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1. The US sub-prime crisis in graphics (bbc.co.uk)
40 points by vikram on Dec 18, 2007 | 22 comments
2. A Common Lisp web startup test-case, two years after the Reddit switch (fallenfrukt.com)
42 points by mqt on Dec 18, 2007 | 15 comments
3. For Sale: Used Social Voting Site, Asking Price $300 Million, Goes By The Name Of Digg (techcrunch.com)
33 points by nickb on Dec 18, 2007 | 27 comments
4. How can I learn to scale my project?
25 points by voidfiles on Dec 18, 2007 | 18 comments
5. Toshiba makes a personal Nuclear Reactor. Available in the US 2009 (nextenergynews.com)
24 points by Readmore on Dec 18, 2007 | 17 comments
6. How to become a programmer
23 points by lowfat on Dec 18, 2007 | 36 comments
7. Building Skills in Python [Version 2.4] (free book) (mac.com)
19 points by nickb on Dec 18, 2007 | 8 comments
8. What's Wrong with the For Loop (notes-on-haskell.blogspot.com)
19 points by nickb on Dec 18, 2007
9. Milemeter: Buy Your Insurance By the Mile (oreilly.com)
18 points by terpua on Dec 18, 2007 | 14 comments
10. Ask YC: Good/small open source projects to work on?
14 points by brooksbp on Dec 18, 2007 | 12 comments
11. Voting Bot War at Reddit? (reddit.com)
13 points by dood on Dec 18, 2007 | 6 comments
12. 9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design (psdtuts.com)
11 points by nreece on Dec 18, 2007
13. Personal private trains for Heathrow. Very sci-fi. (bbc.co.uk)
11 points by jsmcgd on Dec 18, 2007 | 1 comment
14. $8,000-per-gallon printer ink leads to antitrust lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
10 points by nickb on Dec 18, 2007 | 1 comment
15. Y combinator (the function) in Ruby (eecs.harvard.edu)
10 points by cduan on Dec 18, 2007 | 3 comments
16. Ask YC: is networking class worth it?
10 points by lg on Dec 18, 2007 | 16 comments
17. Inside the "Ron Paul" Spam Botnet (secureworks.com)
10 points by hhm on Dec 18, 2007 | 2 comments
18. Jiggy: Javascript App Framework for iPhone (jiggyapp.com)
10 points by chaostheory on Dec 18, 2007 | 10 comments
19. Q&A with Peter Norvig: The evolution of Web search (technologyreview.com)
9 points by mqt on Dec 18, 2007
20. Ask YC: Will your product fly?
8 points by terpua on Dec 18, 2007 | 7 comments
21. What Started The Downfall of Digg (shoemoney.com)
8 points by transburgh on Dec 18, 2007 | 10 comments
22. "Macros: why they're evil" (scienceblogs.com)
7 points by paulgb on Dec 18, 2007 | 4 comments
23. uncov: Are online office suites/apps doomed? (uncov.com)
6 points by nickb on Dec 18, 2007 | 5 comments
24. Schneier: Never use it (MS has added RNG that could have an NSA backdoor into Vista). (schneier.com)
6 points by nickb on Dec 18, 2007 | 2 comments
25. With disappointments like these, who needs successes? (cnet.com)
5 points by nickb on Dec 18, 2007
26. Goog-411: Google is just using you (valleywag.com)
5 points by terpua on Dec 18, 2007 | 1 comment
27. Personas from Mozilla Labs give Firefox a sleek coat (arstechnica.com)
5 points by nickb on Dec 18, 2007
28. Founders Fund Closes $220 Million Second Fund (techcrunch.com)
5 points by terpua on Dec 18, 2007 | 1 comment
29. Hands on with the new online version of OpenOffice.org (arstechnica.com)
5 points by terpua on Dec 18, 2007
30. Reducing day-to-day information noise (rnc000.blogspot.com)
5 points by rnc000 on Dec 18, 2007

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