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1. Why you shoud never use your favorite password on News.YCombinator.com (rafb.net)
43 points by kwdowicz on May 31, 2008 | 130 comments
2. These time-sucks will add 3 months to your launch date. (47hats.com)
36 points by dshah on May 31, 2008 | 8 comments
3. Building a Modern Computer from First Principles (idc.ac.il)
34 points by olavk on May 31, 2008 | 9 comments
4. MagLev is Gemstone/S for Ruby: 6x-60x faster VM, OODB, and more... (obiefernandez.com)
33 points by gaika on May 31, 2008 | 9 comments
5. Google spotlights data center inner workings (cnet.com)
30 points by paulsb on May 31, 2008
6. Ask HN: how did you fix problems with bad sleep?
26 points by Tichy on May 31, 2008 | 55 comments
7. An Open Letter to Facebook's Founder from Professor Davidoff (a lesson on deal terms) (nytimes.com)
24 points by nickb on May 31, 2008 | 4 comments
8. Ask YC: Shared hosting providers that don't suck?
19 points by kf on May 31, 2008 | 34 comments
9. The Long Strange Trip to Java (blinkenlights.com)
17 points by shankys on May 31, 2008 | 10 comments
10. Ask HN: Fink or Macports?
15 points by yourabi on May 31, 2008 | 37 comments
11. The Sky Is Falling (theatlantic.com)
15 points by ivankirigin on May 31, 2008 | 9 comments
12. How to Recognize a Dark Age (loper-os.org)
15 points by rplevy on May 31, 2008 | 2 comments
13. Yahoo's New BrowserPlus: Game Changer (whydoeseverythingsuck.com)
15 points by wumi on May 31, 2008 | 5 comments
14. I together with other four friends just launched our new site: smuvi.com (more info in the comments)
15 points by antirez on May 31, 2008 | 5 comments
15. Surprise of the Day: Maglev Ruby VM (drewblas.com)
14 points by nickb on May 31, 2008
16. Understanding Amazon Web Services (roughtype.com)
13 points by razorburn on May 31, 2008 | 1 comment
17. War Without Soldiers (forbes.com)
13 points by razorburn on May 31, 2008 | 23 comments
18. The Even Bigger News About Maglev (karmalab.org)
13 points by kschrader on May 31, 2008
19. Google To Launch Large Scale Geo-Services (techcrunch.com)
10 points by jasonlbaptiste on May 31, 2008 | 4 comments
20. An Inside Look at How we got TechCrunched (newscred.com)
10 points by shafqat on May 31, 2008 | 4 comments
21. Ask HN: Most desired programming skills in a startup?
9 points by crashmoriarty on May 31, 2008 | 24 comments
22. Benchmarking the new Hunchentoot Common Lisp Web Server (rsynnott.com)
8 points by nickb on May 31, 2008
23. Wmd - “what you see is what you mean” Markdown editor written in JavaScript (wmd-editor.com)
8 points by nickb on May 31, 2008 | 5 comments
24. World's largest and tallest spanning arch bridge (Dubai) (designgeist.org)
7 points by themichael on May 31, 2008 | 4 comments
25. Billboards That Look Back (nytimes.com)
7 points by markbao on May 31, 2008 | 2 comments
26. Ask HN: What self-study curriculum organizer tool do you use?
6 points by YuriNiyazov on May 31, 2008 | 9 comments
27. Is "Scaling Engineer" a new job title? (highscalability.com)
6 points by prakash on May 31, 2008 | 1 comment
28. What domain of knowledge does my problem fall under?
6 points by voidfiles on May 31, 2008 | 10 comments
29. IPhone loses market share in Q1, RIM gains. No biggie. (alleyinsider.com)
5 points by fromedome on May 31, 2008
30. Satellite-TV Hacker Tells All (wired.com)
5 points by muriithi on May 31, 2008

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