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1. You Can't Soak the Rich (wsj.com)
91 points by epi0Bauqu on May 20, 2008 | 109 comments
2. Ask YC: Django vs Ruby on Rails
70 points by notdarkyet on May 20, 2008 | 112 comments
3. The Pi You Know Is A Lie (scribd.com)
60 points by eyudkowsky on May 20, 2008 | 29 comments
4. Choose Your Manager (ericsink.com)
47 points by pchristensen on May 20, 2008 | 15 comments
5. Greasemonkey script to de-scribd HN PDFs (clayvalet.com)
46 points by ken on May 20, 2008 | 17 comments
6. Building a Poker Bot: Part 2 (codingthewheel.com)
38 points by dangoldin on May 20, 2008 | 10 comments
7. Programmers At Work - Bill Gates (1986) (programmersatwork.wordpress.com)
40 points by prakash on May 20, 2008 | 17 comments
8. Computer Random vs. True Random : See the difference in how random numbers are generated. (boallen.com)
39 points by e1ven on May 20, 2008 | 31 comments
9. Happy Birthday edw519
36 points by Xichekolas on May 20, 2008 | 23 comments
10. Apple's Top Designer Explains Design (independent.co.uk)
33 points by paulsb on May 20, 2008 | 12 comments
11. The Frontal Cortex : The Hidden Cost of Smart Drugs (scienceblogs.com)
32 points by prakash on May 20, 2008 | 14 comments
12. Ask YC: Where do you get international startup news?
32 points by alex_c on May 20, 2008 | 14 comments
13. Space To Scale (highscalability.com)
27 points by pbnaidu on May 20, 2008 | 6 comments
14. 5 Tips for E-mailing Busy People (fourhourworkweek.com)
26 points by breily on May 20, 2008 | 3 comments
15. Erlang: "Let It Crash" Programming (teamb.com)
23 points by foemmel on May 20, 2008
16. Tipjoy: Rethinking Micropayments (sexywidget.com)
23 points by sopu on May 20, 2008 | 12 comments
17. Facebook Ignites Entrepreneurial Spirit at Harvard (wsj.com)
20 points by zurla on May 20, 2008 | 3 comments
18. Welcome to GitCasts (gitcasts.com)
20 points by chaostheory on May 20, 2008 | 1 comment
19. Facebook Traffic Declines 10% in April (mashable.com)
20 points by rockstar9 on May 20, 2008 | 13 comments
20. Ask YC: Office space - cheap or creative?
20 points by mchang16 on May 20, 2008 | 32 comments
21. Why Raising VC Funding Does Not Equal Success (onstartups.com)
19 points by getp on May 20, 2008
22. How to Make Common Lisp go Faster Than C (epita.fr)
18 points by smanek on May 20, 2008 | 42 comments
23. Don’t sacrifice your blog in the name of productivity (16thletter.com)
18 points by webwatch on May 20, 2008 | 2 comments
24. Andrew Chen: How Web 2.0 startups should think about the Lifetime Value of their audiences (andrewchen.typepad.com)
18 points by andrew_null on May 20, 2008 | 1 comment
25. No Deleterious Effects of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide - 31,000 Scientists sign Petition (oism.org)
17 points by gibsonf1 on May 20, 2008 | 40 comments
26. 7 Essential Web Design Principles to Earn Trust (10e20.com)
17 points by nickb on May 20, 2008
27. Ask Your Doctor About mod_rails (nubyonrails.com)
16 points by sant0sk1 on May 20, 2008
28. To Fight Global Warming We Must Tax All Recreational Exercise (nytimes.com)
15 points by getp on May 20, 2008 | 16 comments
29. iPhone 3G Launch Date Confirmed (gizmodo.com)
14 points by rockstar9 on May 20, 2008 | 3 comments
30. NewsCred Launches - would love feedback on my startup
14 points by shafqat on May 20, 2008 | 13 comments

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