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1.		Facebook Is Kinda OK but Largely Overrated : Matt's Homepage (mattmaroon.com)
		28 points by brett on Oct 6, 2007 \| 56 comments
2.		What sparked your inner hacker?
		23 points by nextmovetwo on Oct 6, 2007 \| 47 comments
3.		Ask YC: Why does 800-GOOG-411 have a listing for "prostitutes" in SF?
		11 points by solfox on Oct 6, 2007 \| 10 comments
4.		Sexy charts in less than 5 minutes (railsontherun.com)
		10 points by nickb on Oct 6, 2007
5.		Hackers with no equity in company: good or bad?
		10 points by prime0196 on Oct 6, 2007 \| 34 comments
6.		Vista the true infomercial (dthomasdigital.wordpress.com)
		9 points by nickb on Oct 6, 2007
7.		Ask YC: Online demo url
		9 points by wonjun on Oct 6, 2007 \| 10 comments
8.		Ask PG: What Counts as a Founder in the App?
		9 points by divia on Oct 6, 2007 \| 3 comments
9.		Web Startups Are A Commodity (avc.blogs.com)
		8 points by augy on Oct 6, 2007 \| 2 comments
10.		Old, but interesting article on Friendster's demise (inc.com)
		8 points by ALee on Oct 6, 2007
11.		Getting Started with OAuth (oauth.net)
		8 points by danw on Oct 6, 2007
12.		Ask YC: submit an application a second time?
		6 points by Tichy on Oct 6, 2007 \| 12 comments
13.		OAuth Core 1.0 Final Draft is out: Now go build stuff! (factoryjoe.com)
		6 points by danw on Oct 6, 2007 \| 1 comment
14.		Tiny 'tin whiskers' imperil electronics (yahoo.com)
		6 points by nickb on Oct 6, 2007
15.		Greetings Y folks! Simple life-hack in exchange for your collective advice!
		6 points by NSX2 on Oct 6, 2007 \| 7 comments
16.		Getting a great logo on the cheap: Hold a Contest (webmin.com)
		6 points by SwellJoe on Oct 6, 2007 \| 12 comments
17.		Apple is, once again, big man on campus (valleywag.com)
		5 points by transburgh on Oct 6, 2007 \| 1 comment
18.		Favorite Language/Editor Features
		5 points by DaniFong on Oct 6, 2007 \| 8 comments
19.		Should asking puzzle questions in technical interviews be illegal?
		5 points by amichail on Oct 6, 2007 \| 26 comments
20.		Startup For Less - Survival Guide for Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs (lovemytool.com)
		5 points by gigamon on Oct 6, 2007
21.		What do you get when you curry partial application?
		4 points by nickb on Oct 6, 2007
22.		Developing a modular, nanoparticle drug delivery system (biologynews.net)
		4 points by ingenium on Oct 6, 2007 \| 3 comments
23.		British scientists make water defy gravity (telegraph.co.uk)
		4 points by gibsonf1 on Oct 6, 2007
24.		Math Whizzes Turbo-Charge An Online Retailer's Sales (intelligententerprise.com)
		4 points by fauigerzigerk on Oct 6, 2007 \| 1 comment
25.		"Pen Science" is to Writing as CS is to Web 2.0
		4 points by amichail on Oct 6, 2007 \| 20 comments
26.		Use OpenID Beyond Authentication (fourstarters.com)
		4 points by cbetta on Oct 6, 2007
27.		Health Vault: MS' healthcare search (economist.com)
		4 points by neilc on Oct 6, 2007
28.		Dear New York Times: The Pay Wall Was Only Half the Problem (readwriteweb.com)
		3 points by danw on Oct 6, 2007 \| 5 comments
29.		7 Rules for Communicating Clearly and Concisely in Email (webworkerdaily.com)
		3 points by tomh on Oct 6, 2007
30.		Ask YC: Does your choice of language/platform play a role during an acquisition?
		3 points by luccastera on Oct 6, 2007 \| 10 comments
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