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1.
Pretending to game the system: Fans hoax "Girlfriend" vid to the #1 spot on YouTube. (voltagecreative.com)
89 points by wmeredith on Aug 20, 2008 | 31 comments
2.
Detailed review of MIT's OCW course "Introduction to Algorithms", Part I: Analysis of Algorithms and Asymptotic Notation (catonmat.net)
71 points by pkrumins on Aug 20, 2008 | 12 comments
3.
JustHackIt - Post your idea and find people to start building it with (justhackit.com)
59 points by gasull on Aug 20, 2008 | 25 comments
4.
Death (yale.edu)
56 points by sutro on Aug 20, 2008 | 65 comments
5.
How Facebook deals with memcache consistency in multiple datacenters (facebook.com)
43 points by jimgreer on Aug 20, 2008 | 18 comments
6.
23 Essential Tools For Web Development on a Mac (webjackalope.com)
45 points by tomh on Aug 20, 2008 | 37 comments
7.
 The cardinal programming jokes (yosefk.com)
37 points by nickb on Aug 20, 2008 | 24 comments
8.
TSA inspectors damage 9 aircraft while conducting "security checks" (aero-news.net)
34 points by drewr on Aug 20, 2008 | 23 comments
9.
JustHackIt: It’s Like a Dating Site For Hackers (techcrunch.com)
34 points by makimaki on Aug 20, 2008 | 32 comments
10.
Get good at iPhone app development (marco.org)
33 points by danw on Aug 20, 2008 | 30 comments
11.
Adam Smith (Xobni) in Technology Review's 35 under 35 (technologyreview.com)
31 points by dhouston on Aug 20, 2008 | 5 comments
12.
Mirror test shows magpies are self aware (newscientist.com)
32 points by fiaz on Aug 20, 2008 | 14 comments
13.
Overview: C++ Gets an Overhaul (C++0x) (devx.com)
31 points by Anon84 on Aug 20, 2008 | 79 comments
14.
On being a bit of an idiot (oblomovka.com)
30 points by danw on Aug 20, 2008 | 2 comments
15.
Ten Startups Debut At TechStars Demo Day (techcrunch.com)
28 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 20, 2008 | 18 comments
16.
101 Reasons Why PostgreSQL is a better fit for Rails than MySQL (oldmoe.blogspot.com)
24 points by qhoxie on Aug 20, 2008 | 10 comments
17.
Profanity works (37signals.com)
24 points by pbnaidu on Aug 20, 2008 | 53 comments
18.
Proposed HN Feature: The Cold Shoulder Button
22 points by mechanical_fish on Aug 20, 2008 | 15 comments
19.
In Praise of Scripting: Real Programming Pragmatism (wustl.edu)
22 points by mariorz on Aug 20, 2008 | 6 comments
20.
Y Combinator Demo Day: CO2Stats, Posterous and others show their stuff (venturebeat.com)
23 points by transburgh on Aug 20, 2008 | 4 comments
21.
Forbes misses the point of the 4-day work week (37signals.com)
22 points by terpua on Aug 20, 2008 | 22 comments
22.
Learn how Linux manages memory: Anatomy of the Linux slab allocator (ibm.com)
21 points by nickb on Aug 20, 2008
23.
DHH Interview: Ruby on Rails, Startups, Culture (youtube.com)
22 points by luckystrike on Aug 20, 2008 | 2 comments
24.
Ask YC: Why can't anyone compete with craigslist?
19 points by agotterer on Aug 20, 2008 | 69 comments
25.
Wordpress or Typepad? Just roll your own (hoisie.com)
18 points by marketer on Aug 20, 2008 | 10 comments
26.
Manifold destiny: a legendary problem and the battle over who solved it (newyorker.com)
17 points by hhm on Aug 20, 2008 | 5 comments
27.
Ask YC: Is Startup Ubiquity a Bad Thing?
14 points by iamdave on Aug 20, 2008 | 10 comments
28.
Gmail Account Hacking Tool (hungry-hackers.com)
13 points by aneesh on Aug 20, 2008 | 5 comments
29.
How fast is Java Volatile? or Atomic? or Synchronized? (mailinator.blogspot.com)
12 points by gus_massa on Aug 20, 2008
30.
Interval sequences in Common Lisp (ahefner.livejournal.com)
12 points by nickb on Aug 20, 2008 | 5 comments

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