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1.		Norvig: Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (norvig.com)
		54 points by mk on Aug 16, 2007 \| 7 comments
2.		What's Wrong with CS Research (unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com)
		32 points by byrneseyeview on Aug 16, 2007 \| 39 comments
3.		The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race (by Jared Diamond) (iastate.edu)
		29 points by Tichy on Aug 16, 2007 \| 43 comments
4.		How to write a book - the short honest truth (scottberkun.com)
		31 points by _csoo on Aug 16, 2007 \| 2 comments
5.		Why the iPhone doesn't have copy+paste (daringfireball.net)
		27 points by _david on Aug 16, 2007 \| 12 comments
6.		Why is it hard to startup a company outside of Silicon Valley?
		26 points by ahsonwardak on Aug 16, 2007 \| 63 comments
7.		The iPhone Is Internet Explorer 4 All Over Again (wired.com)
		21 points by aston on Aug 16, 2007 \| 1 comment
8.		news.ycombinator meetup - Cambridge, MA
		20 points by bokonist on Aug 16, 2007 \| 30 comments
9.		How JavaScript is Slowing Down the Web (And What To Do About It) (readwriteweb.com)
		18 points by brett on Aug 16, 2007 \| 3 comments
10.		The Industrial Revolution due to a change in the English population? (nytimes.com)
		16 points by kf on Aug 16, 2007 \| 9 comments
11.		Number 3 Startup Hub?
		15 points by far33d on Aug 16, 2007 \| 53 comments
12.		How to Stay Motivated (scottberkun.com)
		12 points by pdsull on Aug 16, 2007 \| 2 comments
13.		Netflix customer service -- bucking the trend (nytimes.com)
		10 points by prakash on Aug 16, 2007
14.		Sims Creator Will Wright Demos "Spore" (TED Video) (ted.com)
		11 points by dpapathanasiou on Aug 16, 2007 \| 1 comment
15.		Unconventional Wisdom: Quitting is good for you (foundread.com)
		11 points by transburgh on Aug 16, 2007 \| 2 comments
16.		AT&T cripples BlackBerry to make iPhone more appealing (blackberrycool.com)
		8 points by jsjenkins168 on Aug 16, 2007 \| 1 comment
17.		If You're Not Authentic, You Will Probably Fail (gobignetwork.com)
		9 points by transburgh on Aug 16, 2007 \| 2 comments
18.		PingMe Annoys the Hell Out of You To Make Sure You Get Things Done (mashable.com)
		9 points by horatio05 on Aug 16, 2007
19.		Flash Games Community Kongregate Gets $5 Million To Bankroll Key Developers (paidcontent.org)
		8 points by horatio05 on Aug 16, 2007 \| 2 comments
20.		Javascript or Flash Widgets debate. Help me choose what to use.
		8 points by thomasswift on Aug 16, 2007 \| 12 comments
21.		Debunking The Myths of Innovation (lifehacker.com)
		8 points by danw on Aug 16, 2007 \| 5 comments
22.		"We have broken the speed of light" (telegraph.co.uk)
		8 points by epi0Bauqu on Aug 16, 2007 \| 1 comment
23.		Bad News And New CEOs at Technorati And Podtech (techcrunch.com)
		6 points by transburgh on Aug 16, 2007
24.		'Facebook Secrets' blog gets the DMCA takedown treatment (news.com.com)
		7 points by terpua on Aug 16, 2007
25.		Think Lisp machines/J2EE/etc have too many manuals? Look at this (ed.ac.uk)
		7 points by henning on Aug 16, 2007
26.		The Pareto Rule for Social Networks
		5 points by ahsonwardak on Aug 16, 2007 \| 10 comments
27.		Digital Korea - The future exists in South Korea (communities-dominate.blogs.com)
		6 points by prakash on Aug 16, 2007
28.		Finance geeks: what's behind this odd chart?
		6 points by davidw on Aug 16, 2007 \| 21 comments
29.		A Nifty Hack: Bluetooth People Presence Detector (perlmonks.org)
		6 points by staunch on Aug 16, 2007
30.		What contributes most to reading speed: letter-recognition, word-recognition, or context? (bps-research-digest.blogspot.com)
		6 points by _david on Aug 16, 2007 \| 2 comments
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