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31.		The Last Typewriter Repairman? (businessweek.com)
		15 points by robg on Oct 2, 2008 \| 4 comments
32.		Analysis on the nature of the credit crisis: "Financial Armageddon for Dummies" (straightdope.com)
		15 points by greendestiny on Oct 2, 2008 \| 3 comments
33.		Google's $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan: More Wind, Solar Power, Plug-In Cars (alleyinsider.com)
		14 points by fromedome on Oct 2, 2008
34.		Chinese Skype Software Secretly Logs Political Chat Messages (wired.com)
		14 points by h34t on Oct 2, 2008 \| 1 comment
35.		AskNews: Seeking comments on an app to bring the "knob-style" feedback to the web
		13 points by yellowbkpk on Oct 2, 2008 \| 7 comments
36.		Apple: No evidence of benzene in Mac Pros (macworld.com)
		12 points by nickb on Oct 2, 2008 \| 8 comments
37.		Financial crisis = startup opportunity. NYC developers, join a startup (enterventure.com)
		11 points by pcushing on Oct 2, 2008 \| 9 comments
38.		Swap Space in Linux (bytetrap.com)
		11 points by known on Oct 2, 2008 \| 4 comments
39.		A touch of Cocoa: inside the iPhone SDK (arstechnica.com)
		11 points by nickb on Oct 2, 2008
40.		Next-generation adaptive optics produces sharper Jupiter images (esciencenews.com)
		10 points by FiReaNG3L on Oct 2, 2008
41.		Dabbleboard releases developer API (plz give feedback) (dabbleboard.com)
		10 points by zhyder on Oct 2, 2008 \| 9 comments
42.		The Commanding Heights - 6hr documentary on the global economy (2003) (pbs.org)
		9 points by cubix on Oct 2, 2008 \| 5 comments
43.		Ask HN: Best partner language for Java -- Python, Ruby, or X?
		9 points by jacobscott on Oct 2, 2008 \| 19 comments
44.		Wikipedia is being manipulated, you can't trust anybody now (theregister.co.uk)
		9 points by tsbardella on Oct 2, 2008 \| 8 comments
45.		Time to Bleed: Using strace for fun and profit (timetobleed.com)
		10 points by jfarmer on Oct 2, 2008
46.		Internet Radio Saved (nytimes.com)
		9 points by Anon84 on Oct 2, 2008 \| 4 comments
47.		Ask YC: Tests that Approximate a Developer's Skill Level?
		8 points by PJGoldwing on Oct 2, 2008 \| 4 comments
48.		Finding Your “First Business Hire” (vcmike.wordpress.com)
		8 points by jasonlbaptiste on Oct 2, 2008 \| 1 comment
49.		Swirrl: Newly Launched Semantic Web Wiki (readwriteweb.com)
		8 points by qhoxie on Oct 2, 2008 \| 1 comment
50.		New DoS Attack Is a Killer (darkreading.com)
		7 points by terpua on Oct 2, 2008
51.		Nokia Reveals iPhone Competitor And Prepares To Do Battle With iTunes (readwriteweb.com)
		7 points by qhoxie on Oct 2, 2008 \| 6 comments
52.		Ask HN: review Thymer, our new todo and time tracking web app
		7 points by wim on Oct 2, 2008 \| 2 comments
53.		Ask YC: Feedback about one of our service, LLOOGG
		6 points by antirez on Oct 2, 2008 \| 7 comments
54.		The chilling innocence, and organization, of (sea-faring) piracy (theatlantic.com)
		6 points by robg on Oct 2, 2008
55.		Grad School Enrollment vs Unemployment rate (phdcomics.com)
		6 points by gopalakrishnans on Oct 2, 2008
56.		Schwarzenegger signs law that computer professional with salary $75k+ can not get overtime (seyfarth.com)
		6 points by aschobel on Oct 2, 2008 \| 3 comments
57.		The New Value Economy Arrives (chinavortex.com)
		6 points by rgrieselhuber on Oct 2, 2008 \| 1 comment
58.		Support the team: why arguments about politics and baseball turn stupid very fast. (washingtonpost.com)
		6 points by yummyfajitas on Oct 2, 2008 \| 1 comment
59.		Kiva lets anyone micro-loan to third world entrepreneurs (kiva.org)
		6 points by denglish on Oct 2, 2008 \| 1 comment
60.		Microsoft still paying people to search (cnet.com)
		5 points by alexk on Oct 2, 2008 \| 3 comments
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