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1.How to go down with style
117 points by alecco on Oct 13, 2008 | 32 comments
2.Whiner Jerkins All Hands Meeting Powerpoint Revealed (mattmaroon.com)
111 points by JRM on Oct 13, 2008 | 49 comments
3.Python extension for Firefox (mozdev.org)
74 points by ii on Oct 13, 2008 | 14 comments
4.Sequoia Capital: Armchair quarterbacks (37signals.com)
66 points by qhoxie on Oct 13, 2008 | 37 comments
5.Amazing Javascript Interface: Amiga Workbench (chiptune.com)
64 points by pistoriusp on Oct 13, 2008 | 14 comments
6.FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right (fivethirtyeight.com)
56 points by pg on Oct 13, 2008 | 41 comments
7.Paul Krugman wins economics Nobel prize (nytimes.com)
56 points by mhb on Oct 13, 2008 | 43 comments
8.Its All a Sham - An Indian Techie's Take on Outsourcing (expertdabbler.com)
55 points by rams on Oct 13, 2008 | 30 comments
9.How I Make $2,000 Every Year Without Doing Very Much (freelanceswitch.com)
50 points by qhoxie on Oct 13, 2008 | 20 comments
10.Low Fat Diet and Sunscreen: a Recipe for Disaster (csail.mit.edu)
47 points by bayareaguy on Oct 13, 2008 | 59 comments
11.The Importance of Sitemaps (codinghorror.com)
42 points by bdotdub on Oct 13, 2008 | 3 comments
12.Ask HN: Review our app, typd.in (a web-based Japanese IME) (typd.in)
34 points by tr4nslator on Oct 13, 2008 | 37 comments
13.Why Can't We Build an Affordable House? (wilsoncenter.org)
32 points by robg on Oct 13, 2008 | 55 comments
14.Pricing Tables: Examples And Best Practices (smashingmagazine.com)
32 points by qhoxie on Oct 13, 2008 | 2 comments
15.In march, at the peak of Facebook popularity, I quit. (adbusters.org)
25 points by mapleoin on Oct 13, 2008 | 20 comments
16.Experience vs. Function — a Beautiful UI is Not Always the Best UI (usabilitypost.com)
23 points by marketer on Oct 13, 2008 | 11 comments
17.280 North (YC Winter 08) speaks at FOWA (cappuccino.org)
23 points by ryan on Oct 13, 2008 | 9 comments
18.Intuition + Money = An Aha Moment (nytimes.com)
22 points by nickb on Oct 13, 2008 | 2 comments
19.Why SEO is not a job (dotnetbutchering.blogspot.com)
20 points by nreece on Oct 13, 2008 | 15 comments
20.Poll: How many hours do you work a week?
19 points by jamiequint on Oct 13, 2008 | 32 comments
21.Microsoft’s Next OS To Be Called “Windows 7″. Seriously (techcrunch.com)
19 points by jasonlbaptiste on Oct 13, 2008 | 40 comments
22.Dostoevsky on the dangers of science (broxrost.com)
18 points by brox on Oct 13, 2008 | 11 comments
23.The Economics of Happiness (adbusters.org)
17 points by mapleoin on Oct 13, 2008 | 30 comments
24.Popular iPhone developer splits up, sells off assets (taptaptap.com)
16 points by johnred on Oct 13, 2008 | 2 comments
25.Name Recessions After People (halfbakery.com)
15 points by mariorz on Oct 13, 2008 | 14 comments
26.Cluny: The Google of 1000 (wikipedia.org)
15 points by pg on Oct 13, 2008 | 13 comments
27.Einstein's Mistakes (latimes.com)
14 points by echair on Oct 13, 2008 | 2 comments
28.Diamonds on Demand (smithsonianmag.com)
14 points by prakash on Oct 13, 2008 | 16 comments
29. Using Javascript to Fix 12 Common Browser Headaches (noupe.com)
13 points by jwilliams on Oct 13, 2008 | 2 comments
30.Full-Length TV Now Playing on YouTube (searchengineland.com)
13 points by Anon84 on Oct 13, 2008 | 10 comments

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