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1.		Richard Stallman: My Lisp Experiences and the Development of GNU Emacs (gnu.org)
		25 points by mqt on Oct 14, 2007 \| 3 comments
2.		Lap dancers earn more when they are most fertile (economist.com)
		24 points by mhartl on Oct 14, 2007 \| 16 comments
3.		Why Facebook sucks (scripting.com)
		24 points by bootload on Oct 14, 2007 \| 27 comments
4.		Why I'm Not Married Yet - a look into Web 2.0 (centernetworks.com)
		19 points by moses1400 on Oct 14, 2007 \| 4 comments
5.		Ask YC: Anyone use LaTeX? (scripts.mit.edu)
		19 points by bcater on Oct 14, 2007 \| 27 comments
6.		Ask YC: Are any of you interested in China / international business?
		16 points by h34t on Oct 14, 2007 \| 28 comments
7.		Beware the Online Collective: Individual Creativity Is Being Replaced by Dangerous Groupthink (edge.org)
		16 points by dpapathanasiou on Oct 14, 2007 \| 5 comments
8.		MIT Digital Drawing Board (youtube.com)
		15 points by axiom on Oct 14, 2007 \| 7 comments
9.		German man programs "Hello World" into wheat field (arstechnica.com)
		15 points by nickb on Oct 14, 2007 \| 3 comments
10.		Websites May Require Visually Impaired Access In California (techcrunch.com)
		13 points by amichail on Oct 14, 2007
11.		Encouraging and amusing PG comment from last cycle about the odds of being accepted (news.ycombinator.com)
		12 points by divia on Oct 14, 2007 \| 1 comment
12.		Forward-thinking CSS float-clearing (pathf.com)
		9 points by danw on Oct 14, 2007 \| 3 comments
13.		How do you go about acquiring a parked domain?
		9 points by jsmcgd on Oct 14, 2007 \| 17 comments
14.		Adsense Kills Business (blogaboutcrafts.com)
		8 points by nickb on Oct 14, 2007 \| 4 comments
15.		Any fans of Couchsurfing? (post-gazette.com)
		8 points by joeguilmette on Oct 14, 2007 \| 3 comments
16.		Simple Ways To Help Your Design Suck Less (jimwhimpey.com)
		7 points by danw on Oct 14, 2007 \| 8 comments
17.		Military proposes $20B power satellite to shorten logistical tail. (foxnews.com)
		6 points by mnemonicsloth on Oct 14, 2007 \| 2 comments
18.		What's so cool about Scheme? (csail.mit.edu)
		6 points by nickb on Oct 14, 2007
19.		Why Did Google Buy Jaiku? (technologyreview.com)
		6 points by axiom on Oct 14, 2007 \| 2 comments
20.		'Lobbyconners' crash tech conferences to schmooze, cut deals (sfgate.com)
		5 points by gibsonf1 on Oct 14, 2007 \| 2 comments
21.		Implore YC: Refactor My Code (uses Ruby and continuations) (refactormycode.com)
		5 points by mdemare on Oct 14, 2007 \| 5 comments
22.		Facebook Fanboys - Arrington/Calacanis: "Building Facebook-only apps is suicide" (podtech.net)
		5 points by nickb on Oct 14, 2007 \| 2 comments
23.		Power an LED light from your phone line for free (metacafe.com)
		4 points by kf on Oct 14, 2007 \| 2 comments
24.		Who Cares About Academic Diversity? (theatlantic.com)
		4 points by garbowza on Oct 14, 2007
25.		Ask YC News: Ever had any luck catching a scam artist?
		4 points by DaniFong on Oct 14, 2007 \| 5 comments
26.		Solar Cells Crystallized Out of Molten Silicon (digitalworldtokyo.com)
		4 points by nickb on Oct 14, 2007 \| 1 comment
27.		Ruby Matters: Contracts vs. Promises (memeagora.blogspot.com)
		4 points by drm237 on Oct 14, 2007
28.		Netflix says: Outsourcing is For Quitters (dovetailsoftware.com)
		4 points by eastsidegringo on Oct 14, 2007
29.		Banks May Pool Billions to Stop Securities Sell-off (nytimes.com)
		3 points by gibsonf1 on Oct 14, 2007
30.		Capistrano 2.1 Released (jamisbuck.org)
		3 points by luccastera on Oct 14, 2007 \| 1 comment
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