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1. The Food Miles Mistake: Saving the planet by eating New Zealand apples (reason.com)
68 points by robg on Nov 7, 2008 | 35 comments
2. Microsoft considers adopting WebKit for Internet Explorer (appleinsider.com)
56 points by rlm on Nov 7, 2008 | 35 comments
3. Steve Jobs is not like you and me. (pbs.org)
55 points by pchristensen on Nov 7, 2008 | 28 comments
4. Android: float GRAVITY_DEATH_STAR_I (code.google.com)
50 points by frisco on Nov 7, 2008 | 24 comments
5. Malcolm Gladwell's 5 Steps to Success (dealflow.typepad.com)
49 points by KrisZolar on Nov 7, 2008 | 25 comments
6. Zed on Matt: Conclusion (zedshaw.com)
45 points by astrec on Nov 7, 2008 | 20 comments
7. A very real, though slightly impractical, cure for AIDS (wsj.com)
43 points by kf on Nov 7, 2008 | 15 comments
8. Al Gore on Twitter, for real (allthingsd.com)
24 points by pakafka on Nov 7, 2008 | 23 comments
9. Paulson's Swindle Revealed (thenation.com)
22 points by chaostheory on Nov 7, 2008 | 8 comments
10. I Can Save The AppStore (demiforce.blogspot.com)
21 points by comatose_kid on Nov 7, 2008 | 9 comments
11. Anatomy of a Classic - Grim Fandango (geero.net)
21 points by andygeers on Nov 7, 2008 | 7 comments
12. An ErlangWeb Tutorial (erlang-web.org)
21 points by socratees on Nov 7, 2008 | 3 comments
13. Should Kids Be Able to Graduate After 10th Grade? (yahoo.com)
21 points by gscott on Nov 7, 2008 | 39 comments
14. Huge loss leaves GM almost out of cash (cnn.com)
21 points by josefresco on Nov 7, 2008 | 40 comments
15. BitTorrent co-founder to launch incubator for tech entrepreneurs (ashwinnavin.org)
20 points by nreece on Nov 7, 2008 | 4 comments
16. JavaScript Graph Plotting Tool (div not canvas) (ajaxian.com)
18 points by bdfh42 on Nov 7, 2008 | 4 comments
17. Build your own web server for $130 (ddj.com)
17 points by seano on Nov 7, 2008 | 2 comments
18. First Look at Songbird 1.0 (lifehacker.com)
17 points by dhimes on Nov 7, 2008 | 9 comments
19. U.S. job losses soar, jobless rate at 14-year high (reuters.com)
16 points by jadence on Nov 7, 2008 | 33 comments
20. The cash panic sweeping the VC industry (alleyinsider.com)
16 points by fromedome on Nov 7, 2008 | 1 comment
21. Ask HN: Reasonable expectations of a senior co-founder?
14 points by funargz on Nov 7, 2008 | 12 comments
22. Rare, profound positive events won't make you happy, but lots of little ones will (bps-research-digest.blogspot.com)
14 points by bd on Nov 7, 2008 | 5 comments
23. The Long Tail of Search is Much Longer Than Expected (hitwise.com)
14 points by qhoxie on Nov 7, 2008 | 1 comment
24. Why Startups Fail: A Top 10 List From Prolific Seattle Angel Geoff Entress (xconomy.com)
14 points by bbuderi on Nov 7, 2008 | 4 comments
25. Researchers Hijack Storm Worm to Track Profits (washingtonpost.com)
13 points by Anon84 on Nov 7, 2008 | 5 comments
26. Microsoft Probably Not Really Considering WebKit For IE (washingtonpost.com)
12 points by nickb on Nov 7, 2008 | 6 comments
27. Delicious is 5 (delicious.com)
12 points by jwilliams on Nov 7, 2008 | 10 comments
28. Moving to Flash, Part 3: Beginning the Actual Port (sharendipity.com)
12 points by beermann on Nov 7, 2008
29. The original Macintosh: insanely great (youtube.com)
12 points by henning on Nov 7, 2008 | 8 comments
30. Battered, but not broken: understanding the WPA crack (arstechnica.com)
11 points by rlm on Nov 7, 2008

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