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1.		Cost of converting entire U.S. to electric cars? Zero. (law.harvard.edu)
		55 points by bdfh42 on May 27, 2008 \| 111 comments
2.		AJAX Libraries API: Speed up your Ajax apps with Google’s infrastructure (ajaxian.com)
		45 points by foemmel on May 27, 2008 \| 19 comments
3.		The creator of Ruby explains why Ruby sucks (rubyist.net)
		43 points by nreece on May 27, 2008 \| 28 comments
4.		Google App Engine opens up for Google I/O, pricing announced (techcrunch.com)
		40 points by hwork on May 27, 2008 \| 12 comments
5.		Reddit redesigned (reddit.com)
		39 points by evdawg on May 27, 2008 \| 12 comments
6.		Freeman Dyson: The Question of Global Warming (nybooks.com)
		36 points by gruseom on May 27, 2008 \| 29 comments
7.		TipJoy’s New API Lets Web Apps Share the Love (and Cash) With Their Contributors (techcrunch.com)
		35 points by nickb on May 27, 2008 \| 26 comments
8.		Steve Yegge: Singleton Considered Stupid (googlepages.com)
		33 points by nickb on May 27, 2008 \| 37 comments
9.		Ask HN: How hard is your problem?
		31 points by aaronblohowiak on May 27, 2008 \| 54 comments
10.		I'm curious, Hackers, what do you think of the reddit redesign? (reddit.com)
		29 points by kn0thing on May 27, 2008 \| 41 comments
11.		Ask YC: Best credit card payment processor?
		27 points by crystalarchives on May 27, 2008 \| 22 comments
12.		Bill Gates personally quashed Microsoft-Yahoo merger (allthingsd.com)
		24 points by nickb on May 27, 2008 \| 6 comments
13.		Paul Graham (archive.org)
		24 points by wumi on May 27, 2008 \| 5 comments
14.		How to say no (37signals.com)
		24 points by mattjung on May 27, 2008 \| 4 comments
15.		Ask HN: good place to store code online?
		23 points by schtog on May 27, 2008 \| 45 comments
16.		Six Degrees of Wikipedia (tcd.ie)
		22 points by Shadow84 on May 27, 2008 \| 7 comments
17.		Is anyone using scalr?
		21 points by ivrokv on May 27, 2008 \| 8 comments
18.		SoundManager 2 is Audio for Javascript (schillmania.com)
		19 points by bdfh42 on May 27, 2008 \| 4 comments
19.		Web Applications are Overrated (code-ronin.blogspot.com)
		19 points by bootload on May 27, 2008 \| 16 comments
20.		Here comes another bubble... (youtube.com)
		17 points by rugger on May 27, 2008 \| 10 comments
21.		Python Design Patterns (vi lecture by Alex Martelli) (youtube.com)
		17 points by nickb on May 27, 2008
22.		Arrington On Copyright: Wrong (whydoeseverythingsuck.com)
		17 points by markbao on May 27, 2008 \| 27 comments
23.		What if Gas Cost $100/gal? (theoildrum.com)
		16 points by ph0rque on May 27, 2008 \| 49 comments
24.		When software in the cloud goes sour (mentalized.net)
		14 points by raganwald on May 27, 2008 \| 6 comments
25.		Nine lessons from the first Internet bubble (thestandard.com)
		13 points by ilamont on May 27, 2008 \| 4 comments
26.		An Engineer's Guide To Weight Loss (teddziuba.com)
		12 points by twampss on May 27, 2008 \| 38 comments
27.		C Compiler Written In Python (uchicago.edu)
		12 points by kirubakaran on May 27, 2008 \| 2 comments
28.		Hey Internet, it’s time to show a token of gratitude. (bug.gd)
		12 points by thorax on May 27, 2008 \| 4 comments
29.		Facebook To Open Source Facebook Platform (techcrunch.com)
		12 points by nickb on May 27, 2008 \| 4 comments
30.		How Many Friends Do You Have? (howtosplitanatom.com)
		10 points by breily on May 27, 2008 \| 4 comments
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