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1. YC is a cult (danielharan.com)
116 points by jamesgolick on July 29, 2008 | 154 comments
2. Stop stealing (47hats.com)
65 points by johns on July 29, 2008 | 24 comments
3. Google Knol is Evil (seldo.com)
61 points by IsaacSchlueter on July 29, 2008 | 45 comments
4. Yahoo SEC filing on Viaweb purchase (including Viaweb financials) (sec.gov)
57 points by byrneseyeview on July 29, 2008 | 30 comments
5. Face Swapping (kk.org)
50 points by joshwa on July 29, 2008 | 16 comments
6. How to be productive instead of inane (unalone.net)
43 points by unalone on July 29, 2008 | 37 comments
7. Scrabulous shut down on Facebook (nytimes.com)
36 points by narendra on July 29, 2008 | 28 comments
8. Developers needed; Hackers need not apply (jayfields.com)
38 points by luccastera on July 29, 2008 | 29 comments
9. The 'Anti-Java' Professor and the Jobless Programmers (earthweb.com)
32 points by raganwald on July 29, 2008 | 64 comments
10. Ruby 1.9, massive boost in threading preformance (tonyspencer.com)
30 points by ashleyw on July 29, 2008 | 17 comments
11. YouOS (winter 07) shutting down? (youos.com)
30 points by sown on July 29, 2008 | 47 comments
12. Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May 2008, biggest drop in 66 years (treehugger.com)
29 points by MikeCapone on July 29, 2008 | 61 comments
13. Why is Python more fun than Java? (clapper.org)
28 points by soundsop on July 29, 2008 | 14 comments
14. A Chat with a Google Street View Driver (ekstreme.com)
25 points by pierrefar on July 29, 2008 | 12 comments
15. How To Lose Your Cuil 20 Seconds After Launch (techcrunch.com)
25 points by nickb on July 29, 2008 | 26 comments
16. Is Money Useless to Open Source Projects? (codinghorror.com)
24 points by sant0sk1 on July 29, 2008 | 28 comments
17. Warp Speed Engine Designed (discovery.com)
23 points by iamelgringo on July 29, 2008 | 26 comments
18. You’re Doing it Wrong If (postal-code.com)
22 points by raganwald on July 29, 2008 | 35 comments
19. New features come to Amazon SimpleDB (aws.typepad.com)
21 points by sant0sk1 on July 29, 2008 | 1 comment
20. Ten lies about microprocessors (embedded.com)
21 points by mixmax on July 29, 2008 | 9 comments
21. The World's Best Places to Live 2008 (businessweek.com)
18 points by pavel on July 29, 2008 | 36 comments
22. Housing Bailout Bill: Say Goodbye to Untaxed Internet Transactions (sovereignsociety.com)
17 points by soundsop on July 29, 2008 | 13 comments
23. Js-hotkeys - Google Code (code.google.com)
17 points by raju on July 29, 2008 | 7 comments
24. SoCal earthquake a powerful reminder of Twitter’s potential (venturebeat.com)
14 points by markbao on July 29, 2008 | 20 comments
25. Pushup: Automated Upgrade Links for Old Browsers (pushuptheweb.com)
15 points by soundsop on July 29, 2008 | 8 comments
26. Patent Office finds voice, calls for software patent sanity (arstechnica.com)
15 points by nickb on July 29, 2008 | 3 comments
27. Get a 'Personal' MBA (lifehacker.com)
15 points by tialys on July 29, 2008 | 10 comments
28. Why is the U.S. innovative? (news.ycombinator.com)
14 points by wave on July 29, 2008 | 4 comments
29. The Interface Hall of Shame (mac.com)
12 points by raganwald on July 29, 2008 | 1 comment
30. Ask YC: what is your most important idea?
13 points by andreyf on July 29, 2008 | 32 comments

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