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1.		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
2.		Simplicity is hard to build... (twitter.com/sacca)
		82 points by gaika on July 17, 2008 \| 37 comments
3.		Ask HN: Best books/source to learn about investing?
		65 points by tialys on July 17, 2008 \| 67 comments
4.		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
5.		At 38, am I too old for a startup?
		50 points by bh on July 17, 2008 \| 89 comments
6.		Why Apple didn't use X for the window system (slashdot.org)
		48 points by chaostheory on July 17, 2008 \| 35 comments
7.		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
8.		Using your browser URL history to estimate gender (mikeonads.com)
		37 points by paulgb on July 17, 2008 \| 22 comments
9.		Ask HN: What's stopping HN going the way of Reddit/Digg/Slashdot?
		33 points by dant on July 17, 2008 \| 74 comments
10.		15 Resources To Get You Started With jQuery From Scratch (nettuts.com)
		30 points by nickb on July 17, 2008 \| 7 comments
11.		jQuery plugin for generating sparklines (omnipotent.net)
		26 points by nickb on July 17, 2008 \| 5 comments
12.		GoDaddy’s Domain Registration Totally Screws .me (techcrunch.com)
		27 points by noodle on July 17, 2008 \| 15 comments
13.		Firebuggin' (ejohn.org)
		25 points by johns on July 17, 2008 \| 6 comments
14.		.me domain name open registration starts tomorrow at 8pm PST (godaddy.com)
		22 points by yangyang42 on July 17, 2008 \| 33 comments
15.		Pathologists Believe They Have Pinpointed Achilles Heel of HIV (scienceblog.com)
		17 points by lurkage on July 17, 2008 \| 4 comments
16.		Ask HN: Anybody outsource their startup?
		18 points by DanielBMarkham on July 17, 2008 \| 17 comments
17.		Food for the brain: What to eat to make you smarter (economist.com)
		18 points by cawel on July 17, 2008 \| 5 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.		Contrasting Programmers (lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com)
		16 points by raganwald on July 17, 2008
21.		UK hacker meetup tomorrow in London
		18 points by ian on July 17, 2008
22.		Matt Mullenweg on Wordpress (sfgate.com)
		16 points by gibsonf1 on July 17, 2008 \| 5 comments
23.		How to Change Someone's Mind (guykawasaki.com)
		16 points by mcxx on July 17, 2008 \| 8 comments
24.		8 Mathematic Tattoos You Need to See (studenthacks.org)
		16 points by jmorin007 on July 17, 2008 \| 15 comments
25.		Is This The Future Of Search? (techcrunch.com)
		15 points by froo on July 17, 2008 \| 10 comments
26.		Ask HN: what language should I learn next?
		14 points by jon_dahl on July 17, 2008 \| 58 comments
27.		Persai launches, now called Pressflip (teddziuba.com)
		14 points by whalesalad on July 17, 2008 \| 18 comments
28.		The Story of the Fail Whale (readwriteweb.com)
		14 points by sant0sk1 on July 17, 2008 \| 2 comments
29.		Deploy Rails apps to EC2 in minutes with the RoR JumpBox (jumpbox.com)
		12 points by scrollinondubs on July 17, 2008 \| 4 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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