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1. Burning out on Capistrano (Jamis Buck) (groups.google.com)
101 points by swombat on Dec 7, 2008 | 37 comments
2. I've Seen the Future, and It Has a Kill Switch (schneier.com)
66 points by pmjordan on Dec 7, 2008 | 29 comments
3. The Mouse And The Rectangle (dustincurtis.com)
62 points by arjunlall on Dec 7, 2008 | 23 comments
4. OpenPoker, a scalable poker server written in Erlang, is public on GitHub (wagerlabs.com)
40 points by wagerlabs on Dec 7, 2008 | 14 comments
5. Most Underhyped Apps of 2008 (lifehacker.com)
37 points by jwilliams on Dec 7, 2008 | 13 comments
6. Vonnegut: a society without productivity variation has no Edisons. (westvalley.edu)
36 points by akkartik on Dec 7, 2008 | 21 comments
7. Analysis: more than 16 cores may well be pointless (arstechnica.com)
35 points by alexandros on Dec 7, 2008 | 46 comments
8. Common chemicals are feminising males of every class of vertebrate animals (independent.co.uk)
32 points by parenthesis on Dec 7, 2008 | 18 comments
9. Is cold sore virus responsible for Alzheimer's Disease? (sciencedaily.com)
31 points by alexwg on Dec 7, 2008 | 6 comments
10. Tcl the Misunderstood (not too new) (antirez.com)
31 points by pmarin on Dec 7, 2008 | 17 comments
11. After 10 years, those with a Philosophy degree out-earn those with degrees in IT, Business etc. (wsj.com)
30 points by nickb on Dec 7, 2008 | 18 comments
12. How I learnt to love Perl (dmclaughlin.com)
30 points by prakash on Dec 7, 2008 | 44 comments
13. Be Patient For TextMate 2 (cultofmac.com)
26 points by KevinBongart on Dec 7, 2008 | 19 comments
14. 3D Animation of LHC operation. (youtube.com)
23 points by jsmcgd on Dec 7, 2008 | 1 comment
15. Techcrunch interviews Zuckerberg (techcrunch.com)
20 points by vaksel on Dec 7, 2008 | 11 comments
16. Financing your free software with Google AdSense (invece.org)
19 points by apgwoz on Dec 7, 2008 | 6 comments
17. The Miracle Berry (bbc.co.uk)
19 points by time_management on Dec 7, 2008 | 7 comments
18. The Science & Engineering Education Myth (businessweek.com)
18 points by nickb on Dec 7, 2008 | 12 comments
19. Holy crap, an Objective-C text that doesn’t assume you’re retarded (fullof.bs)
16 points by peter123 on Dec 7, 2008 | 11 comments
20. Scarsdale Adjusts to Life Without Advanced Placement Courses (nytimes.com)
16 points by pg on Dec 7, 2008 | 10 comments
21. Pre-steal this book (sethgodin.typepad.com)
14 points by terpua on Dec 7, 2008 | 5 comments
22. I fell in love with an assassin (patdollard.com)
13 points by flashgordon on Dec 7, 2008 | 8 comments
23. The End Of Venture Capital As We Know It? (techcrunch.com)
13 points by nickb on Dec 7, 2008 | 4 comments
24. Google gets frugal (time.com)
13 points by rochers on Dec 7, 2008 | 4 comments
25. Getting started with split-testing (startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com)
13 points by peter123 on Dec 7, 2008 | 2 comments
26. What Happens To Code From Failed Projects? (slashdot.org)
11 points by nreece on Dec 7, 2008 | 4 comments
27. Ask HN: Are these scam sites?
12 points by paul9290 on Dec 7, 2008 | 6 comments
28. Android's Expansion into China (venturebeat.com)
10 points by flashgordon on Dec 7, 2008 | 3 comments
29. How 'visionary' raised - and lost - a fortune (sfgate.com)
10 points by kqr2 on Dec 7, 2008 | 1 comment
30. Insanely Great: What if Steve Jobs ran one of the Big Three auto companies? (pbs.org)
10 points by bdfh42 on Dec 7, 2008

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