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1.		Andrew Chen: Your ad-supported Web 2.0 startup is really a B2B enterprise in disguise (andrewchen.typepad.com)
		64 points by andrew_null on April 4, 2008 \| 10 comments
2.		New Languages Considered Harmful: "Learning new languages is a waste of time." (duartes.org)
		53 points by tb on April 4, 2008 \| 78 comments
3.		Build a quad-core, 8-gig server for $900 (duartes.org)
		47 points by pius on April 4, 2008 \| 23 comments
4.		Gold: Google Releases New and Improved GCC Linker (google-opensource.blogspot.com)
		44 points by luccastera on April 4, 2008 \| 20 comments
5.		Arc Lisp to C compiler (github.com/sacado)
		34 points by bootload on April 4, 2008 \| 8 comments
6.		How do you grow willpower? (scottberkun.com)
		29 points by rantfoil on April 4, 2008 \| 33 comments
7.		Ask YC: Feedback on my site: pageonetimes.com
		29 points by antiismist on April 4, 2008 \| 50 comments
8.		Y Combinator - Advice for applicants. (from Mixwit, Winter 08) (mixwit.com)
		27 points by hwork on April 4, 2008 \| 6 comments
9.		Clonezilla - open source version of Norton Ghost (clonezilla.org)
		24 points by gongfudoi on April 4, 2008 \| 3 comments
10.		Coding Horror: UI-First Software Development (codinghorror.com)
		24 points by inklesspen on April 4, 2008 \| 4 comments
11.		The Continuing Relevance of C (uiowa.edu)
		22 points by tjr on April 4, 2008 \| 9 comments
12.		Keeping and Recruiting Hackers as a Non-Hacker
		21 points by LPTS on April 4, 2008 \| 39 comments
13.		IPhone Applications in Python (saurik.com)
		21 points by bootload on April 4, 2008 \| 7 comments
14.		Slide Caught Posting Fake Positive Reviews For Their Own App (techcrunch.com)
		20 points by marrone on April 4, 2008 \| 16 comments
15.		Javascript Popularity (mozillazine.org)
		19 points by muriithi on April 4, 2008
16.		Pizza Flyers: The Height of Good Graphic Design? (underconsideration.com)
		18 points by abstractbill on April 4, 2008 \| 3 comments
17.		xkcd: Venting (xkcd.com)
		18 points by luccastera on April 4, 2008 \| 10 comments
18.		Ask YC: Good application for support emails and tickets?
		17 points by mattculbreth on April 4, 2008 \| 35 comments
19.		Ask YC: Hiring without pay
		16 points by PStamatiou on April 4, 2008 \| 22 comments
20.		Service I want: "Report websites that suck"
		16 points by gustaf on April 4, 2008 \| 21 comments
21.		Google on spectrum bid: We bluffed! (mashable.com)
		15 points by rantfoil on April 4, 2008 \| 6 comments
22.		Battlestar Galactica Streams Into Season 4 (wired.com)
		13 points by jbrun on April 4, 2008 \| 4 comments
23.		Justin.tv is hiring Python Hackers (snaptalent.com)
		13 points by sharpshoot on April 4, 2008 \| 7 comments
24.		Robots Could Do Work Of 3.5 Million People By 2025 (japantimes.co.jp)
		12 points by dpapathanasiou on April 4, 2008 \| 14 comments
25.		Couple of guys make a mint off of generic domains. (businessweek.com)
		12 points by iamelgringo on April 4, 2008 \| 9 comments
26.		Tips for taking over someone else's code (geero.net)
		11 points by andygeers on April 4, 2008 \| 3 comments
27.		Calling Y Combinators: Lessons from a “Serial First-Timer” (foundread.com)
		11 points by jmorin007 on April 4, 2008 \| 10 comments
28.		An Auction That Google Was Content to Lose (nytimes.com)
		11 points by maxwell on April 4, 2008 \| 2 comments
29.		The future of SaaS billing (zdnet.com)
		10 points by edw519 on April 4, 2008
30.		Windows 7 to break previous API compatibility (thebetaguy.com)
		10 points by r7000 on April 4, 2008 \| 7 comments
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