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1.
YC got a record number of applications this cycle
79 points by pg on Oct 18, 2008 | 60 comments
2.
How the British used a laundromat in Northern Ireland to find explosives (washingtonpost.com)
67 points by robg on Oct 18, 2008 | 19 comments
3.
The not to do list: 9 habits to stop now (fourhourworkweek.com)
52 points by morphle2 on Oct 18, 2008 | 21 comments
4.
The End of Libertarianism: The financial collapse proves that it makes no sense. (slate.com)
49 points by gabrielroth on Oct 18, 2008 | 110 comments
5.
When Steve Jobs met Don Knuth (folklore.org)
47 points by nickb on Oct 18, 2008 | 11 comments
6.
Pressflip Founder Quits: “I’m Tired Of The Fight” (techcrunch.com)
42 points by qhoxie on Oct 18, 2008 | 36 comments
7.
First Person Plural (theatlantic.com)
38 points by toffer on Oct 18, 2008 | 24 comments
8.
LED Hard Drive Clock 3.5" (ian.org)
37 points by kirubakaran on Oct 18, 2008 | 9 comments
9.
The most innovative coach in college football (nytimes.com)
29 points by herdrick on Oct 18, 2008 | 11 comments
10.
A visual history of MIT pranks (boston.com)
29 points by vlad on Oct 18, 2008 | 9 comments
11.
Dropping out of the wired world (guardian.co.uk)
23 points by razorburn on Oct 18, 2008 | 4 comments
12.
Oh The Horror! And New Tickets (ticketstumbler.com)
23 points by fallentimes on Oct 18, 2008 | 16 comments
13.
What makes entrepreneurs entrepreneurial [pdf] (khoslaventures.com)
17 points by mad on Oct 18, 2008 | 8 comments
14.
Stephenfry.Com 2.0 (stephenfry.com)
17 points by prakash on Oct 18, 2008
15.
What If US Collapses? (madconomist.com)
16 points by kirubakaran on Oct 18, 2008 | 13 comments
16.
"Counter­terrorism in the airport is a show designed to make people feel better" (theatlantic.com)
16 points by theoneill on Oct 18, 2008 | 19 comments
17.
History of Mathematical Notation (stephenwolfram.com)
15 points by DaniFong on Oct 18, 2008 | 3 comments
18.
Starting in 2009, Beijing Internet cafes will photograph every user (arstechnica.com)
13 points by theoneill on Oct 18, 2008 | 1 comment
19.
Ask News.YC: How hard was it to learn to be a self-starter?
13 points by brlewis on Oct 18, 2008 | 22 comments
20.
Yahoo Changing Its Home Page, Gradually (nytimes.com)
13 points by ashishk on Oct 18, 2008 | 8 comments
21.
On Physicists and Mathematicians and Mountain-Climbing (nytimes.com)
12 points by antiform on Oct 18, 2008 | 4 comments
22.
The Future of Web 3.0 According to Yahoo (readwriteweb.com)
9 points by qhoxie on Oct 18, 2008 | 3 comments
23.
Interview: Tom Preston-Werner on Powerset, GitHub, Ruby and Erlang (infoq.com)
8 points by paulsb on Oct 18, 2008 | 1 comment
24.
Future planes, cars may be made of `buckypaper' (wired.com)
8 points by babyshake on Oct 18, 2008 | 2 comments
25.
The Future of Email (gaborcselle.com)
8 points by prakash on Oct 18, 2008 | 3 comments
26.
DoS attack reveals (yet another) crack in net's core (theregister.co.uk)
8 points by bbhoss-synsol on Oct 18, 2008 | 1 comment
27.
The Playmate Indicator (marginalrevolution.com)
7 points by nir on Oct 18, 2008 | 1 comment
28.
A chart showing a fascinating historical perspective of the current housing crisis. (bp.blogspot.com)
7 points by rthomas6 on Oct 18, 2008 | 13 comments
29.
Best of one world (sethgodin.typepad.com)
7 points by qhoxie on Oct 18, 2008
30.
Don't shake hands with men from the north of England (guardian.co.uk)
6 points by echair on Oct 18, 2008 | 7 comments

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