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1.
Myspace's Tom Anderson was an 80s "WarGames" Hacker (techcrunch.com)
69 points by dmix on Aug 30, 2008 | 28 comments
2.
Ask HN: Favorite websites for intelligent discussion?
44 points by lunchbox on Aug 30, 2008 | 42 comments
3.
Y Combinator Startups - Ranked Index (rankedindex.com)
43 points by nreece on Aug 30, 2008 | 27 comments
4.
Inside India’s CAPTCHA solving economy (zdnet.com)
40 points by ksvs on Aug 30, 2008 | 6 comments
5.
Death to Javascript Rock Stars (jquery.com)
36 points by riklomas on Aug 30, 2008 | 31 comments
6.
Compendium of Beginner Erlang Resources (spawnlink.com)
29 points by mitchellh on Aug 30, 2008 | 5 comments
7.
Gravity is not the main obstacle for America’s space business. Government is (economist.com)
29 points by JabavuAdams on Aug 30, 2008 | 25 comments
8.
D.J. Bernstein proposes an almost zero-effort DNSSEC alternative (Presentation) (cr.yp.to)
27 points by st3fan on Aug 30, 2008 | 3 comments
9.
Do nuclear decay rates depend on our distance from the sun? (arxivblog.com)
22 points by kf on Aug 30, 2008 | 14 comments
10.
Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the U.S. (nytimes.com)
22 points by ojbyrne on Aug 30, 2008 | 13 comments
11.
7 Reasons Why The Gym is Better Than Therapy (scotthyoung.com)
22 points by langer on Aug 30, 2008 | 12 comments
12.
Why your open source project isn't getting attention (grok-programming.com)
20 points by chmike on Aug 30, 2008 | 4 comments
13.
Purging The Stupid (sfgate.com)
18 points by ksvs on Aug 30, 2008 | 9 comments
14.
How not to write a job advert (inter-sections.net)
17 points by swombat on Aug 30, 2008 | 18 comments
15.
Hans Reiser Sentenced to 15-to-Life (sfgate.com)
16 points by mqt on Aug 30, 2008 | 7 comments
16.
Google App Engine Cookbook (appengine-cookbook.appspot.com)
16 points by chaostheory on Aug 30, 2008 | 3 comments
17.
Random Acts of Kindness: A Social Site I’d Love to See (zenhabits.net)
15 points by ryanwaggoner on Aug 30, 2008 | 10 comments
18.
Higher-Order JavaScript (A Javascriptish companion to Higher-Order Perl) (interglacial.com)
15 points by soundsop on Aug 30, 2008 | 1 comment
19.
When programmers can write no more (zdnet.com)
15 points by hhm on Aug 30, 2008 | 9 comments
20.
IBM using math models of employee behavior to automate management (businessweek.com)
14 points by ryanwaggoner on Aug 30, 2008 | 4 comments
21.
StupidFilter Project (stupidfilter.org)
11 points by MaysonL on Aug 30, 2008 | 13 comments
22.
Five Questions with…BackType Co-Founder Chris Golda (markevanstech.com)
11 points by buckpost on Aug 30, 2008
23.
Beyond Nano Breakthrough, MIT Team Quietly Builds Virus-Based Batteries (popularmechanics.com)
10 points by linhir on Aug 30, 2008 | 3 comments
24.
Microsoft web browser that covers its tracks could hit Google’s advertising (timesonline.co.uk)
9 points by hhm on Aug 30, 2008 | 16 comments
25.
Stellarium: free open source planetarium (stellarium.org)
5 points by ryanwaggoner on Aug 30, 2008
26.
What reading Tufte won’t teach you: Interface design guidelines (glyphobet.net)
5 points by danw on Aug 30, 2008 | 2 comments
27.
Ask HN: What is a good Sms2Web solution?
4 points by known on Aug 30, 2008 | 2 comments
28.
Introduction to Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance (vcexperts.com)
4 points by matt1 on Aug 30, 2008
29.
Credit card companies bullied Discovery Channel so RFID vulnerabilities weren't aired (youtube.com)
4 points by gasull on Aug 30, 2008
30.
Blocks/Closures For C (mooseyard.com)
3 points by soundsop on Aug 30, 2008

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