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1.
Linus Torvalds: Debugging hell (torvalds-family.blogspot.com)
78 points by mqt on Dec 5, 2008 | 44 comments
2.
Why Good Developers Are Not Getting 10 times the Pay (itscommonsensestupid.blogspot.com)
73 points by nsoonhui on Dec 5, 2008 | 93 comments
3.
 Soon it will be time to start over, again (scripting.com)
67 points by bootload on Dec 5, 2008 | 9 comments
4.
H. M., an Unforgettable Amnesiac, Dies at 82 (nytimes.com)
54 points by kalvin on Dec 5, 2008 | 24 comments
5.
Raising the World’s I.Q. with Micronutrients (nytimes.com)
53 points by MikeCapone on Dec 5, 2008 | 32 comments
6.
How Alex Payne Uses TextMate (al3x.net)
45 points by twampss on Dec 5, 2008 | 32 comments
7.
Enable "path view" in Finder (OS X) (tuaw.com)
43 points by tortilla on Dec 5, 2008 | 12 comments
8.
A Programmer's Dilemma (softwareindustrialization.com)
42 points by gaius on Dec 5, 2008 | 32 comments
9.
Pyquery 0.2 : jQuery for Python (python.org)
38 points by iamelgringo on Dec 5, 2008 | 8 comments
10.
The Saudi Arabia of Lithium (forbes.com)
34 points by robg on Dec 5, 2008 | 2 comments
11.
10 Tips To Get Your Startup Noticed. (marketingstartups.com)
33 points by nathanburke on Dec 5, 2008 | 9 comments
12.
InviteUp : Easiest Invite Ever (inviteup.com)
32 points by kirubakaran on Dec 5, 2008 | 47 comments
13.
Do modern IDEs make us dumber? (charlespetzold.com)
30 points by vorador on Dec 5, 2008 | 37 comments
14.
Apache + Passenger -vs- nginx + mongrel (mornini.wordpress.com)
32 points by azharcs on Dec 5, 2008 | 4 comments
15.
First time entrepreneurs have 18% chance of success; 2nd time entrepreneurs: 30% (hbs.edu)
30 points by pierrefar on Dec 5, 2008 | 16 comments
16.
The Agile Disease (lukehalliwell.wordpress.com)
29 points by utnick on Dec 5, 2008 | 12 comments
17.
A profile of Sergey Brin: Enlightenment man (economist.com)
29 points by cawel on Dec 5, 2008 | 6 comments
18.
Appalanche (YC S07): A Snazzy Recommendation Engine For The App Store That Sort Of Works (techcrunch.com)
26 points by jmorin007 on Dec 5, 2008 | 7 comments
19.
Save Bletchley Park (infoworld.com)
25 points by ccraigIW on Dec 5, 2008 | 6 comments
20.
Ask HN: Review My WebApp (chemsink.com)
24 points by kbrower on Dec 5, 2008 | 20 comments
21.
Google "uses" 21 times more bandwidth than it pays for (precursorblog.com)
23 points by blackswan on Dec 5, 2008 | 23 comments
22.
MIT’s Introduction to Algorithms, Lecture 16: Greedy Algorithms (catonmat.net)
22 points by Anon84 on Dec 5, 2008 | 3 comments
23.
Android 1.0 ported to Nokia N810 (linuxdevices.com)
22 points by rglullis on Dec 5, 2008 | 7 comments
24.
Finally Waving The White Flag to Objective-C 2.0 (lethain.com)
21 points by twampss on Dec 5, 2008 | 5 comments
25.
Balls and brains -- Smart men have better sperm (economist.com)
18 points by dzohrob on Dec 5, 2008 | 15 comments
26.
Python 3.0: What's The Point? (mooseyard.com)
17 points by twampss on Dec 5, 2008 | 32 comments
27.
Nerdery (foohack.com)
17 points by IsaacSchlueter on Dec 5, 2008 | 4 comments
28.
Neighborhoods Propose Printing Their Own Currency To Encourage Local Shopping (consumerist.com)
15 points by trs90 on Dec 5, 2008 | 32 comments
29.
Ask PG: Increase in growth rate of YC applicants
14 points by smg on Dec 5, 2008 | 9 comments
30.
Traditional Venture Model is "Broken" for Biotech, Says VC Alan Frazier (xconomy.com)
14 points by gthuang on Dec 5, 2008 | 1 comment

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