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31.
John Gruber Explains Why Free Software Has Poor Usability (daringfireball.net)
16 points by nickb on Aug 4, 2008 | 12 comments
32.
Presentation Files for OSCON 2008 (oreilly.com)
12 points by soundsop on Aug 4, 2008
33.
Meet the Rich (guardian.co.uk)
13 points by theoneill on Aug 4, 2008 | 35 comments
34.
Twitter will kick themselves for missing this (scripting.com)
12 points by bootload on Aug 4, 2008 | 3 comments
35.
Commandos, Infantry, and Police (codinghorror.com)
11 points by prakash on Aug 4, 2008 | 2 comments
36.
Judge OKs Tivo-in-the-clouds (alleyinsider.com)
10 points by fromedome on Aug 4, 2008 | 1 comment
37.
37signals Live debuting tomorrow at 3pm CDT (37signals.com)
10 points by terpua on Aug 4, 2008 | 4 comments
38.
JavaScript Reusability Is A Quagmire (kirindave.tumblr.com)
10 points by abhay on Aug 4, 2008 | 7 comments
39.
Ask HN: Review my startup (socialpredictor.com)
9 points by herewego on Aug 4, 2008 | 17 comments
40.
Ask YC: Anyone up for a meetup this Thursday night in Sunnyvale?
9 points by iamelgringo on Aug 4, 2008 | 3 comments
41.
Supermarket Scale detects Fruits and Vegetables automatically (i4u.com)
9 points by nickb on Aug 4, 2008 | 1 comment
42.
FCC Votes 3-2 to Punish Comcast for Interfering with BitTorrent (eff.org)
9 points by dominik on Aug 4, 2008 | 18 comments
43.
Data-based Recommendations (bytepawn.com)
9 points by Maro on Aug 4, 2008 | 8 comments
44.
A Standard for Bootstrapping Rails (heroku.com)
8 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 4, 2008 | 3 comments
45.
The Urban Bike is the One (coolest-gadgets.com)
8 points by pbnaidu on Aug 4, 2008 | 3 comments
46.
Ask HN: Subscription management/billing software?
7 points by tylercarbone on Aug 4, 2008 | 8 comments
47.
Mozilla's Robert O'Callahan explains why it was important to support Ogg in Firefox (mozillazine.org)
6 points by nickb on Aug 4, 2008 | 4 comments
48.
Supporting a free language study application?
5 points by donw on Aug 4, 2008 | 6 comments
49.
18 Sound Sculptures by Advanced Beauty (Videos) (designgeist.org)
5 points by themichael on Aug 4, 2008
50.
The Structure and Performance of Efficient Interpreters [pdf] (jilp.org)
5 points by parenthesis on Aug 4, 2008
51.
Philippe Petit (wikipedia.org)
5 points by parenthesis on Aug 4, 2008
52.
Avoiding the Second System Effect in Software Development (25hoursaday.com)
5 points by soundsop on Aug 4, 2008
53.
Linux: Using goto In Kernel Code (kerneltrap.org)
4 points by parenthesis on Aug 4, 2008
54.
Congress passes Higher Education Act: Tells Universities to Stop Illegal File-sharing (eff.org)
4 points by dominik on Aug 4, 2008 | 1 comment
55.
Why Apple and Facebook Need to Leave Apps Alone (mashable.com)
4 points by markbao on Aug 4, 2008
56.
Techdirt: College Classes On Malware Writing Still Piss Off Anti-Virus Firms (techdirt.com)
4 points by jasonlbaptiste on Aug 4, 2008
57.
Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet (V2) (addedbytes.com)
4 points by davidtspf01 on Aug 4, 2008
58.
Is Facebook Letting Employees Cash Out? (alleyinsider.com)
4 points by prakash on Aug 4, 2008
59.
How to get a 28.9% risk-free after-tax return: Looking at Debt repayment as an Investment. (thesimpledollar.com)
4 points by danteembermage on Aug 4, 2008 | 1 comment
60.
Did democracy cause World War II? (themonarchist.blogspot.com)
4 points by bokonist on Aug 4, 2008 | 1 comment

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