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1. Business Requirements are Bullshit (steve-yegge.blogspot.com)
116 points by mqt on Aug 12, 2008 | 84 comments
2. Man's Home Lab confiscated for "doing science in a residential area" (makezine.com)
62 points by smanek on Aug 12, 2008 | 41 comments
3. Have idea, need coder (comic) (userfriendly.org)
58 points by jauco on Aug 12, 2008 | 29 comments
4. Jakob Nielsen ranks Wufoo, Sugarsync and Xero among 10 Best Application UIs of 2008 (useit.com)
47 points by joseakle on Aug 12, 2008 | 16 comments
5. Why I recommend Scheme (gnuvince.wordpress.com)
46 points by soundsop on Aug 12, 2008 | 7 comments
6. Google Insights shows what sites are mainstream and which ones are still early adopter (andrewchen.typepad.com)
44 points by andrew_null on Aug 12, 2008 | 10 comments
7. UI Guru Jakob Nielson's Site Is Unreadable (whydoeseverythingsuck.com)
41 points by whalliburton on Aug 12, 2008 | 36 comments
8. My Secret Weapon to Getting Contracts (smashingmagazine.com)
40 points by jmorin007 on Aug 12, 2008 | 12 comments
9. My Interview Experience at Microsoft (philosophicalgeek.com)
39 points by parenthesis on Aug 12, 2008 | 29 comments
10. Want to live a long life? Run (reuters.com)
39 points by pavel on Aug 12, 2008 | 54 comments
11. Why Apple doesn’t do “Concept Products” (counternotions.com)
38 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 12, 2008 | 8 comments
12. Introducing the New Disqus (disqus.net)
33 points by bdr on Aug 12, 2008 | 11 comments
13. Ask HN: why do we have less science related posts now that in the past?
32 points by hhm on Aug 12, 2008 | 51 comments
14. Disqus 2.0: New Plugin, New Interface, And Local Comment Backup (techcrunch.com)
31 points by drm237 on Aug 12, 2008 | 12 comments
15. Eee - a case study in bad marketing (ericsink.com)
29 points by swombat on Aug 12, 2008 | 20 comments
16. How Large Software Companies Destroy Startup Value (25hoursaday.com)
28 points by Anon84 on Aug 12, 2008 | 12 comments
17. Blog comment correcting startup gets $25m funding (typicalprogrammer.com)
28 points by gregjor on Aug 12, 2008 | 26 comments
18. What a Jakob Nielsen designed WinAmp skin would look like (kottke.org)
25 points by alaskamiller on Aug 12, 2008 | 6 comments
19. Startup, Inc - What You Need to Know Before Starting a Company (readwriteweb.com)
25 points by mattjung on Aug 12, 2008 | 9 comments
20. How black drug dealers are using white supremacist legal theories to confound the Feds. (washingtonmonthly.com)
22 points by robg on Aug 12, 2008 | 24 comments
21. 7 Months Into My 2nd Stint as a Startup CEO (socialmedian.com)
21 points by zen53 on Aug 12, 2008 | 15 comments
22. Genetic Glitch May Prevent Kids from Learning from Their Mistakes (newsweek.com)
21 points by makimaki on Aug 12, 2008 | 15 comments
23. Y Combinator Challenge #17 - New Payment Methods (astartupaday.wordpress.com)
19 points by toffer on Aug 12, 2008 | 13 comments
24. Increase Your Depth as a Programmer by Spelunking (catsonkeyboards.blogspot.com)
18 points by saundby on Aug 12, 2008 | 6 comments
25. Hello darkness my old friend (diveintomark.org)
18 points by mariorz on Aug 12, 2008 | 10 comments
26. Yahoo's Fireeagle Project open for business (fireeagle.com)
18 points by sh1mmer on Aug 12, 2008 | 10 comments
27. RescueTime Gets a Shiny New Logo (Less red, still a plus) (rescuetime.com)
16 points by bfioca on Aug 12, 2008 | 8 comments
28. Information Graphics In Javascript With Sparklines.js (dzone.com)
15 points by iamelgringo on Aug 12, 2008 | 6 comments
29. Pictures From the Boston/Cambridge YC Meetup (ourdoings.com)
15 points by dcurtis on Aug 12, 2008 | 5 comments
30. Every 100ms of latency costs Amazon 1% of profit (oreilly.com)
15 points by nreece on Aug 12, 2008 | 13 comments

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