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1.		You Can't Soak the Rich (wsj.com)
		91 points by epi0Bauqu on May 20, 2008 \| 109 comments
2.		Ask YC: Django vs Ruby on Rails
		70 points by notdarkyet on May 20, 2008 \| 112 comments
3.		The Pi You Know Is A Lie (scribd.com)
		60 points by eyudkowsky on May 20, 2008 \| 29 comments
4.		Choose Your Manager (ericsink.com)
		47 points by pchristensen on May 20, 2008 \| 15 comments
5.		Greasemonkey script to de-scribd HN PDFs (clayvalet.com)
		46 points by ken on May 20, 2008 \| 17 comments
6.		Building a Poker Bot: Part 2 (codingthewheel.com)
		38 points by dangoldin on May 20, 2008 \| 10 comments
7.		Programmers At Work - Bill Gates (1986) (programmersatwork.wordpress.com)
		40 points by prakash on May 20, 2008 \| 17 comments
8.		Computer Random vs. True Random : See the difference in how random numbers are generated. (boallen.com)
		39 points by e1ven on May 20, 2008 \| 31 comments
9.		Happy Birthday edw519
		36 points by Xichekolas on May 20, 2008 \| 23 comments
10.		Apple's Top Designer Explains Design (independent.co.uk)
		33 points by paulsb on May 20, 2008 \| 12 comments
11.		The Frontal Cortex : The Hidden Cost of Smart Drugs (scienceblogs.com)
		32 points by prakash on May 20, 2008 \| 14 comments
12.		Ask YC: Where do you get international startup news?
		32 points by alex_c on May 20, 2008 \| 14 comments
13.		Space To Scale (highscalability.com)
		27 points by pbnaidu on May 20, 2008 \| 6 comments
14.		5 Tips for E-mailing Busy People (fourhourworkweek.com)
		26 points by breily on May 20, 2008 \| 3 comments
15.		Erlang: "Let It Crash" Programming (teamb.com)
		23 points by foemmel on May 20, 2008
16.		Tipjoy: Rethinking Micropayments (sexywidget.com)
		23 points by sopu on May 20, 2008 \| 12 comments
17.		Facebook Ignites Entrepreneurial Spirit at Harvard (wsj.com)
		20 points by zurla on May 20, 2008 \| 3 comments
18.		Ask YC: Office space - cheap or creative?
		20 points by mchang16 on May 20, 2008 \| 32 comments
19.		Facebook Traffic Declines 10% in April (mashable.com)
		20 points by rockstar9 on May 20, 2008 \| 13 comments
20.		Welcome to GitCasts (gitcasts.com)
		20 points by chaostheory on May 20, 2008 \| 1 comment
21.		Why Raising VC Funding Does Not Equal Success (onstartups.com)
		19 points by getp on May 20, 2008
22.		Don’t sacrifice your blog in the name of productivity (16thletter.com)
		18 points by webwatch on May 20, 2008 \| 2 comments
23.		How to Make Common Lisp go Faster Than C (epita.fr)
		18 points by smanek on May 20, 2008 \| 42 comments
24.		Andrew Chen: How Web 2.0 startups should think about the Lifetime Value of their audiences (andrewchen.typepad.com)
		18 points by andrew_null on May 20, 2008 \| 1 comment
25.		7 Essential Web Design Principles to Earn Trust (10e20.com)
		17 points by nickb on May 20, 2008
26.		No Deleterious Effects of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide - 31,000 Scientists sign Petition (oism.org)
		17 points by gibsonf1 on May 20, 2008 \| 40 comments
27.		Ask Your Doctor About mod_rails (nubyonrails.com)
		16 points by sant0sk1 on May 20, 2008
28.		To Fight Global Warming We Must Tax All Recreational Exercise (nytimes.com)
		15 points by getp on May 20, 2008 \| 16 comments
29.		NewsCred Launches - would love feedback on my startup
		14 points by shafqat on May 20, 2008 \| 13 comments
30.		iPhone 3G Launch Date Confirmed (gizmodo.com)
		14 points by rockstar9 on May 20, 2008 \| 3 comments
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