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1.		Ask YC: AI
		36 points by Novash on Dec 17, 2007 \| 87 comments
2.		Web 2.0 Can Be Dangerous... (useit.com)
		26 points by bostonbiz on Dec 17, 2007 \| 14 comments
3.		Google Is All About Large Amounts of Data (googlesystem.blogspot.com)
		21 points by bootload on Dec 17, 2007 \| 7 comments
4.		The trouble with five (maths.org)
		20 points by iamelgringo on Dec 17, 2007
5.		Ask YC: Suggestions for Loved One's Dementia/Alzheimer's
		22 points by edw519 on Dec 17, 2007 \| 17 comments
6.		Why we use i, j, and k in for loops (ablegray.com)
		16 points by nickb on Dec 17, 2007 \| 17 comments
7.		Striking writers in talks to launch web start-ups (latimes.com)
		13 points by jamiequint on Dec 17, 2007 \| 3 comments
8.		Pikluk on VentureBeat (venturebeat.com)
		14 points by tx on Dec 17, 2007 \| 4 comments
9.		Ping Tunnel - Send TCP traffic over ICMP (uit.no)
		11 points by nickb on Dec 17, 2007 \| 1 comment
10.		F*cking programming (codeulate.com)
		13 points by pius on Dec 17, 2007 \| 3 comments
11.		"I'm guilty of using code enhancing substances." (scartech.net)
		12 points by pius on Dec 17, 2007 \| 7 comments
12.		Faster Chips Are Leaving Programmers in Their Dust (nytimes.com)
		10 points by pixcavator on Dec 17, 2007 \| 26 comments
13.		State of ECMAScript 4 (ejohn.org)
		10 points by saurabh on Dec 17, 2007 \| 5 comments
14.		Silicon Valley Startup Ribbit Wants to Take On the Telcos (wired.com)
		9 points by drm237 on Dec 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
15.		ROR bio/internet startup, looking for developers
		12 points by mkag on Dec 17, 2007
16.		The Polarization of Extremes (chronicle.com)
		10 points by pg on Dec 17, 2007 \| 3 comments
17.		Why XO (devizen.com)
		9 points by jklubnik on Dec 17, 2007
18.		Rails 2.0.2 just released, so what's new? (codefront.net)
		8 points by pius on Dec 17, 2007
19.		Hacker News Guidelines (ycombinator.com)
		7 points by kf on Dec 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
20.		Notoriously selective Stanford considers accepting more students (sfgate.com)
		7 points by gibsonf1 on Dec 17, 2007
21.		15 year-old considers startups 'common' (financialpost.com)
		7 points by drm237 on Dec 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
22.		Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms (washingtonpost.com)
		6 points by kf on Dec 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
23.		Facebook in 30 years (pic) (valleywag.com)
		6 points by transburgh on Dec 17, 2007 \| 1 comment
24.		Getting started with Comet on Erlang (cometdaily.com)
		5 points by pius on Dec 17, 2007
25.		Google Sneaks up on Identity Management (webworkerdaily.com)
		5 points by dawie on Dec 17, 2007 \| 1 comment
26.		Wikia's Got A Truck Full of Servers -- 1,000 To Be Exact (centernetworks.com)
		5 points by transburgh on Dec 17, 2007 \| 5 comments
27.		Soviet Microsoft: How Resistance to Free Markets and Open Ideas Will the Unravel Software Superpower (roughlydrafted.com)
		4 points by nickb on Dec 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
28.		Google Streetview Available in Boston (boston.com)
		4 points by Goladus on Dec 17, 2007
29.		On Facebook, Scholars Link Up With Data (nytimes.com)
		4 points by robg on Dec 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
30.		Researchers using solar energy to turn carbon dioxide into fuels (technologyreview.com)
		3 points by theoneill on Dec 17, 2007
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