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1.		Fields medalist: Continually aim just beyond your current range (terrytao.wordpress.com)
		29 points by hhm on Nov 2, 2007 \| 18 comments
2.		Going west, as a young man (evhead.com)
		27 points by bootload on Nov 2, 2007 \| 12 comments
3.		Google is learning too well from the master (pbs.org)
		30 points by bootload on Nov 2, 2007 \| 9 comments
4.		How to teach a Bayesian spam filter to play chess (sourceforge.net)
		26 points by michael_nielsen on Nov 2, 2007 \| 33 comments
5.		MIT replacing Scheme with Python for Intro CS class (catherinedevlin.blogspot.com)
		25 points by damien on Nov 2, 2007 \| 16 comments
6.		Scott Adams: Giving Stuff Away on the Internet (wsj.com)
		25 points by emfle on Nov 2, 2007 \| 25 comments
7.		Open Social API docs are online (code.google.com)
		22 points by brianr on Nov 2, 2007 \| 8 comments
8.		What is it like to work at Google? (scripting.com)
		19 points by pietro on Nov 2, 2007 \| 25 comments
9.		Equity (mattmaroon.com)
		17 points by JRM on Nov 2, 2007 \| 1 comment
10.		Dissecting Marc Andreesen's elevator pitch for Ning (venturehacks.com)
		16 points by akkartik on Nov 2, 2007 \| 8 comments
11.		Lisp success story in Hungarian government (groups.google.com)
		15 points by nickb on Nov 2, 2007 \| 3 comments
12.		How to tell if a web page sucks (warpedvisions.org)
		14 points by alaskamiller on Nov 2, 2007
13.		IPCC Scientist's Nobel Moment: No developing catastrophe nor human activity cause (wsj.com)
		10 points by gibsonf1 on Nov 2, 2007 \| 21 comments
14.		Powerset Looking for a New CEO (techcrunch.com)
		10 points by nickb on Nov 2, 2007 \| 7 comments
15.		TinyMCE 3.0 Alpha released: 33% smaller, 75% less files, so it loads a lot faster (moxiecode.com)
		9 points by nickb on Nov 2, 2007 \| 1 comment
16.		Ok Here's At Least Part Of What Facebook Is Announcing On Tuesday (techcrunch.com)
		9 points by nickb on Nov 2, 2007 \| 1 comment
17.		My YC submitted company - Thoughts or suggestions (sleep.fm)
		9 points by ryanspahn on Nov 2, 2007 \| 36 comments
18.		News.YC meetup: San Francisco, Saturday, November 10, 2007
		9 points by waleedka on Nov 2, 2007 \| 5 comments
19.		A Crash Course in Ruby (atrus.org)
		8 points by kkim on Nov 2, 2007 \| 1 comment
20.		A dangerous conflict of interest between Firefox and Google (cnet.com)
		8 points by brett on Nov 2, 2007 \| 2 comments
21.		The Great Double Standard (microsoft-watch.com)
		8 points by drm237 on Nov 2, 2007 \| 5 comments
22.		Alan Kay: The Computer Revolution hasn't happened yet (video.google.com)
		8 points by apu on Nov 2, 2007 \| 2 comments
23.		Leopard early adopters suffer for the rest of us (news.com)
		7 points by nickb on Nov 2, 2007 \| 3 comments
24.		Good Luck To All YC Interviewees This Weekend!
		6 points by jkush on Nov 2, 2007 \| 2 comments
25.		Top Facebook app developer sizes up OpenSocial - Q&A (venturebeat.com)
		5 points by shayan on Nov 2, 2007 \| 1 comment
26.		In Rare Attack, Malware Targets Macs (wsj.com)
		5 points by seren6ipity on Nov 2, 2007 \| 6 comments
27.		Wal-Mart Sells $199 Linux Computer (ap.org)
		5 points by gibsonf1 on Nov 2, 2007
28.		Mozilla, Microsoft drawing sabers over next JavaScript (itworld.com)
		5 points by nickb on Nov 2, 2007 \| 3 comments
29.		DevHouse Pittsburgh - November 8th (devhousepgh.org)
		5 points by dirtae on Nov 2, 2007
30.		Did Google bluff Microsoft into over paying for Facebook? (zdnet.com)
		4 points by transburgh on Nov 2, 2007 \| 2 comments
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