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1.		We are living in someone else's computer simulation (nytimes.com)
		57 points by mhb on Aug 14, 2007 \| 41 comments
2.		Luck and the entrepreneur, part 1: The four kinds of luck (pmarca.com)
		43 points by eposts on Aug 14, 2007 \| 13 comments
3.		Indian mathematicians discovered infinite series in 1350 (physorg.com)
		45 points by pg on Aug 14, 2007 \| 13 comments
4.		The Importance of Design in Business (particletree.com)
		24 points by unfoldedorigami on Aug 14, 2007 \| 1 comment
5.		Film about Ramanujan (math genius died at 33) being made (bbc.co.uk)
		24 points by terpua on Aug 14, 2007
6.		Raising Money: Every morning wake up and say to yourself 'They need me more than I need them.' (xobni.com)
		18 points by adamsmith on Aug 14, 2007
7.		TV show panel full of experts tells entrepreneur his idea is worthless, he proves them wrong (dailymail.co.uk)
		20 points by nickb on Aug 14, 2007 \| 6 comments
8.		First Google Health Screenshots (blogoscoped.com)
		18 points by dawie on Aug 14, 2007 \| 2 comments
9.		Alexa Says YouTube Is Now Bigger Than Google. Alexa Is Useless (techcrunch.com)
		18 points by transburgh on Aug 14, 2007 \| 2 comments
10.		The Beam of Light That Flips a Switch That Turns on the Brain (nytimes.com)
		14 points by farmer on Aug 14, 2007
11.		Data and Codata (sigfpe.blogspot.com)
		14 points by nostrademons on Aug 14, 2007
12.		Nasdaq's New Portal Market: IPO Alternative for Startups? (washingtonpost.com)
		16 points by dpapathanasiou on Aug 14, 2007 \| 7 comments
13.		Potato powered webserver (d116.com)
		15 points by Keios on Aug 14, 2007 \| 1 comment
14.		Group-O-Matic (My Startup Launch!) (groupomatic.com)
		15 points by epi0Bauqu on Aug 14, 2007 \| 19 comments
15.		Arrington uses Feedlounge's demise to disagree with 37 Signals about charging for software (techcrunch.com)
		13 points by brett on Aug 14, 2007 \| 5 comments
16.		Adobe takes aim at Microsoft and Apple (wired.com)
		11 points by Readmore on Aug 14, 2007 \| 1 comment
17.		A List Apart: Staying Motivated (alistapart.com)
		12 points by kkim on Aug 14, 2007
18.		Dumb But Profitable. 10 Million Dollar Ideas That Shouldn't Have Worked (madconomist.com)
		11 points by nickb on Aug 14, 2007 \| 3 comments
19.		New code on facebook secrets (facebooksecrets.blogspot.com)
		9 points by sharpshoot on Aug 14, 2007 \| 10 comments
20.		Fame vs. Fortune: Micropayments and Free Content (shirky.com)
		8 points by mark-t on Aug 14, 2007 \| 3 comments
21.		Bayesianism: The Rationalist's swiss army knife, power saw, and flamethrower (yudkowsky.net)
		8 points by jey on Aug 14, 2007 \| 2 comments
22.		No Employees for a while - Plentyoffish won't hire (plentyoffish.wordpress.com)
		8 points by Twiek on Aug 14, 2007 \| 6 comments
23.		Google Health coming tomorrow: Electronic Medical Records (EMR) for everyone? (googlesystem.blogspot.com)
		8 points by ratsbane on Aug 14, 2007 \| 2 comments
24.		On Pricing Strategy
		7 points by rrival on Aug 14, 2007 \| 15 comments
25.		Find a co-founder at the weekend of code (8th/9th of September) (ning.com)
		6 points by Tichy on Aug 14, 2007 \| 3 comments
26.		Facebook entrepeneur event: 2-day conference on social network platforms (andrewchen.typepad.com)
		6 points by andrewmobile on Aug 14, 2007 \| 1 comment
27.		uncov on timebridge: 8.5 million raised for google calendar feature (uncov.com)
		6 points by acgourley on Aug 14, 2007
28.		Former TechCrunch Contributor Launches Rival Site (blognation.com)
		5 points by staunch on Aug 14, 2007 \| 3 comments
29.		Looking for Liberty? Avoid adjectives. (socialscienceplusplus.blogspot.com)
		5 points by byrneseyeview on Aug 14, 2007
30.		Home Sweet Home (thinkvitamin.com)
		5 points by dawie on Aug 14, 2007
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