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1.
"The switch had two positions... ‘magic' and ‘more magic'. " (catb.org)
40 points by iamelgringo on May 4, 2008 | 8 comments
2.
Big and bad (gladwell.com)
30 points by kradic on May 4, 2008 | 20 comments
3.
Game development with Lisp, how to acquire knowledge (from manuals), and other random thoughts (news.ycombinator.com)
30 points by palish on May 4, 2008
4.
The End of Ballmer? (techcrunch.com)
26 points by aneesh on May 4, 2008 | 29 comments
5.
Twelve commandments for Beautiful Python code (commandline.org.uk)
25 points by edw519 on May 4, 2008 | 13 comments
6.
Take that, license plate scanners! (areino.com)
24 points by pchristensen on May 4, 2008 | 6 comments
7.
Ask YC: PhD, yes or no?
22 points by abless on May 4, 2008 | 41 comments
8.
The Power of the JVM (headius.blogspot.com)
21 points by luckystrike on May 4, 2008 | 7 comments
9.
Good book for economics
19 points by signa11 on May 4, 2008 | 35 comments
10.
Yahoo Prepares For A Black Monday (techcrunch.com)
17 points by mqt on May 4, 2008 | 8 comments
11.
Yes I am, Stan. Me too. Deeply frustrated with Firefox. (rovivor.com)
17 points by rovivor on May 4, 2008 | 25 comments
12.
Friends May Be the Best Guide Through the Noise (nytimes.com)
16 points by paul on May 4, 2008 | 6 comments
13.
It pays to get inside your opponents' heads rather than their hearts (economist.com)
16 points by tyn on May 4, 2008
14.
Ask YC: Masters in CS? Or no?
16 points by maneesh on May 4, 2008 | 27 comments
15.
Ask YC: What tools do you use for notifications of server/site uptime?
16 points by shafqat on May 4, 2008 | 22 comments
16.
Any that look familiar? - "Hello World" in 366 Languages (roesler-ac.de)
15 points by edw519 on May 4, 2008 | 3 comments
17.
Announcing Teh - the minimalist blog tool using Google App Engine (btbytes.com)
14 points by edw519 on May 4, 2008 | 7 comments
18.
Ask HN: Any users of SimpleCDN?
13 points by thorax on May 4, 2008 | 8 comments
19.
Email From Steve Ballmer To All Microsoft Employees (techcrunch.com)
13 points by markbao on May 4, 2008 | 3 comments
20.
Purely functional (retro) game programming. (dadgum.com)
13 points by euccastro on May 4, 2008 | 7 comments
21.
Long lasting house for under $1000 (networkearth.org)
11 points by kirubakaran on May 4, 2008 | 1 comment
22.
Long-awaited electric sports car rolls out (cnn.com)
11 points by epi0Bauqu on May 4, 2008 | 15 comments
23.
The New Economics of Semiconductor Manufacturing (ieee.org)
10 points by prakash on May 4, 2008 | 1 comment
24.
Ask YC: Why doesn't Google use better technology to build its services (e.g., Flash)?
10 points by amichail on May 4, 2008 | 49 comments
25.
Concurrency with Python, Twisted, and Flex (artima.com)
9 points by foemmel on May 4, 2008 | 2 comments
26.
Microdobe? (mattmaroon.com)
9 points by ashu on May 4, 2008 | 9 comments
27.
Warren Buffett to investors: Think small (cnn.com)
8 points by kungfudoi on May 4, 2008
28.
Cuba allows sale of computers to public for the first time (wired.com)
8 points by dangoldin on May 4, 2008
29.
Microsoft now has $50 billion burning a hole in its pocket (venturebeat.com)
8 points by breily on May 4, 2008 | 2 comments
30.
The Entrepreneur's Checklist (howtosplitanatom.com)
7 points by socalsamba on May 4, 2008

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