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1.
Why Lisp Is Unpopular
62 points by mnemonicsloth on April 3, 2008 | 157 comments
2.
Scalr: The Auto-Scaling Open-Source Amazon EC2 Effort (techcrunch.com)
54 points by utnick on April 3, 2008 | 11 comments
3.
16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School (positivityblog.com)
39 points by edw519 on April 3, 2008 | 9 comments
4.
Git's avalanche (loudthinking.com)
39 points by sant0sk1 on April 3, 2008 | 7 comments
5.
Ask HN: Choosing a Python framework for web development?
38 points by aneel99 on April 3, 2008 | 39 comments
6.
DHH on the pluses of PHP (loudthinking.com)
37 points by raghus on April 3, 2008 | 18 comments
7.
TheFunded Founder Gives Startups Some Advice (techcrunch.com)
36 points by davidw on April 3, 2008 | 5 comments
8.
Instead of using Google map API, EveryBlock built their own (everyblock.com)
33 points by ratsbane on April 3, 2008 | 14 comments
9.
In the short term, you should spend your limited willpower budget wisely (nytimes.com)
33 points by divia on April 3, 2008 | 7 comments
10.
My Startup: app turns music discovery into an online game - feedback?
32 points by JMiao on April 3, 2008 | 26 comments
11.
Core War: Two Programs Enter, One Program Leaves (codinghorror.com)
25 points by edw519 on April 3, 2008 | 8 comments
12.
Email Isn't a Natural Fit For Tech-Savvy Chinese (wsj.com)
22 points by prakash on April 3, 2008 | 14 comments
13.
Waiting until the last minute (sethgodin.typepad.com)
23 points by wumi on April 3, 2008 | 8 comments
14.
More data usually beats better algorithms: part 2 (anand.typepad.com)
22 points by neilc on April 3, 2008
15.
Fluid Mechanics in Game Programming (cowboyprogramming.com)
19 points by iamelgringo on April 3, 2008 | 3 comments
16.
Daily caffeine 'protects brain' (bbc.co.uk)
17 points by jlhamilton on April 3, 2008 | 14 comments
17.
Craigslist Valuation: $80 Million in 2008 Revenue, Worth $5 Billion (alleyinsider.com)
17 points by parker on April 3, 2008 | 11 comments
18.
Workflow software: I'm calling the bluff. (secretgeek.net)
17 points by bootload on April 3, 2008 | 19 comments
19.
How do I startup if I don't own the code?
17 points by tricky on April 3, 2008 | 25 comments
20.
Where are the fast dynamic languages? (martincmartin.com)
16 points by polar on April 3, 2008 | 20 comments
21.
One guy, a film scanner, OCR and a lot of disks = 6 million pages of historical newspapers on line. (fultonhistory.com)
14 points by markdionne on April 3, 2008 | 6 comments
22.
Make GMail Prettier With This Kick Ass Skin (uneasysilence.com)
14 points by macgeekpro on April 3, 2008 | 7 comments
23.
The nightmare of installing Lisp: a noob's perspective
13 points by daniel-cussen on April 3, 2008 | 28 comments
24.
EBay Bans Auctions Of Digital Goods (techdirt.com)
12 points by parker on April 3, 2008 | 9 comments
25.
Git for Subversion Users (or.cz)
12 points by Bluem00 on April 3, 2008
26.
The great inflation cover-up (cnn.com)
12 points by gongfudoi on April 3, 2008 | 4 comments
27.
Ask YC: How long to stay secret?
12 points by wheels on April 3, 2008 | 23 comments
28.
Will There Ever be a Viable Adsense Competitor? (gabrielweinberg.com)
12 points by epi0Bauqu on April 3, 2008 | 9 comments
29.
Language Adoption and Lisps (redlinernotes.com)
11 points by mqt on April 3, 2008 | 7 comments
30.
Google Docs has pivot tables! (scienceblogs.com)
11 points by muriithi on April 3, 2008 | 2 comments

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