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		Git
		287 points \| parent
2.		Is effort a myth? (sethgodin.typepad.com)
		96 points by bdfh42 on Oct 8, 2008 \| 37 comments
		Mercurial
		78 points \| parent
4.		20 Excellent AJAX Effects You Should Know (nettuts.com)
		58 points by twampss on Oct 8, 2008 \| 17 comments
5.		Rate My Startup - Dawdle.com Is A "Moronically Easy" Online Marketplace For Gamers (dawdle.com)
		53 points by sachinag on Oct 8, 2008 \| 69 comments
6.		10 Programming Proverbs Every Developer Should Know (kevinwilliampang.com)
		49 points by reazalun on Oct 8, 2008 \| 9 comments
7.		Famous Sed One-Liners Explained (catonmat.net)
		46 points by mqt on Oct 8, 2008 \| 4 comments
8.		Poll: Version Control
		43 points by wtrk on Oct 8, 2008 \| 90 comments
9.		Iceland close to bankruptcy (indiatimes.com)
		42 points by visakhcr on Oct 8, 2008 \| 77 comments
10.		Yahoo Launches Web Analytics (yahoo.com)
		40 points by qhoxie on Oct 8, 2008 \| 23 comments
11.		Earthcomber Sues TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
		40 points by qhoxie on Oct 8, 2008 \| 21 comments
		alaskamiller on Oct 8, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Earthcomber Sues TechCrunch Posturing at the sight of frivolity is now considered greatness? A former lawyer fighting a lawsuit is now courageous?
13.		Ask HN: Does anyone WANT to build client software anymore?
		36 points by webwright on Oct 8, 2008 \| 57 comments
14.		You keep using that word “distributed”… (avdi.org)
		34 points by pushcx on Oct 8, 2008 \| 12 comments
15.		On your bike (economist.com)
		32 points by eru on Oct 8, 2008 \| 56 comments
16.		Interesting funder's point of view
		32 points by tomerb on Oct 8, 2008 \| 18 comments
17.		Lonely Dissent (overcomingbias.com)
		28 points by blackswan on Oct 8, 2008 \| 8 comments
18.		I’m Going Long Right Now (blogmaverick.com)
		25 points by jasonlbaptiste on Oct 8, 2008 \| 21 comments
19.		Remotely installing Debian using a web browser (debian.org)
		24 points by known on Oct 8, 2008 \| 4 comments
		Bazaar
		23 points \| parent
		tom_rath on Oct 8, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Iceland close to bankruptcy Wow. It just occurred to me that folks here younger than 28 have never seen an actual recession (I'm assuming that under-12s could not care less about business news and missed the early 90s bust). It's just been one long boom for you, right? I suspect the world is about to surprise you in a very unpleasant way.
22.		Does the free market corrode moral character? (templeton.org)
		23 points by robg on Oct 8, 2008 \| 35 comments
23.		Daring Fireball: The iPhone 3G (daringfireball.net)
		23 points by sant0sk1 on Oct 8, 2008 \| 11 comments
24.		Yahoo/Mashable BOSS Challenge Finalists (including Duck Duck Go) (mashable.com)
		22 points by epi0Bauqu on Oct 8, 2008 \| 14 comments
		CVS
		20 points \| parent
		Darcs
		19 points \| parent
27.		Government report: Data mining doesn't work well (cnet.com)
		19 points by martinsz on Oct 8, 2008 \| 2 comments
		dazzawazza on Oct 8, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Is effort a myth? People have little faith in effort because they feel it's too easy to be labelled a failure. For example if you spend months studying only to fail a course there is no one to blame but you. If you don't study in the first place and blame society, genes or circumstances then you are blameless. You were dealt a bad hand, luck isn't on your side... I'm sure you've spoken and heard these words. This isn't to say that society, genes or circumstances DON'T effect outcome (in a myriad of complex overlapping ways) but they have become scape goats for many peoples lack of endeavour in life.
		Other (write in)
		17 points \| parent
		Perforce
		17 points \| parent
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