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1. The Pmarca Guide to Startups, Part 8: Hiring, managing, promoting, and firing executives (pmarca.com)
24 points by luccastera on Aug 28, 2007 | 10 comments
2. Max Levchin at 2006 UIUC Talk "You should start a company right now" (video) (video.google.com)
21 points by staunch on Aug 28, 2007 | 3 comments
3. The Surprising Truth About Ugly Websites (they perform better) (sitepronews.com)
18 points by nickb on Aug 28, 2007 | 21 comments
4. You have a 1 in 20 chance of being chosen by YC. Pretty good odds!
17 points by palish on Aug 28, 2007 | 61 comments
5. CSS @ Ten: The Next Big Thing (alistapart.com)
17 points by ivankirigin on Aug 28, 2007 | 12 comments
6. How valuable are designers to a startup team?
17 points by kyro on Aug 28, 2007 | 29 comments
7. How Three Swedish Geeks Became Hollywood's Number One Enemy (guardian.co.uk)
15 points by kkim on Aug 28, 2007
8. Google Launches Official Facebook App (mashable.com)
14 points by dawie on Aug 28, 2007 | 3 comments
9. Is reddit down? (reddit.com)
16 points by twism on Aug 28, 2007 | 9 comments
10. The Tale of the Mechanical Virus (alwaysbeta.com)
15 points by kf on Aug 28, 2007
11. Norman Borlaug: the greatest person to ever live? (wikipedia.org)
13 points by kf on Aug 28, 2007 | 14 comments
12. A Comparison of Push and Pull Techniques for Ajax [pdf] (arxiv.org)
13 points by damien on Aug 28, 2007 | 4 comments
13. JavaScript Tips for Novices, Acolytes, and Gurus (arstechnica.com)
12 points by charzom on Aug 28, 2007
14. Is music production comparable to programming?
14 points by Tichy on Aug 28, 2007 | 18 comments
15. Sequoia Capital to Yale: "Invest or else" (venturebeat.com)
12 points by brett on Aug 28, 2007 | 1 comment
16. Facebook Rival ConnectU.com's SQL injection vulnerability: a story of pathetic hubris (socialscienceplusplus.blogspot.com)
12 points by tomh on Aug 28, 2007 | 16 comments
17. New hydrogen generating technology "competitive with gasoline" (physorg.com)
13 points by charzom on Aug 28, 2007 | 4 comments
18. Fred Wilson: Favoriting Ads (avc.blogs.com)
11 points by charzom on Aug 28, 2007 | 3 comments
19. In the Beginning Was the Command Line (spack.org)
11 points by byrneseyeview on Aug 28, 2007 | 2 comments
20. MySpace runs on IIS? Really? (myspace.com)
11 points by andreyf on Aug 28, 2007 | 39 comments
21. Oh the Irony
9 points by transburgh on Aug 28, 2007 | 9 comments
22. What Really Buys Happiness? (city-journal.org)
9 points by kkim on Aug 28, 2007 | 4 comments
23. Boingboing redesigned: nicely minimalist, despite all the ads (boingboing.net)
8 points by kf on Aug 28, 2007 | 4 comments
24. What's the best startup story you ever heard?
9 points by eusman on Aug 28, 2007 | 15 comments
25. Top 100 "Undiscovered" Web Sites (pcmag.com)
9 points by jkush on Aug 28, 2007 | 6 comments
26. Google Phone (wired.com)
8 points by vlad on Aug 28, 2007 | 6 comments
27. Who Can Name the Bigger Number? (scottaaronson.com)
8 points by nickb on Aug 28, 2007
28. Our resistance to an epidemic 3 million years ago may have exposed us to the risk of HIV today (guardian.co.uk)
7 points by kkim on Aug 28, 2007
29. Facebook Takes Further Steps To Curb User Abuse; Change In How Applications Are Measured (techcrunch.com)
4 points by brett on Aug 28, 2007
30. Why Apple Can't Stop iPhone Hackers (businessweek.com)
7 points by dawie on Aug 28, 2007

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