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1. On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble (nytimes.com)
68 points by terpua on July 5, 2008 | 131 comments
2. Why are geeks often atheist? (m4th.com)
50 points by nreece on July 5, 2008 | 232 comments
3. Awesome explanation of Bayesian probability (yudkowsky.net)
40 points by globalrev on July 5, 2008 | 11 comments
4. Wine Economics: They Always Buy the Ten Cent Wine (wine-econ.org)
36 points by nickb on July 5, 2008 | 18 comments
5. I had that idea years ago (37signals.com)
36 points by tortilla on July 5, 2008 | 23 comments
6. Are We Living In a Computer Simulation? (simulation-argument.com)
34 points by edu on July 5, 2008 | 53 comments
7. Why I Still Use Windows 95 (andrew-turnbull.net)
26 points by edw519 on July 5, 2008 | 35 comments
8. The silent market crash (S&P 500 against the price of eggs) (princeton.edu)
24 points by nickb on July 5, 2008 | 12 comments
9. New Take on Signing NDAs: Charge 'Em (texasstartupblog.com)
23 points by ScottWhigham on July 5, 2008 | 4 comments
10. The Real Hackers (foreworks.com)
21 points by mqt on July 5, 2008 | 5 comments
11. Can You Build A Business On Browser Extensions? (avc.blogs.com)
18 points by terpua on July 5, 2008 | 8 comments
12. Avoid PHP trap (id28.blogspot.com)
18 points by alexk on July 5, 2008 | 26 comments
13. Ask HN: Adding SMS Integration to Web App
16 points by code_devil on July 5, 2008 | 13 comments
14. Google Sold Us Out: The Viacom Decision (profy.com)
16 points by rockstar9 on July 5, 2008 | 10 comments
15. Think Before You Voicemail (techcrunch.com)
14 points by markbao on July 5, 2008 | 7 comments
16. Luca Cardelli: Bad Engineering Properties of Object Oriented Languages (cat-v.org)
14 points by echair on July 5, 2008
17. Dunkin’ Donuts Aren’t in California… Yet? (ryanspoon.com)
13 points by kimboslice on July 5, 2008 | 19 comments
18. How to Analyze and Improve the ‘Bounce Rate’ for Your Website
12 points by thinkingserious on July 5, 2008
19. Why were Lisp machines so expensive?
12 points by globalrev on July 5, 2008 | 10 comments
20. How not to do customer retention (zagat.com)
12 points by pg on July 5, 2008 | 6 comments
21. Adobe 9 (diveintomark.org)
11 points by markbao on July 5, 2008
22. Unlocking LinkedIn's hidden back door (marketwatch.com)
10 points by senthil_rajasek on July 5, 2008 | 5 comments
23. Why Microsoft will win Yahoo and Google is not the greatest tech company (cnn.com)
9 points by nickb on July 5, 2008 | 2 comments
24. What Socrates really said about knowledge (skeptic.com)
9 points by lurkage on July 5, 2008 | 2 comments
25. As Web Traffic Grows, Crashes Take Bigger Toll (nytimes.com)
8 points by bkow20 on July 5, 2008 | 2 comments
26. The A-Z of Programming Languages: INTERCAL (computerworld.com.au)
8 points by bdfh42 on July 5, 2008
27. On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble (nytimes.com)
8 points by harrier0 on July 5, 2008
28. Sisence - An Analytics Dashboard for Amazon S3 (readwriteweb.com)
8 points by terpua on July 5, 2008 | 1 comment
29. Mac 101: Capture sharp screenshots (creativebits.org)
7 points by kennyroo on July 5, 2008 | 7 comments
30. Announcing Tech.NewsJunk.Com (scripting.com)
7 points by bootload on July 5, 2008

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