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1. 37signals to Drop IE6 Support (37signals.blogs.com)
77 points by bdotdub on July 3, 2008 | 74 comments
2. Map Reduce implemented over HTTP (code.google.com)
70 points by bdotdub on July 3, 2008 | 14 comments
3. Reddit, Stumbleupon, Del.icio.us and Hacker News Algorithms Exposed (seomoz.org)
67 points by marrone on July 3, 2008 | 28 comments
4. Assorted improvements to News.YC (ycombinator.com)
59 points by pg on July 3, 2008 | 57 comments
5. Early Retirement is a False Idol (37signals.com)
56 points by ph0rque on July 3, 2008 | 50 comments
6. How To Build A Web App in Four Days For $10,000 (techcrunch.com)
48 points by adityakothadiya on July 3, 2008 | 39 comments
7. Why I Still Like C (mitchgolden.com)
43 points by hypermatt on July 3, 2008 | 51 comments
8. The (Unfortunate) Truth About Unicode In Python (cmlenz.net)
40 points by edw519 on July 3, 2008 | 7 comments
9. Laugh at High Gas Prices With a 282-MPG VW (wired.com)
29 points by edw519 on July 3, 2008 | 19 comments
10. Opera: please use bug detection, not browser detection (opera.com)
28 points by gaika on July 3, 2008 | 8 comments
11. Meet ratproxy, Google's passive web security assessment tool (googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com)
26 points by cmcginnis on July 3, 2008
12. Why I'm not using Lisp (dreamersrealm.net)
24 points by parenthesis on July 3, 2008 | 46 comments
13. Privnote - send notes that will self-destruct after being read (privnote.com)
24 points by nickb on July 3, 2008 | 21 comments
14. Judge Protects YouTube’s Source Code, Throws Users To The Wolves (techcrunch.com)
23 points by jasonlbaptiste on July 3, 2008 | 21 comments
15. Campuses getting less political as '60s professors retire (nytimes.com)
21 points by charzom on July 3, 2008 | 39 comments
16. Why Functional Programming? (hamletdarcy.blogspot.com)
21 points by raganwald on July 3, 2008 | 13 comments
17. SBCL is now faster than Java, as fast as Ocaml, and getting better (groups.google.com)
18 points by nickb on July 3, 2008 | 11 comments
18. Rules to Keep Your Skin in Wall Street Massacre (bloomberg.com)
17 points by dpapathanasiou on July 3, 2008 | 8 comments
19. Vanity Fair writer agrees to be waterboarded in a demonstration, video (vanityfair.com)
17 points by markbao on July 3, 2008 | 23 comments
20. Harrrah’s Low Rollers Account for 80% of Revenue & 100% of Profits (ryanspoon.com)
16 points by kimboslice on July 3, 2008 | 8 comments
21. Apache Hadoop Wins Terabyte Sort Benchmark (1 terabyte of data in 209 seconds) (yahoo.com)
15 points by nickb on July 3, 2008 | 3 comments
22. Ask YC: Doing first TV appearance tonight. Advice?
13 points by brandnewlow on July 3, 2008 | 16 comments
23. Denmark is now world's happiest nation (bbc.co.uk)
13 points by ComputerGuru on July 3, 2008 | 32 comments
24. Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days (neu.edu)
13 points by spydez on July 3, 2008 | 3 comments
25. A Rails 2.1 case study: upgrading the Insoshi social networking platform (insoshi.com)
11 points by lnguyen on July 3, 2008
26. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity Passes Yet Another Current Day Technology Test (physorg.com)
13 points by edw519 on July 3, 2008
27. Voyager Spacecraft Reveals Solar System Edge (space.com)
12 points by gibsonf1 on July 3, 2008
28. Stop blaming PowerPoint. Learn how to kick some arse with it (technotheory.com)
12 points by luccastera on July 3, 2008 | 1 comment
29. Ask YC: Built a great social media site, but need a recommendation engine. Any ideas?
12 points by grag on July 3, 2008 | 10 comments
30. Kiva's warehouse robot system (ieee.org)
12 points by mhb on July 3, 2008 | 3 comments

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