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1.
Jim Hefferon's Linear Algebra: A free textbook with fascinating applications (randomhacks.net)
97 points by hhm on Nov 2, 2008 | 18 comments
2.
Black and white (torvalds-family.blogspot.com)
73 points by baha_man on Nov 2, 2008 | 44 comments
3.
Hacking Education (avc.com)
54 points by tialys on Nov 2, 2008 | 48 comments
4.
The dumbification of Spore (scienceblogs.com)
43 points by hhm on Nov 2, 2008 | 27 comments
5.
AppJet now lets you host your own apps (appjet.com)
36 points by bouncingsoul on Nov 2, 2008 | 15 comments
6.
Ask YC: What are the best ways to market bootstrapped apps?
34 points by pjharrin on Nov 2, 2008 | 10 comments
7.
AirBed & Breakfast: Better Than a Cheap Hotel (airbedandbreakfast.com)
36 points by wird on Nov 2, 2008 | 12 comments
8.
Pycorn: interpreted OS written in Python (launchpad.net)
33 points by lehmannro on Nov 2, 2008 | 15 comments
9.
Using Dropbox to Track Bugs
29 points by uuilly on Nov 2, 2008 | 22 comments
10.
Doom9 contributors break BD+ (doom9.org)
27 points by jwilliams on Nov 2, 2008 | 11 comments
11.
The bigger economic disaster: 78 million baby-boom retirees (cnn.com)
28 points by ksvs on Nov 2, 2008 | 40 comments
12.
Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth (nasa.gov)
25 points by nickb on Nov 2, 2008 | 10 comments
13.
Never underestimate Microsoft’s ability to turn a corner (scobleizer.com)
22 points by raju on Nov 2, 2008 | 15 comments
14.
Why the Japanese stock market has done so badly (newyorker.com)
22 points by echair on Nov 2, 2008 | 8 comments
15.
Ask HN: What is a good introduction to neuroscience?
22 points by wynand on Nov 2, 2008 | 26 comments
16.
Ask HN: Any Hackers in Middle America?
22 points by jreilly on Nov 2, 2008 | 62 comments
17.
8 Ways to Hack Your Office Lease for Cash (gigaom.com)
18 points by terpua on Nov 2, 2008 | 4 comments
18.
Programmers' Dvorak Keyboard (kaufmann.no)
17 points by kirubakaran on Nov 2, 2008 | 14 comments
19.
Highly ironic comment from Steve Yegge (scroll down to "Lame Languages") (archive.org)
16 points by Darmani on Nov 2, 2008 | 12 comments
20.
The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu 8.10) (howtoforge.com)
15 points by joschi on Nov 2, 2008 | 6 comments
21.
Russian translation of "Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy" (k-vladimir.blogspot.com)
15 points by vladimir on Nov 2, 2008 | 9 comments
22.
A Computer Wanted (nytimes.com)
12 points by razorburn on Nov 2, 2008 | 2 comments
23.
Baroque Mandelbrot Zoom (youtube.com)
12 points by jwilliams on Nov 2, 2008 | 1 comment
24.
VCs Put the Brakes on Early-Stage Startups (wired.com)
12 points by Sam_Odio on Nov 2, 2008 | 4 comments
25.
I Have Never Seen Ubuntu Get Updates Right (teddziuba.com)
11 points by twampss on Nov 2, 2008 | 10 comments
26.
Ask HN: Suggestions for Mac Laptop
11 points by matt1 on Nov 2, 2008 | 51 comments
27.
Vote4Me: Rejected by the iPhone App Store (ajaykapal.com)
10 points by comatose_kid on Nov 2, 2008 | 13 comments
28.
MIT Venture Capital Conference - Theme: Reinventing Venture Capital (mitvcconference.com)
10 points by JayNeely on Nov 2, 2008 | 2 comments
29.
Challenging the Economic Crowd in Whispers, Not Shouts (nytimes.com)
10 points by robg on Nov 2, 2008 | 1 comment
30.
Internet collaboration still in infancy: Wikipedia founder (breitbart.com)
11 points by gibsonf1 on Nov 2, 2008 | 2 comments

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