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1.		Ask YComb: Should I quit to do a startup during a recession?
		39 points by eventhough on Jan 21, 2008 \| 64 comments
2.		Most People Are Depressed For a Very Good Reason (violentacres.com)
		35 points by hhm on Jan 21, 2008 \| 14 comments
3.		Programming Book Profits (ejohn.org)
		27 points by mqt on Jan 21, 2008 \| 4 comments
4.		Last uncov ever? (uncov.com)
		26 points by runningskull on Jan 21, 2008 \| 7 comments
5.		Ask YCNews: Any lady hackers using the site?
		24 points by pchristensen on Jan 21, 2008 \| 103 comments
6.		Christmas hacking project: Wikipedia on the iPhone (collison.ie)
		23 points by toffer on Jan 21, 2008 \| 8 comments
7.		How much time should be given to a start up to succeed?
		20 points by Fuca on Jan 21, 2008 \| 30 comments
8.		Who wants to be a cognitive neuroscientist millonaire? (seedmagazine.com)
		18 points by hhm on Jan 21, 2008 \| 1 comment
9.		Driving New York to San Francisco (david.weebly.com)
		17 points by drusenko on Jan 21, 2008 \| 11 comments
10.		Ask YC: Your favorite startups
		16 points by robmnl on Jan 21, 2008 \| 20 comments
11.		Why Distributed Version Control Matters (jamesgolick.com)
		15 points by iamelgringo on Jan 21, 2008
12.		Who Killed the Software Engineer? (Hint: It Happened in College) (earthweb.com)
		14 points by nickb on Jan 21, 2008 \| 16 comments
13.		Joel Johnson puts AT&T on the spot over copyright spying plan (boingboing.net)
		14 points by ivankirigin on Jan 21, 2008
14.		7 Tips for Managing Your Releases Without a QA Department (myranti.livejournal.com)
		13 points by bfioca on Jan 21, 2008
15.		2 Questions about RoR
		10 points by piers on Jan 21, 2008 \| 27 comments
16.		Hourly Rate calculator (freelanceswitch.com)
		10 points by DarrenStuart on Jan 21, 2008 \| 2 comments
17.		Google Tech Talks: The Secret History of Silicon Valley (youtube.com)
		9 points by hhm on Jan 21, 2008
18.		Database War Stories #3: Flickr (oreilly.com)
		9 points by iamelgringo on Jan 21, 2008 \| 3 comments
19.		Paper Prototyping in Usability Design (snyderconsulting.net)
		8 points by nreece on Jan 21, 2008 \| 5 comments
20.		A Chemical That Improves Memory (and Cures Loneliness) (io9.com)
		8 points by kf on Jan 21, 2008 \| 3 comments
21.		Ask YC: Capacity planning question
		8 points by goodgoblin on Jan 21, 2008 \| 16 comments
22.		New MacBook Air Ad (Parody) (youtube.com)
		7 points by gscott on Jan 21, 2008 \| 4 comments
23.		No future for functional programming in 2008 (reposita.org)
		7 points by drm237 on Jan 21, 2008 \| 18 comments
24.		What We Have vs. What We Want (oreilly.com)
		6 points by terpua on Jan 21, 2008 \| 2 comments
25.		Plotr: Sexy Graphs in Javascript (solutoire.com)
		6 points by pius on Jan 21, 2008
26.		Venture Fundings Hit $29.4 Billion in 2007 (techcrunch.com)
		6 points by garbowza on Jan 21, 2008
27.		This is how you should troll (google.co.uk)
		6 points by getp on Jan 21, 2008
28.		RSS feed is broken, and submission form is sometimes broken
		5 points by oudeis on Jan 21, 2008 \| 8 comments
29.		(Mac Users) Microsoft relents: Vista consumer virtualization ban lifted (arstechnica.com)
		5 points by gscott on Jan 21, 2008
30.		Spacewar: Fanatic Life and Symbolic Death Among the Computer Bums (wheels.org)
		5 points by phil on Jan 21, 2008
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