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1.		Philip Greenspun: Improving Undergraduate Computer Science Education (law.harvard.edu)
		45 points by adamdoupe on Aug 23, 2007 \| 14 comments
2.		Remember that Lifehacker post about Seinfeld's productivity secret? I made a small site based on it. (dontbreakthechain.com)
		43 points by brett on Aug 23, 2007 \| 42 comments
3.		Gambling Dispute With a Tiny Country Puts U.S. in a Bind (nytimes.com)
		27 points by pg on Aug 23, 2007 \| 4 comments
4.		Comic Sans designer: "Comic Sans was not designed as a typeface" (connare.com)
		25 points by jcwentz on Aug 23, 2007 \| 9 comments
5.		Steve "spez" Huffman of Reddit on The Total Rewrite Decision (reddit.com)
		22 points by staunch on Aug 23, 2007 \| 9 comments
6.		Craig Newmark quits Craigslist? (valleywag.com)
		25 points by nickb on Aug 23, 2007 \| 10 comments
7.		What happened to you after you were rejected?
		22 points by palish on Aug 23, 2007 \| 33 comments
8.		Content-Aware Image Sizing (youtube.com)
		21 points by toffer on Aug 23, 2007 \| 6 comments
9.		The "Oh Crap" Moment: How do you know how much you know?
		19 points by joshwa on Aug 23, 2007 \| 16 comments
10.		No, I'm not giving you my Google password (venturecake.com)
		18 points by nailer on Aug 23, 2007 \| 5 comments
11.		An Independent Journalist solves a 2400-year-old Mystery (umkc.edu)
		15 points by byrneseyeview on Aug 23, 2007 \| 3 comments
12.		I surrender. Lisp really is better than C++. (oakcircle.com)
		15 points by jcwentz on Aug 23, 2007 \| 15 comments
13.		How To: Make a Laser Espionage Microphone (geeksaresexy.net)
		12 points by kkim on Aug 23, 2007 \| 6 comments
14.		Freebase Launches (freebase.com)
		14 points by rams on Aug 23, 2007 \| 6 comments
15.		What a comment stream would look like in a real meeting (crunchnotes.com)
		12 points by petenixey on Aug 23, 2007 \| 2 comments
16.		c10k: Handling 10 thousand symultaneous connections. (kegel.com)
		13 points by euccastro on Aug 23, 2007 \| 3 comments
17.		Stop Pretending you can Start a Company while Avoiding Sacrifice and Risk (gobignetwork.com)
		12 points by transburgh on Aug 23, 2007 \| 17 comments
18.		EventKnower - Know the uknowable the instant it happens (feedback on my idea)
		12 points by tocomment on Aug 23, 2007 \| 18 comments
19.		Perils of Credentialism (adventnet.com)
		12 points by subhash on Aug 23, 2007 \| 7 comments
20.		How Many Machines Do You Need To Run Your Site? (highscalability.com)
		11 points by aaroneous on Aug 23, 2007 \| 5 comments
21.		What consulting means to me (/what I can't stand working at someone else's company) (perl.org)
		9 points by fad on Aug 23, 2007 \| 2 comments
22.		Alexis Ohanian: Early results from the redditor survey (reddit.blogspot.com)
		10 points by pg on Aug 23, 2007 \| 4 comments
23.		How do you brainstorm for ideas for products?
		10 points by dawie on Aug 23, 2007 \| 23 comments
24.		Uberfact: the ultimate social verifier (unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com)
		9 points by byrneseyeview on Aug 23, 2007 \| 3 comments
25.		Stackless Python-like coroutines in Scheme.
		8 points by euccastro on Aug 23, 2007 \| 2 comments
26.		What happens to the YC applications after rejected?
		7 points by eusman on Aug 23, 2007 \| 12 comments
27.		10 Business-lunch blunders to avoid (cnn.com)
		7 points by donna on Aug 23, 2007 \| 6 comments
28.		What system do you use for bug tracking?
		7 points by ACSparks on Aug 23, 2007 \| 35 comments
29.		New Playboy Social Network Built On Ning (techcrunch.com)
		6 points by transburgh on Aug 23, 2007 \| 1 comment
30.		Online CSS grid generator (kematzy.com)
		6 points by sabhishek on Aug 23, 2007 \| 3 comments
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