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1. A Defense of Philosophy (against Paul Graham) (jsomers.net)
84 points by jsomers on Dec 20, 2008 | 93 comments
2. Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) (picwing.com)
81 points by edawerd on Dec 20, 2008 | 72 comments
3. MythBusters Co-Host Adam Savage on Obsession (fora.tv)
60 points by dcurtis on Dec 20, 2008 | 23 comments
4. Wub - Cool Javascript effect (rolyn.co.uk)
55 points by nickb on Dec 20, 2008 | 29 comments
5. "Be nice to the countries that lend you money" (theatlantic.com)
48 points by raheemm on Dec 20, 2008 | 16 comments
6. ⌘+⇧+L and other useful OS X hidden features (howgoodisthat.wordpress.com)
44 points by nickb on Dec 20, 2008 | 26 comments
7. Hard work and practice in Programming (oreilly.com)
42 points by aditya on Dec 20, 2008 | 12 comments
8. Krugman: The Madoff Economy (nytimes.com)
40 points by tortilla on Dec 20, 2008 | 40 comments
9. Ask HN: Any Special Projects Over the Holidays?
39 points by brentr on Dec 20, 2008 | 89 comments
10. 2008 was a good year, now #13 in the US. (plentyoffish.wordpress.com)
36 points by jasonlbaptiste on Dec 20, 2008 | 41 comments
11. Why You Should Try Django (fiveandlime.com)
32 points by petercooper on Dec 20, 2008 | 15 comments
12. Digg's Miserable Business Model, Losing Millions of Dollars (alleyinsider.com)
33 points by utsmokingaces on Dec 20, 2008 | 22 comments
13. Ask YC: best (multi-user) startup email support/helpdesk system?
31 points by apexauk on Dec 20, 2008 | 19 comments
14. Twitter/Weather Mashup I put together over a few nights. (tweetweather.com)
31 points by aviel on Dec 20, 2008 | 22 comments
15. Ask YC: Health Insurance?
30 points by thinkcomp on Dec 20, 2008 | 24 comments
16. Amazon CTO named as CTO of the Year for Cloud Computing and AWS (informationweek.com)
29 points by don420 on Dec 20, 2008 | 8 comments
17. Our business idea based on the CSS history hack: a new way to monetize web assets. (wozad.com)
28 points by jjfarren- on Dec 20, 2008 | 33 comments
18. What Easter Eggs have you placed in code?
24 points by blackswan on Dec 20, 2008 | 16 comments
19. Gnip: Numbers + Architecture (gnipcentral.com)
21 points by EastSmith on Dec 20, 2008 | 5 comments
20. The Huffington Post Slammed for Content Theft (wired.com)
17 points by humanlever on Dec 20, 2008 | 5 comments
21. Box2D ported to JavaScript, rendered in canvas (sourceforge.net)
16 points by Raphael on Dec 20, 2008 | 5 comments
22. Get Press for your Start Up with Help A Reporter Out (flyingcart.com)
15 points by rishi on Dec 20, 2008 | 5 comments
23. XCVB (replacement for Common Lisp's ASDF) (fare.livejournal.com)
12 points by ken on Dec 20, 2008 | 4 comments
24. Edgy, Yet Still Aerodynamic (nytimes.com)
9 points by robg on Dec 20, 2008 | 1 comment
25. Ask HN: Point thresholds?
8 points by jmtame on Dec 20, 2008 | 17 comments
26. Facebook Stares Down Labels Over Project Playlist Takedown Demand (techcrunch.com)
7 points by peter123 on Dec 20, 2008 | 2 comments
27. Tell HN: Thanks for everything and have a safe holiday
7 points by sachinag on Dec 20, 2008 | 1 comment
28. Refactoring with codemod.py (facebook.com)
7 points by arjunb on Dec 20, 2008 | 3 comments
29. Digg’s Sorry Revenue Stream, And Rumors Of An Experimental Ad Product (techcrunch.com)
7 points by nickb on Dec 20, 2008
30. New York hits iPod users with tax on downloads (guardian.co.uk)
6 points by prakash on Dec 20, 2008 | 8 comments

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