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1.		The Disadvantages of an Elite Education (theamericanscholar.org)
		131 points by nreece on June 23, 2008 \| 69 comments
2.		George Carlin dies at 71 (msn.com)
		78 points by andreyf on June 23, 2008 \| 35 comments
3.		An Unusual Paint Program (bomomo.com)
		63 points by skenney26 on June 23, 2008 \| 42 comments
4.		The Ultimate Code Kata (codinghorror.com)
		59 points by bdfh42 on June 23, 2008 \| 46 comments
5.		My Business Magazines Lied to Me (coconutheadsets.com)
		39 points by bostonbiz on June 23, 2008 \| 8 comments
6.		Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (nytimes.com)
		38 points by robg on June 23, 2008 \| 14 comments
7.		New functional language - C# (xoltar.org)
		36 points by nreece on June 23, 2008 \| 16 comments
8.		Y Combinator Diaries: Installment #3 (socialbias.com)
		33 points by parker on June 23, 2008 \| 1 comment
9.		Ask YC: Notable People On YC
		28 points by jasonlbaptiste on June 23, 2008 \| 44 comments
10.		Android Delayed (gigaom.com)
		28 points by timr on June 23, 2008 \| 7 comments
11.		Ask YC: what non-top-tier college to apply for?
		27 points by demaratus on June 23, 2008 \| 109 comments
12.		Ask HN: Critique my startup
		27 points by PStamatiou on June 23, 2008 \| 30 comments
13.		A review of the D language by someone who has worked in it (timburrell.net)
		26 points by sah on June 23, 2008 \| 9 comments
14.		A YC for world-changers (heekya.com)
		26 points by ph0rque on June 23, 2008 \| 13 comments
15.		Ask HN: What should I try to do while still in college?
		24 points by neodude on June 23, 2008 \| 92 comments
16.		NOLOH (not one line of html) Beta Program (noloh.com)
		24 points by asnyder on June 23, 2008 \| 55 comments
17.		How UPS Next Day delivers (photos of UPS' gigantic Worldport air facility) (cnet.com)
		23 points by timr on June 23, 2008 \| 15 comments
18.		Ask YC: How to conduct a meeting?
		23 points by Stabback on June 23, 2008 \| 37 comments
19.		30+ CSc Video Lectures (linkmingle.com)
		23 points by kirubakaran on June 23, 2008 \| 3 comments
20.		American Murder Mystery (theatlantic.com)
		17 points by defen on June 23, 2008 \| 5 comments
21.		The Kernel Boot Process (duartes.org)
		21 points by kirubakaran on June 23, 2008
22.		The Mountains of Pi (newyorker.com)
		21 points by nadim on June 23, 2008 \| 12 comments
23.		Gmail Vulnerability Reveals Private Info, Emails, Contacts (neosmart.net)
		20 points by ComputerGuru on June 23, 2008 \| 9 comments
24.		Ask YC: Could you point to examples of great and terrible code
		20 points by iamelgringo on June 23, 2008 \| 24 comments
25.		Famous Failures (youtube.com)
		19 points by raju on June 23, 2008 \| 6 comments
26.		Journalist saved by Twitter wants to start a Twitter-driven emergency network (thestandard.com)
		18 points by ilamont on June 23, 2008 \| 12 comments
27.		Jakob Nielsen: making the 1% of websites that don't suck even better (useit.com)
		17 points by henning on June 23, 2008 \| 1 comment
28.		Where is your startup located? (startupwarrior.com)
		17 points by tectonic on June 23, 2008 \| 13 comments
29.		Wikipedia Updater Fired For Scooping NBC on Tim Russert's Death (alleyinsider.com)
		17 points by Mystalic on June 23, 2008 \| 3 comments
30.		Top 100 Advertisers Shifted $1 Billion To the Web Last Year At The Expense Of TV And Newspapers (techcrunch.com)
		15 points by ajbatac on June 23, 2008 \| 1 comment
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