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1.		Io (iolanguage.com)
		45 points by philcrissman on Feb 9, 2008 \| 13 comments
2.		"Among this year’s worst news, for me, was the death of Bobby Fischer." - Dick Cavett (nytimes.com)
		38 points by robg on Feb 9, 2008 \| 7 comments
3.		How not to write Python code (eikke.com)
		21 points by iamelgringo on Feb 9, 2008
4.		Homework for the startup founders (google.com)
		21 points by nreece on Feb 9, 2008 \| 5 comments
5.		Ask PG: Link to comments in RSS
		18 points by hugov on Feb 9, 2008 \| 22 comments
6.		Zvents releases open-source cluster database - Hypertable - based on Google's design (linuxworld.com)
		17 points by nickb on Feb 9, 2008
7.		How to lose fans and (falsely) influence people (firstround.com)
		14 points by terpua on Feb 9, 2008 \| 1 comment
8.		Terry Tao: The blue-eyed islanders puzzle (terrytao.wordpress.com)
		13 points by kkim on Feb 9, 2008 \| 19 comments
9.		Arc Internals, Part 1 (arcfn.com)
		13 points by mqt on Feb 9, 2008
10.		We launched: massify.com (massify.com)
		14 points by jawngee on Feb 9, 2008 \| 20 comments
11.		Nuclear fusion is coming, says noted VC (news.com)
		11 points by ingenium on Feb 9, 2008 \| 4 comments
12.		Heroku \| the Ruby on Rails Podcast (rubyonrails.org)
		11 points by luccastera on Feb 9, 2008 \| 4 comments
13.		Ask PG: hidden mod commenting?
		10 points by yters on Feb 9, 2008 \| 21 comments
14.		DIY Short Range Personal Radar: $30 (pyroelectro.com)
		9 points by chaostheory on Feb 9, 2008 \| 6 comments
15.		Sniff browser history for improved user experience (niallkennedy.com)
		9 points by toffer on Feb 9, 2008 \| 2 comments
16.		Innovative Lisp (groups.google.com)
		8 points by muriithi on Feb 9, 2008 \| 4 comments
17.		How Vista launches programs - or, a detailed analysis of how precisely not to launch programs (slashdot.org)
		8 points by nickb on Feb 9, 2008
18.		Nokia turns people into traffic sensors (news.com)
		7 points by terpua on Feb 9, 2008
19.		Visualizing Social Media Fatigue: A Graph of All the Social Networks (readwriteweb.com)
		7 points by chaostheory on Feb 9, 2008 \| 2 comments
20.		Snap: Making RSS interactive (schulzeandwebb.com)
		7 points by joshwa on Feb 9, 2008 \| 1 comment
21.		Javascript obsfucation
		7 points by ubudesign on Feb 9, 2008 \| 15 comments
22.		We've Been Offered Investment Which Values Our Venture At $1.9 Million - Should We Take It?
		7 points by bugmenot on Feb 9, 2008 \| 15 comments
23.		Microsoft's Colossal Strategic Mistake: "We Need to Be in Advertising" (alleyinsider.com)
		5 points by jmorin007 on Feb 9, 2008 \| 10 comments
24.		Twitter-proxy: Any Interest? (assetbar.wordpress.com)
		5 points by alaskamiller on Feb 9, 2008 \| 3 comments
25.		30 books every young entrepreneur should read (krisnair.blogspot.com)
		6 points by nreece on Feb 9, 2008
26.		Yahoo Board To Microsoft: "Raise Your Offer and We'll Talk." (alleyinsider.com)
		6 points by jmorin007 on Feb 9, 2008
27.		Why QR Codes Will Be Big Business in the U.S. (centernetworks.com)
		5 points by transburgh on Feb 9, 2008
28.		Idea: wikiable applications, such as a forum (arclanguage.org)
		5 points by yters on Feb 9, 2008
29.		Getting a .ca Domain is Bureaucratic, Baby (markevanstech.com)
		5 points by jmorin007 on Feb 9, 2008 \| 3 comments
30.		Expensive Wine Just Tastes Better (brainblogger.com)
		5 points by Alex3917 on Feb 9, 2008 \| 1 comment
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