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1.
Dynamic Languages Strike Back (steve-yegge.blogspot.com)
83 points by bdfh42 on May 12, 2008 | 34 comments
2.
Colorization Using Optimization (impressive results) (huji.ac.il)
57 points by smanek on May 12, 2008 | 11 comments
3.
The Bipolar Lisp Programmer (groups.google.com)
50 points by smanek on May 12, 2008 | 15 comments
4.
Facebook CTO Adam D’Angelo to leave the company (venturebeat.com)
47 points by markbao on May 12, 2008 | 25 comments
5.
Powerset Launches. Verdict: Meh. (20bits.com)
45 points by jfarmer on May 12, 2008 | 52 comments
6.
Why Can't Twitter Scale? Blaine Cook Tries To Explain (alleyinsider.com)
45 points by paulsb on May 12, 2008 | 37 comments
7.
Ask YC: How do you avoid wasting too much time online?
44 points by bobp on May 12, 2008 | 52 comments
8.
Show, Don't Tell (raganwald.com)
37 points by baha_man on May 12, 2008 | 11 comments
9.
YC: Don't forget to call your mother.
37 points by iamelgringo on May 12, 2008 | 12 comments
10.
Why is this shameful practice so common? (unixwiz.net)
33 points by edw519 on May 12, 2008 | 38 comments
11.
Homeowner vs. Renter: Why Should You Ever Buy a House (at all)? (patrick.net)
33 points by vlad on May 12, 2008 | 61 comments
12.
Lisper responds to Dynamic Languages Strike Back (steve-yegge.blogspot.com)
31 points by Sam_Odio on May 12, 2008 | 6 comments
13.
Lifecycle Messaging (firstround.com)
31 points by epi0Bauqu on May 12, 2008 | 3 comments
14.
Ask PG: What Marketing/PR strategies do you suggest to YC companies?
30 points by ideas101 on May 12, 2008 | 17 comments
15.
XML: The Angle Bracket Tax (codinghorror.com)
27 points by raganwald on May 12, 2008 | 14 comments
16.
How Reddit (or Hacker News) Will (Maybe) Save Software Development (jakevoytko.com)
26 points by bdfh42 on May 12, 2008 | 10 comments
17.
SMS 4x More Expensive Than Data From Hubble (physorg.com)
25 points by drm237 on May 12, 2008 | 21 comments
18.
An FAQ for Hacker News?
25 points by NewWorldOrder on May 12, 2008 | 18 comments
19.
Properly setting Vim up for Python coding (sontek.net)
23 points by Sam_Odio on May 12, 2008 | 1 comment
20.
Ask YC: Textile vs Markdown
21 points by sant0sk1 on May 12, 2008 | 21 comments
21.
Teaching Kids Programming (oreilly.com)
20 points by baha_man on May 12, 2008 | 5 comments
22.
Can You Catch Up on Lost Sleep? (sciam.com)
20 points by chaostheory on May 12, 2008 | 12 comments
23.
Adobe has released the SWF file format specification (adobe.com)
18 points by timr on May 12, 2008 | 7 comments
24.
Media Darling Powerset vs. Non-Media Darling Hakia (whydoeseverythingsuck.com)
18 points by prakash on May 12, 2008 | 15 comments
25.
Scalabe Funding - Money as you need it? (onstartups.com)
17 points by dangoldin on May 12, 2008 | 8 comments
26.
Writing your own Toy OS (linuxgazette.net)
16 points by smanek on May 12, 2008 | 10 comments
27.
Ask YC: If you could create the ultimate tech news site what would it look like?
15 points by bmaier on May 12, 2008 | 14 comments
28.
Fold Your Arms to Increase Perseverance On a Problem (canada.com)
15 points by skmurphy on May 12, 2008 | 2 comments
29.
Why Doesn't Apple Face The Innovator's Dilemma? (globelogger.com)
14 points by raganwald on May 12, 2008 | 10 comments
30.
Scaling a Microblogging Service - Part I (hueniverse.com)
14 points by dbreunig on May 12, 2008 | 1 comment

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