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1.
For Most People, College Is a Waste of Time (wsj.com)
113 points by epi0Bauqu on Aug 13, 2008 | 139 comments
2.
The 404 Test: Wildly Brilliant or User Suicide? (dougpetkanics.com)
67 points by thedob on Aug 13, 2008 | 44 comments
3.
Series AA Equity Financing Documents (ycombinator.com)
56 points by wave on Aug 13, 2008 | 7 comments
4.
Ultimate Handbook for JQuery Hackers (effectize.com)
51 points by pierrefar on Aug 13, 2008 | 3 comments
5.
Gearheads don't get it (37signals.com)
48 points by mooders on Aug 13, 2008 | 43 comments
6.
Nine Deadly Startup Diseases—and How to Cure Them (sitepoint.com)
50 points by swombat on Aug 13, 2008 | 13 comments
7.
10 Unexpected Costs of Owning Things (almostfearless.com)
40 points by soundsop on Aug 13, 2008 | 20 comments
8.
I'm putting on a Y Combinator panel at SXSW 09 and I'd like your vote (and feedback) (sxsw.com)
36 points by kn0thing on Aug 13, 2008 | 9 comments
9.
Directed Edge (wheels' startup) launches public beta, finds related articles in Wikipedia (directededge.com)
36 points by wheels on Aug 13, 2008 | 17 comments
10.
Posterous.com (YC summer 08) launches Video support (blog.posterous.com)
35 points by rantfoil on Aug 13, 2008 | 21 comments
11.
What's Wrong with Western Music? Part III. "Passacaglia in Cm" (tinyrevolution.com)
32 points by initself on Aug 13, 2008 | 21 comments
12.
Apple Now Worth More Than Google (macrumors.com)
29 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 13, 2008 | 9 comments
13.
Why Outsourcing Sucks (diovo.com)
27 points by edw519 on Aug 13, 2008 | 20 comments
14.
Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists (applefritter.com)
27 points by mattyfo on Aug 13, 2008 | 3 comments
15.
The Art Of Braid: Creating A Visual Identity For An Unusual Game (gamasutra.com)
24 points by dhotson on Aug 13, 2008 | 2 comments
16.
Study: The Pill Causes Women to Like Different Men (timesonline.co.uk)
24 points by DanielBMarkham on Aug 13, 2008 | 26 comments
17.
Open source licenses upheld in US court (lessig.org)
24 points by swombat on Aug 13, 2008 | 2 comments
18.
Ask HN: What is the job for a jack-of-all-trades?
23 points by BushyMark on Aug 13, 2008 | 19 comments
19.
Don't Fear the URLs (heroku.com)
18 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 13, 2008 | 10 comments
20.
Ruby on Erlang (antarestrader.com)
18 points by luckystrike on Aug 13, 2008 | 7 comments
21.
HN: feedback on my image bookmarking website (imgfave.com)
17 points by grag on Aug 13, 2008 | 26 comments
22.
Zapproved: A Lightweight Meeting Killer (readwriteweb.com)
16 points by qhoxie on Aug 13, 2008 | 4 comments
23.
Are you capable of pink box testing? (neilbowers.wordpress.com)
15 points by alaskamiller on Aug 13, 2008 | 24 comments
24.
The Secret of Psalm 46 by Brian Moriarty (ludix.com)
15 points by antiform on Aug 13, 2008 | 5 comments
25.
Forget the Olympics. This is what everyone should be watching on TV. (youtube.com)
14 points by amichail on Aug 13, 2008 | 4 comments
26.
Building your own memory manager for C/C++ projects (scribd.com)
14 points by soundsop on Aug 13, 2008 | 19 comments
27.
Tripeedo: Command line for travel (from Wundrbar) (ajaxian.com)
14 points by garbowza on Aug 13, 2008 | 5 comments
28.
Thank You Yahoo for YUI! (yahoo.com)
13 points by gibsonf1 on Aug 13, 2008 | 14 comments
29.
Cool new language: Fan (fandev.org)
13 points by marketer on Aug 13, 2008 | 6 comments
30.
Singapore and its lack of Democracy (straitstimes.com)
12 points by mariorz on Aug 13, 2008 | 28 comments

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