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1.		Man's Home Lab confiscated for "doing science in a residential area" (makezine.com)
		62 points by smanek on Aug 12, 2008 \| 41 comments
2.		Have idea, need coder (comic) (userfriendly.org)
		58 points by jauco on Aug 12, 2008 \| 29 comments
3.		Jakob Nielsen ranks Wufoo, Sugarsync and Xero among 10 Best Application UIs of 2008 (useit.com)
		47 points by joseakle on Aug 12, 2008 \| 16 comments
4.		Why I recommend Scheme (gnuvince.wordpress.com)
		46 points by soundsop on Aug 12, 2008 \| 7 comments
5.		Google Insights shows what sites are mainstream and which ones are still early adopter (andrewchen.typepad.com)
		44 points by andrew_null on Aug 12, 2008 \| 10 comments
6.		UI Guru Jakob Nielson's Site Is Unreadable (whydoeseverythingsuck.com)
		41 points by whalliburton on Aug 12, 2008 \| 36 comments
7.		My Secret Weapon to Getting Contracts (smashingmagazine.com)
		40 points by jmorin007 on Aug 12, 2008 \| 12 comments
8.		Want to live a long life? Run (reuters.com)
		39 points by pavel on Aug 12, 2008 \| 54 comments
9.		My Interview Experience at Microsoft (philosophicalgeek.com)
		39 points by parenthesis on Aug 12, 2008 \| 29 comments
10.		Why Apple doesn’t do “Concept Products” (counternotions.com)
		38 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 12, 2008 \| 8 comments
11.		Introducing the New Disqus (disqus.net)
		33 points by bdr on Aug 12, 2008 \| 11 comments
12.		Ask HN: why do we have less science related posts now that in the past?
		32 points by hhm on Aug 12, 2008 \| 51 comments
13.		Disqus 2.0: New Plugin, New Interface, And Local Comment Backup (techcrunch.com)
		31 points by drm237 on Aug 12, 2008 \| 12 comments
14.		Eee - a case study in bad marketing (ericsink.com)
		29 points by swombat on Aug 12, 2008 \| 20 comments
15.		How Large Software Companies Destroy Startup Value (25hoursaday.com)
		28 points by Anon84 on Aug 12, 2008 \| 12 comments
16.		Blog comment correcting startup gets $25m funding (typicalprogrammer.com)
		28 points by gregjor on Aug 12, 2008 \| 26 comments
17.		Startup, Inc - What You Need to Know Before Starting a Company (readwriteweb.com)
		25 points by mattjung on Aug 12, 2008 \| 9 comments
18.		What a Jakob Nielsen designed WinAmp skin would look like (kottke.org)
		25 points by alaskamiller on Aug 12, 2008 \| 6 comments
19.		How black drug dealers are using white supremacist legal theories to confound the Feds. (washingtonmonthly.com)
		22 points by robg on Aug 12, 2008 \| 24 comments
20.		Genetic Glitch May Prevent Kids from Learning from Their Mistakes (newsweek.com)
		21 points by makimaki on Aug 12, 2008 \| 15 comments
21.		7 Months Into My 2nd Stint as a Startup CEO (socialmedian.com)
		21 points by zen53 on Aug 12, 2008 \| 15 comments
22.		Y Combinator Challenge #17 - New Payment Methods (astartupaday.wordpress.com)
		19 points by toffer on Aug 12, 2008 \| 13 comments
23.		Yahoo's Fireeagle Project open for business (fireeagle.com)
		18 points by sh1mmer on Aug 12, 2008 \| 10 comments
24.		Increase Your Depth as a Programmer by Spelunking (catsonkeyboards.blogspot.com)
		18 points by saundby on Aug 12, 2008 \| 6 comments
25.		Hello darkness my old friend (diveintomark.org)
		18 points by mariorz on Aug 12, 2008 \| 10 comments
26.		RescueTime Gets a Shiny New Logo (Less red, still a plus) (rescuetime.com)
		16 points by bfioca on Aug 12, 2008 \| 8 comments
27.		Every 100ms of latency costs Amazon 1% of profit (oreilly.com)
		15 points by nreece on Aug 12, 2008 \| 13 comments
28.		Pictures From the Boston/Cambridge YC Meetup (ourdoings.com)
		15 points by dcurtis on Aug 12, 2008 \| 5 comments
29.		Information Graphics In Javascript With Sparklines.js (dzone.com)
		15 points by iamelgringo on Aug 12, 2008 \| 6 comments
30.		Pirating the Olympics, Then and Now (waxy.org)
		14 points by naish on Aug 12, 2008 \| 2 comments
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