunch.com)
18 points by drm237 on Aug 3, 2008 | 9 comments
17. First Privately Developed Liquid Fuel Rocket to Launch Today (spacex.com)
16 points by lupin_sansei on Aug 3, 2008 | 16 comments
18. Launch of Elon Musk's Private Rocket Fails; Three Satellites Were Onboard (nytimes.com)
16 points by danw on Aug 3, 2008 | 14 comments
19. Optimizing Dynamically-Typed Object-Oriented Languages With Polymorphic Inline Caches (psu.edu)
14 points by qwph on Aug 3, 2008 | 6 comments
20. Verizon Denies DSL Because of Subscriber's Name (philly.com)
12 points by nreece on Aug 3, 2008 | 2 comments
21. Why no downmod for links?
10 points by globalrev on Aug 3, 2008 | 16 comments
22. OLX: Craigslist + modern-looking UI - traffic (olx.com)
10 points by byrneseyeview on Aug 3, 2008 | 22 comments
23. Bluffing Could Be Common In Prediction Markets (sciencedaily.com)
9 points by senthil_rajasek on Aug 3, 2008 | 6 comments
24. Firefox Closer to Supporting Open-source Video Codec (yahoo.com)
9 points by nickb on Aug 3, 2008 | 6 comments
25. Pattern for Pattern (theprogrammersparadox.blogspot.com)
9 points by procyon on Aug 3, 2008 | 4 comments
26. Only 100 months left to avoid irreversible climate change? (guardian.co.uk)
7 points by ksvs on Aug 3, 2008 | 9 comments
27. In a underground computer lab in California, young men are busy cooking up viruses (newsweek.com)
7 points by khangtoh on Aug 3, 2008
28. Darcs: a study in communication failure (lopsa.org)
7 points by zandercruise on Aug 3, 2008
29. Prawn : Fast, Nimble PDF generation in Pure Ruby (majesticseacreature.com)
7 points by sandal on Aug 3, 2008 | 2 comments
30. Should computing habits have any bearing on fitness to be commander in chief? (nytimes.com)
7 points by robg on Aug 3, 2008 | 1 comment

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