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1. "Don't argue with me. $100,000 is fair, and you know it." (folklore.org)
262 points by carterac on Aug 27, 2010 | 110 comments
2. Steve Jobs explains branding (youtube.com)
260 points by sz on Aug 27, 2010 | 85 comments
3. Paul Graham is now tweeting (twitter.com/paulg)
204 points by sferik on Aug 27, 2010 | 122 comments
4. Schwarzenegger: Public Pensions and Our Fiscal Future (wsj.com)
199 points by pointillistic on Aug 27, 2010 | 179 comments
5. Double your price (and no, I'm not kidding) (jacquesmattheij.com)
180 points by jacquesm on Aug 27, 2010 | 100 comments
6. Ingenious Hack by Facebook Spammers: Smoking Hot Bartenders (liquidrhymes.com)
176 points by jgv on Aug 27, 2010 | 61 comments
7. Backblaze online backup almost acquired (backblaze.com)
173 points by epi0Bauqu on Aug 27, 2010 | 45 comments
8. Conde Nast refuses to run Prop 19 ads on reddit (reddit.com)
140 points by holman on Aug 27, 2010 | 99 comments
9. An update on JavaOne (googlecode.blogspot.com)
129 points by mattyb on Aug 27, 2010 | 72 comments
10. How did non US citizen founders funded by YC get allowed to work in the US?
123 points by faikr on Aug 27, 2010 | 109 comments
11. Apple-Centric Observers Get the Facts Wrong: H.264 Still Ain’t Free (createdigitalmotion.com)
117 points by mgunes on Aug 27, 2010 | 44 comments
12. Paul Allen Sues Apple, Others Over Patents (wsj.com)
110 points by JereCoh on Aug 27, 2010 | 76 comments
13. Chrome will use gpu to render pages (chromium.org)
91 points by catalinist on Aug 27, 2010 | 47 comments
14. Self-Improving Bayesian Sentiment Analysis for Twitter (danzambonini.com)
82 points by spxdcz on Aug 27, 2010 | 11 comments
15. PG about to speak at Facebook, partnership announcement to follow (twitter.com/harjeet)
82 points by mrduncan on Aug 27, 2010 | 64 comments
16. Hackers accidentally give Microsoft their code (zdnet.com.au)
76 points by brianclintwud on Aug 27, 2010 | 33 comments
17. Ask HN: My startup got an an acquisition offer. Please share your advice!
73 points by throwaway_123 on Aug 27, 2010 | 31 comments
18. How the engineer driven culture at Google damaged Wave (25hoursaday.com)
72 points by fogus on Aug 27, 2010 | 67 comments
19. Adventures of an imperative programmer in the land of fp (jacquesmattheij.com)
69 points by jacquesm on Aug 27, 2010 | 85 comments
20. Non-transitive Dice (singingbanana.com)
65 points by amichail on Aug 27, 2010 | 8 comments
21. Wooden Mirror (environmentalgraffiti.com)
65 points by oladon on Aug 27, 2010 | 7 comments
22. Does Your Language Shape How You Think? (nytimes.com)
62 points by GiraffeNecktie on Aug 27, 2010 | 35 comments
23. How to Screw Up an On-Site Interview (artima.com)
61 points by Deprecated on Aug 27, 2010 | 55 comments
24. Facebook To Begin Giving Y Combinator Startups VIP Treatment (techcrunch.com)
59 points by aaronbrethorst on Aug 27, 2010 | 20 comments
25. Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set (amazon.com)
56 points by tjr on Aug 27, 2010 | 55 comments
26. Ask HN: What's up with all these services charging $10/$15 a month?
52 points by stavros on Aug 27, 2010 | 120 comments
27. Stop Being a Wimp (wepay.com)
56 points by aberman on Aug 27, 2010 | 57 comments
28. Google News gets gamed by a crappy content farm (salon.com)
50 points by lotusleaf1987 on Aug 27, 2010 | 15 comments
29. Why sharing your product roadmap is a bad idea (freshbooks.com)
49 points by faramarz on Aug 27, 2010 | 11 comments
30. Ask HN: tips for working with Mac OS X without using the mouse? (RSI)
49 points by thibaut_barrere on Aug 27, 2010 | 106 comments

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