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1. Donate to help a MySQler (mysql.com)
96 points by dragonquest on July 17, 2008 | 62 comments
2. I just got sued for patent infringement for operating the voo2do.com todo list (techcrunch.com)
85 points by shimon on July 17, 2008 | 45 comments
3. Simplicity is hard to build... (twitter.com/sacca)
82 points by gaika on July 17, 2008 | 37 comments
4. Ask HN: Best books/source to learn about investing?
65 points by tialys on July 17, 2008 | 67 comments
5. Throw out that five-year plan, build something now, and don't take any money (37signals.com)
59 points by terpua on July 17, 2008 | 47 comments
6. At 38, am I too old for a startup?
50 points by bh on July 17, 2008 | 89 comments
7. Why Apple didn't use X for the window system (slashdot.org)
48 points by chaostheory on July 17, 2008 | 35 comments
8. I have a job offer at a startup, am I getting a good deal? Part 1. (venturehacks.com)
43 points by epi0Bauqu on July 17, 2008 | 17 comments
9. Using your browser URL history to estimate gender (mikeonads.com)
37 points by paulgb on July 17, 2008 | 22 comments
10. Ask HN: What's stopping HN going the way of Reddit/Digg/Slashdot?
33 points by dant on July 17, 2008 | 74 comments
11. 15 Resources To Get You Started With jQuery From Scratch (nettuts.com)
30 points by nickb on July 17, 2008 | 7 comments
12. jQuery plugin for generating sparklines (omnipotent.net)
26 points by nickb on July 17, 2008 | 5 comments
13. GoDaddy’s Domain Registration Totally Screws .me (techcrunch.com)
27 points by noodle on July 17, 2008 | 15 comments
14. Firebuggin' (ejohn.org)
25 points by johns on July 17, 2008 | 6 comments
15. .me domain name open registration starts tomorrow at 8pm PST (godaddy.com)
22 points by yangyang42 on July 17, 2008 | 33 comments
16. Pathologists Believe They Have Pinpointed Achilles Heel of HIV (scienceblog.com)
17 points by lurkage on July 17, 2008 | 4 comments
17. Ask HN: Anybody outsource their startup?
18 points by DanielBMarkham on July 17, 2008 | 17 comments
18. Ask HN: How do you read RSS feeds?
18 points by dominik on July 17, 2008 | 43 comments
19. Linus Torvalds' 1986 Sinclair QL code listing (imageshack.us)
18 points by parenthesis on July 17, 2008 | 6 comments
20. Food for the brain: What to eat to make you smarter (economist.com)
18 points by cawel on July 17, 2008 | 5 comments
21. Contrasting Programmers (lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com)
16 points by raganwald on July 17, 2008
22. UK hacker meetup tomorrow in London
18 points by ian on July 17, 2008
23. 8 Mathematic Tattoos You Need to See (studenthacks.org)
16 points by jmorin007 on July 17, 2008 | 15 comments
24. How to Change Someone's Mind (guykawasaki.com)
16 points by mcxx on July 17, 2008 | 8 comments
25. Matt Mullenweg on Wordpress (sfgate.com)
16 points by gibsonf1 on July 17, 2008 | 5 comments
26. Is This The Future Of Search? (techcrunch.com)
15 points by froo on July 17, 2008 | 10 comments
27. Persai launches, now called Pressflip (teddziuba.com)
14 points by whalesalad on July 17, 2008 | 18 comments
28. Ask HN: what language should I learn next?
14 points by jon_dahl on July 17, 2008 | 58 comments
29. The Story of the Fail Whale (readwriteweb.com)
14 points by sant0sk1 on July 17, 2008 | 2 comments
30. Blogging's Dead, Long Live Blogging (avc.blogs.com)
12 points by nickb on July 17, 2008 | 1 comment

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