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1.		Serious bug found in Excel 2007 ::: 850*77.1 = 100,000 and not 65535 (groups.google.com)
		39 points by nickb on Sept 25, 2007 \| 27 comments
2.		Your Man in India - Outsourcing Your Errands (smartmoney.com)
		31 points by mhb on Sept 25, 2007 \| 17 comments
3.		Why Your Start-up Will Fail (forbes.com)
		30 points by drm237 on Sept 25, 2007 \| 15 comments
4.		Missing from PG's startup essays: acquisition negotiations strategy/advice?
		27 points by os111 on Sept 25, 2007 \| 13 comments
5.		Vitamin: Getting a startup right the second time (imthere) (thinkvitamin.com)
		26 points by luccastera on Sept 25, 2007 \| 2 comments
6.		Parakey: Did Investors Get Left Out In The Cold? (techcrunch.com)
		20 points by luccastera on Sept 25, 2007 \| 6 comments
7.		What do you think of my startup idea?
		19 points by steffon on Sept 25, 2007 \| 43 comments
8.		$200M market for a product catering to prejudice. If you had a similar product idea or implementation that could make you rich; would you still execute? (bbc.co.uk)
		19 points by juwo on Sept 25, 2007 \| 56 comments
9.		Fire your best people... reward the lazy ones (testearly.com)
		19 points by nickb on Sept 25, 2007 \| 4 comments
10.		"How many of the top 20 visited Web sites of August 2003 are still in that ranking? Nine" (wsj.com)
		16 points by jkopelman on Sept 25, 2007 \| 8 comments
11.		Another reason many startup founders are young - salary
		17 points by johnrob on Sept 25, 2007 \| 23 comments
12.		Man Has Memory Span of a Few Seconds - Terrifying/Fascinating (newyorker.com)
		15 points by mhb on Sept 25, 2007 \| 6 comments
13.		Feedback on my new project, ShelfMade.net (shelfmade.net)
		12 points by mikesabat on Sept 25, 2007 \| 26 comments
14.		Tufte inspired LaTeX classes for producing handouts and papers (code.google.com)
		9 points by nickb on Sept 25, 2007 \| 4 comments
15.		Why 'Total Geeks' Build Businesses Faster (businessweek.com)
		9 points by bootload on Sept 25, 2007 \| 1 comment
16.		The road to launch... (clutterme.com)
		9 points by blored on Sept 25, 2007 \| 8 comments
17.		Sketchcasting (sketchcast.com)
		8 points by jkush on Sept 25, 2007 \| 3 comments
18.		nobraces: Python-style indentation for C (micropledge.com)
		8 points by benhoyt on Sept 25, 2007 \| 4 comments
19.		Flat Rate Considered Harmful: How to ignite innovation on the mobile web (tbray.org)
		8 points by raganwald on Sept 25, 2007 \| 2 comments
20.		Unskilled and Unaware of It (homedns.org)
		7 points by bootload on Sept 25, 2007 \| 4 comments
21.		Rands In Repose: Pushing buttons during an interview (randsinrepose.com)
		7 points by nickb on Sept 25, 2007 \| 1 comment
22.		Amazon MP3 vs. Apple iTunes: Where Should You Shop? (gigaom.com)
		7 points by transburgh on Sept 25, 2007
23.		Deceptive AdSense Ads Worse Than Click Fraud (microisvjournal.wordpress.com)
		6 points by nickb on Sept 25, 2007
24.		Ask News.YC: Should You Implement Your Business Model at Launch? Joe Kraus vs Paul Graham
		6 points by staunch on Sept 25, 2007 \| 7 comments
25.		What if Facebook merged with Amazon.com? (valleywag.com)
		6 points by nickb on Sept 25, 2007 \| 1 comment
26.		Facebook Is Evil and Its Strategy Is Obsolete (bubblegeneration.com)
		5 points by colortone on Sept 25, 2007 \| 3 comments
27.		Ballmer sells Windows 1.0... used car salesman style! (youtube.com)
		5 points by nickb on Sept 25, 2007
28.		Where to look for Python developers?
		5 points by surya on Sept 25, 2007 \| 5 comments
29.		Max Levchin Interview on The GigaOm Show [video, podcast] (revision3.com)
		5 points by staunch on Sept 25, 2007
30.		Amazon Launches DRM-free Music Store (arstechnica.com)
		5 points by karzeem on Sept 25, 2007 \| 2 comments
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