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1.		xkcd endorses Obama (xkcd.com)
		53 points by luccastera on Jan 28, 2008 \| 59 comments
2.		redditAll: Python valentine ("Paul is still giving us hell for not writing it in Lisp") (reddit.blogspot.com)
		36 points by tomh on Jan 28, 2008 \| 4 comments
3.		Scheme in Commercial Web Application Development [PDF] (untyped.com)
		34 points by dt on Jan 28, 2008 \| 12 comments
4.		I'm pretty sure these guys pitched me on an angel investment last year (pmarca.com)
		32 points by mattjaynes on Jan 28, 2008 \| 1 comment
5.		Why Doesn't Anyone Give a Crap About Freedom Zero? (a new Mac is a "giant hardware dongle") (codinghorror.com)
		23 points by toffer on Jan 28, 2008 \| 18 comments
6.		Ask YC: What causes startups to NOT build something users want?
		21 points by Leon on Jan 28, 2008 \| 22 comments
7.		Airbus A380 - cockpit (gillesvidal.com)
		20 points by nickb on Jan 28, 2008 \| 20 comments
8.		Nokia purchases 67% of Trolltech's stock for $103 million. (cnn.com)
		20 points by greendestiny on Jan 28, 2008 \| 16 comments
9.		New MySQL storage engine released to replace MyISAM (monty-says.blogspot.com)
		20 points by edw519 on Jan 28, 2008 \| 3 comments
10.		On the dangers of autoincrementing: SmugMug's private pics are public (blogoscoped.com)
		20 points by edw519 on Jan 28, 2008 \| 10 comments
11.		Mediocre Marketing: How NOT To Describe Your Startup (onstartups.com)
		20 points by mattjaynes on Jan 28, 2008 \| 7 comments
12.		Remember How Google Was Before the Internet? (smartstartup.typepad.com)
		18 points by Ztrain on Jan 28, 2008 \| 5 comments
13.		StandoutJobs Launches. New platform for employers to attract top talent. (standoutjobs.com)
		16 points by matbalez on Jan 28, 2008 \| 1 comment
14.		SmugBlog: Your private photos are still private (response to "dangers of autoincrementing") (smugmug.com)
		16 points by toffer on Jan 28, 2008 \| 10 comments
15.		Production Languages and Toy Languages (lkesteloot.blogspot.com)
		15 points by drm237 on Jan 28, 2008 \| 33 comments
16.		Ask YC: Why do people share on social websites (like Youtube, Digg, Reddit, YC)?
		15 points by surya on Jan 28, 2008 \| 25 comments
17.		Nokia acquires Trolltech (trolltech.com)
		13 points by edu on Jan 28, 2008
18.		The people already doing this probably consider this trivial, so it's not well documented. (imprompt.us)
		11 points by hhm on Jan 28, 2008 \| 1 comment
19.		Why internet ads pay less than other media ads
		11 points by daniel-cussen on Jan 28, 2008 \| 10 comments
20.		Sweden set to sink the Pirate Bay (cbc.ca)
		10 points by naish on Jan 28, 2008 \| 5 comments
21.		The Truth About Lisp (secretgeek.net)
		10 points by parenthesis on Jan 28, 2008 \| 9 comments
22.		How To Drastically Improve Yelp and Other Recommendation Sites (callmejeffrey.com)
		9 points by bmaier on Jan 28, 2008 \| 2 comments
23.		Dick Costolo of Feedburner on Why You Don't Need a Business Model (Yet) (burningdoor.com)
		9 points by bmaier on Jan 28, 2008
24.		What is a capability, anyway? (eros-os.org)
		8 points by iratsu on Jan 28, 2008
25.		Cloud computing - in your dreams (zdnet.com)
		8 points by edw519 on Jan 28, 2008 \| 2 comments
26.		RailsConf 2007 Videos (blip.tv)
		7 points by luccastera on Jan 28, 2008 \| 3 comments
27.		Don't be a corporate programmer. They demand all of your creativity and trust none of your judgment. (zedshaw.com)
		7 points by nickb on Jan 28, 2008 \| 1 comment
28.		Yale Lecturer Advises: Flush the Prozac and Hack Your Own Happiness (wired.com)
		7 points by nreece on Jan 28, 2008 \| 1 comment
29.		Top Secret leak from the Googleplex (google-watch.org)
		6 points by justinwhitefoot on Jan 28, 2008 \| 3 comments
30.		Is Google Evil? (oreillynet.com)
		6 points by justinwhitefoot on Jan 28, 2008 \| 4 comments
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