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1.		Thank you, Adobe Reader 9 (micropledge.com)
		68 points by nickb on July 4, 2008 \| 32 comments
2.		Stop waiting for your big idea, learn to get shit done (startupnorth.ca)
		53 points by jmacd on July 4, 2008 \| 17 comments
3.		Signs you're a bad programmer, and how to remedy them (infogami.com)
		44 points by nickb on July 4, 2008 \| 18 comments
4.		How I built a web app in six days for only Rs. 350 ($8.75) (paraschopra.com)
		40 points by paraschopra on July 4, 2008 \| 22 comments
5.		Why you only need 5 users for usability testing (useit.com)
		38 points by henning on July 4, 2008 \| 20 comments
6.		I Quit My Job (normalkid.com)
		32 points by arn on July 4, 2008 \| 21 comments
7.		Sparklines: theory and practice (edwardtufte.com)
		27 points by bentoner on July 4, 2008 \| 7 comments
8.		Y Combinator Diaries: Installment #4 (socialbias.com)
		24 points by parker on July 4, 2008 \| 6 comments
9.		Financial Times: IT graduates struggle to find work (ft.com)
		25 points by madmotive on July 4, 2008 \| 44 comments
10.		Richard Stallman on Bill Gates: "It's not the Gates, it's the bars" (bbc.co.uk)
		25 points by nickb on July 4, 2008 \| 69 comments
11.		Google's C++ testing framework is now public (googletesting.blogspot.com)
		23 points by nickb on July 4, 2008
12.		Kill Your Users Table (wekeroad.com)
		20 points by edw519 on July 4, 2008 \| 11 comments
13.		Google Files "FriendRank" Patent (identifies the most influential of a circle of friends) (uspto.gov)
		19 points by nickb on July 4, 2008 \| 16 comments
14.		Web Form Design Patterns: Sign-Up Forms (smashingmagazine.com)
		18 points by jmorin007 on July 4, 2008 \| 3 comments
15.		How To Raise Money For Your StartUp (jasonnazar.com)
		17 points by mace on July 4, 2008 \| 4 comments
16.		Virtual fencing: A new way of corralling cattle is being tested in New Mexico (economist.com)
		17 points by davidw on July 4, 2008 \| 2 comments
17.		Hello: Macs are about to get interesting again (cultofmac.com)
		16 points by theoneill on July 4, 2008 \| 17 comments
18.		Twitter Revisited (mattmaroon.com)
		16 points by sant0sk1 on July 4, 2008 \| 2 comments
19.		Lost scenes of "Metropolis" rediscovered (zeit.de)
		15 points by gruseom on July 4, 2008 \| 6 comments
20.		Ask HN: How does Amazon EC2 compare to shared web hosting?
		14 points by geuis on July 4, 2008 \| 6 comments
21.		Why Can't Microsoft Ship Open Source Software? (codinghorror.com)
		12 points by bdfh42 on July 4, 2008 \| 5 comments
22.		How Japan Competes in a World of High Oil Prices (nytimes.com)
		10 points by pierrefar on July 4, 2008 \| 1 comment
23.		More Evidence for a Revolutionary Theory of Water (physorg.com)
		10 points by terpua on July 4, 2008 \| 1 comment
24.		The World’s Top 20 Public Intellectuals (2008 edition) (foreignpolicy.com)
		11 points by nickb on July 4, 2008 \| 12 comments
25.		Google Should Deliver Its YouTube Data to Viacom in Paper Form (techcrunch.com)
		11 points by nirmal on July 4, 2008 \| 3 comments
26.		How Many Web 2.0 Services Have Gone Mainstream? (centernetworks.com)
		11 points by moses1400 on July 4, 2008 \| 7 comments
27.		Idea for a media startup (31fps.com)
		10 points by sdpurtill on July 4, 2008 \| 7 comments
28.		Reading EXIF data with Javascript (nihilogic.dk)
		10 points by bootload on July 4, 2008
29.		Piet: a programming language in which programs look like abstract paintings (dangermouse.net)
		9 points by dood on July 4, 2008 \| 1 comment
30.		Nut launches death threats at Debian women (theregister.co.uk)
		8 points by dmoney on July 4, 2008 \| 2 comments
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