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1.
Why Iceland has the happiest people on earth (guardian.co.uk)
42 points by lurkage on May 18, 2008 | 56 comments
2.
How to repair a 230KV, 10 mile long coaxial power cable (jwz.livejournal.com)
28 points by mhb on May 18, 2008 | 12 comments
3.
Is the world’s food system collapsing? (newyorker.com)
27 points by prakash on May 18, 2008 | 40 comments
4.
OLPC's a con - former insider (theregister.co.uk)
26 points by edw519 on May 18, 2008 | 29 comments
5.
Scribd Goes Straight, Bans Porn (techcrunch.com)
24 points by raghus on May 18, 2008 | 18 comments
6.
The Perl Foundation receives $200,000 donation in support of Perl 6 development (perlfoundation.org)
24 points by systems on May 18, 2008 | 6 comments
7.
Google Analytics - 20 Ways to Fix Analytics. Please Hurry? (ryanspoon.com)
24 points by berecruited on May 18, 2008 | 19 comments
8.
Where are the unhappy founders?
23 points by npk on May 18, 2008 | 7 comments
9.
Yahoo, Microsoft Back At The Table (techcrunch.com)
18 points by rockstar9 on May 18, 2008 | 10 comments
10.
Ask YC: What books on marketing do you recomend?
17 points by damir on May 18, 2008 | 32 comments
11.
Experience as a teacher turns out to be worthless (law.harvard.edu)
16 points by comatose_kid on May 18, 2008 | 10 comments
12.
 Erlang and High-Scale System Software (mvdirona.com)
16 points by neilc on May 18, 2008 | 5 comments
13.
10 Most Beautiful Looking Linux Desktops (linuxhaxor.net)
12 points by pavs on May 18, 2008 | 14 comments
14.
Ask HN: Collaborative Filtering + Interweb == Good Times?
12 points by earle on May 18, 2008 | 8 comments
15.
A VC: If You Are Looking For Something More Entrepreneurial (avc.blogs.com)
10 points by rockstar9 on May 18, 2008 | 4 comments
16.
Real-World Analytics: Shops secretly track customers via mobile phone (timesonline.co.uk)
10 points by soundsop on May 18, 2008 | 5 comments
17.
3 NJ Sex Offenders To Be Charged With Using MySpace,Facebook (cnn.com)
10 points by michjeanty on May 18, 2008 | 7 comments
18.
Best Site to Upload Video To? Want Quality and Portability.
10 points by berecruited on May 18, 2008 | 15 comments
19.
Why FriendFeed won’t go mainstream (scobleizer.com)
8 points by breily on May 18, 2008 | 1 comment
20.
Carl Icahn will destroy Yahoo (marketwatch.com)
8 points by nreece on May 18, 2008 | 4 comments
21.
Ask YC: How do you handle development planning
8 points by brentr on May 18, 2008 | 7 comments
22.
Ask YC: Can anyone recommend a good startup lawyer?
8 points by shafqat on May 18, 2008 | 7 comments
23.
Launchbox 08 team looking for hacker co-founders
8 points by launchbox on May 18, 2008 | 8 comments
24.
Coding Horror: Crash Responsibly (codinghorror.com)
7 points by sharksandwich on May 18, 2008
25.
As Long As We Are Rethinking Yahoo's Board (avc.blogs.com)
7 points by prakash on May 18, 2008
26.
Examples of Fibonacci Numbers in Nature (scienceray.com)
7 points by nreece on May 18, 2008 | 3 comments
27.
It's Not The Data, It's The Flow (avc.blogs.com)
6 points by terpua on May 18, 2008 | 1 comment
28.
Ask HN: Tell people about your idea, or keep it to yourself?
6 points by bapbap on May 18, 2008 | 13 comments
29.
Hit Pause On The Evil Button: Google Assists In Arrest Of Indian Man (techcrunch.com)
6 points by terpua on May 18, 2008
30.
Ask HN: Erlang and network connections?
6 points by Tichy on May 18, 2008 | 7 comments

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