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1.		Coding Horror: You're Probably Storing Passwords Incorrectly (codinghorror.com)
		32 points by luccastera on Sept 17, 2007 \| 50 comments
2.		Pmarca: The three kinds of platform you meet on the Internet (pmarca.com)
		32 points by alex_c on Sept 17, 2007 \| 4 comments
3.		Ask PG: What is a good size for a YC idea?
		30 points by drm237 on Sept 17, 2007 \| 23 comments
4.		When non-programmers write software (steventalcottsmith.com)
		30 points by Ultrapreneur on Sept 17, 2007 \| 8 comments
5.		How is it that 'Hacker News' still doesn't have search?
		29 points by Readmore on Sept 17, 2007 \| 47 comments
6.		Yahoo Acquires Zimbra For $350 million in Cash (techcrunch.com)
		26 points by nickb on Sept 17, 2007 \| 15 comments
7.		Justin.tv breaks live flash video streaming record (justin.tv)
		22 points by drusenko on Sept 17, 2007 \| 6 comments
8.		Astronomy: Clever hack gets 2x Hubble's resolution, from the ground (msn.com)
		16 points by charzom on Sept 17, 2007 \| 6 comments
9.		Apple co-founder hits the red carpet with gf Kathy Griffin (business2.com)
		16 points by drm237 on Sept 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
10.		Indian doctor develops enzyme that can destroy HIV (ibnlive.com)
		16 points by kashif on Sept 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
11.		How To Ensure Your Startup Will Fail (howtosplitanatom.com)
		15 points by drm237 on Sept 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
12.		jwz's resignation letter from Netscape & Mozilla (jwz.org)
		14 points by nickb on Sept 17, 2007 \| 4 comments
13.		Bill Gates' 1976 Open Letter to Hobbyists: "Most of you steal your software." [JPG] (digibarn.com)
		13 points by pius on Sept 17, 2007 \| 4 comments
14.		The Inside Story of a Small Software Acquisition (softwarebyrob.com)
		10 points by tojileon on Sept 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
15.		Number Theory for Programmers, Part 1 (jakevoytko.com)
		10 points by nickb on Sept 17, 2007
16.		Xobni: anyone using the beta?
		10 points by colortone on Sept 17, 2007 \| 21 comments
17.		How The Discovery Of Geologic Time Changed Our View Of The World (sciencedaily.com)
		9 points by pg on Sept 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
18.		A Hacker's resume (Jon Lech Johansen) (wikipedia.org)
		9 points by Ultrapreneur on Sept 17, 2007 \| 4 comments
19.		Secrets to Amazon's success (37signals.com)
		9 points by danw on Sept 17, 2007 \| 6 comments
20.		But They Did Not Give Up (emory.edu)
		9 points by chaostheory on Sept 17, 2007 \| 6 comments
21.		Intel Swallows Havok (realityprime.com)
		8 points by iamwil on Sept 17, 2007
22.		jQuery UI 1.0 launched! - Widgets, Components, and Interactions (jquery.com)
		8 points by nickb on Sept 17, 2007 \| 1 comment
23.		Dilbert on Marketing (pic) (unitedmedia.com)
		8 points by nickb on Sept 17, 2007
24.		Vista attacked by 13-year-old virus (theregister.co.uk)
		7 points by charzom on Sept 17, 2007
25.		Why Private Messages Suck (paulstamatiou.com)
		7 points by PStamatiou on Sept 17, 2007 \| 13 comments
26.		Oanda raises $100m - online currency exchange (news.com)
		7 points by rwebb on Sept 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
27.		Ex-Googlers Ready to Start New Companies (gigaom.com)
		7 points by byosko on Sept 17, 2007 \| 5 comments
28.		Startup founders: what are the most difficult technical challenges you've faced?
		7 points by Zak on Sept 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
29.		Estimating Google's number of servers using the WWII tank method (daltonlp.com)
		7 points by nickb on Sept 17, 2007 \| 6 comments
30.		What ever happend to Shawn Fanning?... Shawn who? (wsj.com)
		5 points by Ultrapreneur on Sept 17, 2007 \| 5 comments
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