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1. Ask YC: What are the going rates for consulting gigs?
78 points by iamelgringo on May 6, 2008 | 105 comments
2. Scipy - the embarrassing way to code (vetta.org)
66 points by dood on May 6, 2008 | 37 comments
3. The day the music died (diveintomark.org)
59 points by mqt on May 6, 2008 | 19 comments
4. The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher (cantrip.org)
58 points by Alex3917 on May 6, 2008 | 40 comments
5. Why Apple is more expensive than Amazon (raganwald.com)
57 points by baha_man on May 6, 2008 | 27 comments
6. Battered Yahoo Admits It Overplayed Hand; Open To New Microsoft Talks (alleyinsider.com)
43 points by breily on May 6, 2008 | 36 comments
7. On object-oriented programming: "That which obscures my code is bad." (dubroy.com)
32 points by pdubroy on May 6, 2008 | 22 comments
8. The Gospel of Consumption (orionmagazine.org)
31 points by marvin on May 6, 2008 | 17 comments
9. Scribd Launches "Most Interesting Hard Drive Contest" - Win a MacBook Air (scribd.com)
30 points by trip on May 6, 2008 | 10 comments
10. TechCrunch: Opera Releases Firebug Alternative: Dragonfly (techcrunch.com)
30 points by fortes on May 6, 2008 | 3 comments
11. Ask YC feedback: Simply create a single URL from multiple URLs (fuseurl.com)
30 points by wave on May 6, 2008 | 27 comments
12. How Little Do Users Read? (useit.com)
30 points by chaostheory on May 6, 2008 | 11 comments
13. In praise of dual-class stock structures for public companies (pmarca.com)
28 points by kf on May 6, 2008 | 14 comments
14. Prototyping 50 Games in One Semester (gamasutra.com)
25 points by naish on May 6, 2008 | 2 comments
15. Ruby has a distribution problem (madstop.com)
23 points by luckystrike on May 6, 2008 | 6 comments
16. Validity of Patent Judges, and Thousands of Their Decisions, in Question (nytimes.com)
23 points by rp on May 6, 2008
17. Sensationalism, over the top?
23 points by lux on May 6, 2008 | 17 comments
18. Beta testers wanted -- tarsnap encrypted backup service (daemonology.net)
20 points by cperciva on May 6, 2008 | 13 comments
19. Share anything. Anytime. Anywhere. (googlereader.blogspot.com)
19 points by getp on May 6, 2008 | 6 comments
20. Ask YC: What should I ask John McCarthy?
19 points by mgummelt on May 6, 2008 | 33 comments
21. Andrew Chen: Has the Facebook platform hit its peak? (andrewchen.typepad.com)
18 points by andrew_null on May 6, 2008 | 7 comments
22. Ask YC: Why should I care about Twitter?
16 points by the1pato on May 6, 2008 | 51 comments
23. Gary Kildall Interview from Programmers at Work (1986) (programmersatwork.wordpress.com)
14 points by zach on May 6, 2008
24. How To Use Triggers to Track Changes in MySQL (codespatter.com)
14 points by edw519 on May 6, 2008 | 11 comments
25. The allure of the .com domain name (thestandard.com)
14 points by ilamont on May 6, 2008 | 13 comments
26. Live results from tonight's primaries on twitter (twitter.com/electionlive)
13 points by phil on May 6, 2008 | 6 comments
27. Y Combinator Dataset Of Posts Version 1.1
13 points by xirium on May 6, 2008 | 3 comments
28. 8 Tips for Startup Hiring Success (howtosplitanatom.com)
13 points by breily on May 6, 2008 | 3 comments
29. Seattle Startup School May 31st Sixhourstartup.com
12 points by roberte3 on May 6, 2008 | 19 comments
30. What Kind of Software Would People Actually Pay For? (pchristensen.com)
12 points by raganwald on May 6, 2008 | 4 comments

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