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1.
"How to Get Rich": an anti-self-help book by Felix Dennis (didigetthingsdone.com)
74 points by dpapathanasiou on Aug 22, 2008 | 59 comments
2.
"The mission is to end oil," he says, "not create a company." (wired.com)
72 points by colortone on Aug 22, 2008 | 34 comments
3.
Ask HN: What does Ruby have that Python doesn't?
66 points by globalrev on Aug 22, 2008 | 221 comments
4.
An Analysis of the YC "Open Sourced" Documents In Layman's Terms (sachinagarwal.com)
69 points by sachinag on Aug 22, 2008 | 9 comments
5.
How to get your lying printer to use up all its ink (slate.com)
58 points by fmanjoo on Aug 22, 2008 | 38 comments
6.
Firefox to get massive JavaScript performance boost (arstechnica.com)
53 points by apu on Aug 22, 2008 | 26 comments
7.
6% Ain’t Really That Much (mattmaroon.com)
32 points by mqt on Aug 22, 2008 | 13 comments
8.
Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
31 points by zasz on Aug 22, 2008 | 38 comments
9.
Seth Godin Advocates Click Fraud (affiliatetip.com)
29 points by rob on Aug 22, 2008 | 31 comments
10.
UNICEF says Britain is the worst country for children in the Western world (city-journal.org)
26 points by ksvs on Aug 22, 2008 | 13 comments
11.
A review of the Nokia E71 (joelonsoftware.com)
25 points by raganwald on Aug 22, 2008 | 8 comments
12.
Pastebin the way god intended it be (sprunge.us)
25 points by shabda on Aug 22, 2008 | 8 comments
13.
Lively, Google’s virtual world, has been a flop (economist.com)
25 points by cawel on Aug 22, 2008 | 29 comments
14.
Why Are You a Programmer? (danielfischer.com)
24 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 22, 2008 | 52 comments
15.
Make Data Not Look Like Data (webmonkey.com)
23 points by soundsop on Aug 22, 2008 | 5 comments
16.
Recursion and human thought (edge.org)
17 points by gdee on Aug 22, 2008 | 6 comments
17.
What you should know before starting a doctorate... (plasticbag.org)
16 points by bootload on Aug 22, 2008 | 20 comments
18.
Build your own Fusion Reactor [pdf] (fusor.net)
14 points by rbc on Aug 22, 2008 | 4 comments
19.
I made tea. (telescopictext.com)
13 points by robg on Aug 22, 2008 | 1 comment
20.
How Did You Get the Confidence to Start Your Business? (smallbiztrends.com)
13 points by procyon on Aug 22, 2008 | 14 comments
21.
Adi Shamir's Cube Attacks - New form of Cryptanalysis (schneier.com)
12 points by nickb on Aug 22, 2008
22.
Python Universal GUI (tkinter, wxwidgets, winforms with shoes-like syntax) (alcidesfonseca.com)
12 points by Alcides on Aug 22, 2008 | 4 comments
23.
They sold the startup, then bought it back.. (footytips.com.au) (theage.com.au)
12 points by whatusername on Aug 22, 2008 | 10 comments
24.
Are Big Name Universities Worth the Money? (newsweek.com)
11 points by nickb on Aug 22, 2008 | 15 comments
25.
Ask HN: When to turn on advertisements?
10 points by pxlpshr on Aug 22, 2008 | 15 comments
26.
Learning Calculus: Overcoming Our Artificial Need for Precision (betterexplained.com)
10 points by prakash on Aug 22, 2008
27.
Ma.gnolia goes open source (inquisitr.com)
11 points by toni on Aug 22, 2008 | 2 comments
28.
How your printer tricks you into buying ink and toner when you don't need it (slate.com)
9 points by nickb on Aug 22, 2008
29.
Deprogramming From the Academic Cult (chronicle.com)
9 points by 13ren on Aug 22, 2008 | 5 comments
30.
How to fix Rails helpers (railspikes.com)
9 points by qhoxie on Aug 22, 2008

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