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1.		A Defense of Philosophy (against Paul Graham) (jsomers.net)
		84 points by jsomers on Dec 20, 2008 \| 93 comments
2.		Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) (picwing.com)
		81 points by edawerd on Dec 20, 2008 \| 72 comments
3.		MythBusters Co-Host Adam Savage on Obsession (fora.tv)
		60 points by dcurtis on Dec 20, 2008 \| 23 comments
4.		Wub - Cool Javascript effect (rolyn.co.uk)
		55 points by nickb on Dec 20, 2008 \| 29 comments
5.		"Be nice to the countries that lend you money" (theatlantic.com)
		48 points by raheemm on Dec 20, 2008 \| 16 comments
6.		⌘+⇧+L and other useful OS X hidden features (howgoodisthat.wordpress.com)
		44 points by nickb on Dec 20, 2008 \| 26 comments
7.		Hard work and practice in Programming (oreilly.com)
		42 points by aditya on Dec 20, 2008 \| 12 comments
8.		Krugman: The Madoff Economy (nytimes.com)
		40 points by tortilla on Dec 20, 2008 \| 40 comments
9.		Ask HN: Any Special Projects Over the Holidays?
		39 points by brentr on Dec 20, 2008 \| 89 comments
10.		2008 was a good year, now #13 in the US. (plentyoffish.wordpress.com)
		36 points by jasonlbaptiste on Dec 20, 2008 \| 41 comments
11.		Why You Should Try Django (fiveandlime.com)
		32 points by petercooper on Dec 20, 2008 \| 15 comments
12.		Digg's Miserable Business Model, Losing Millions of Dollars (alleyinsider.com)
		33 points by utsmokingaces on Dec 20, 2008 \| 22 comments
13.		Ask YC: best (multi-user) startup email support/helpdesk system?
		31 points by apexauk on Dec 20, 2008 \| 19 comments
14.		Twitter/Weather Mashup I put together over a few nights. (tweetweather.com)
		31 points by aviel on Dec 20, 2008 \| 22 comments
15.		Ask YC: Health Insurance?
		30 points by thinkcomp on Dec 20, 2008 \| 24 comments
16.		Amazon CTO named as CTO of the Year for Cloud Computing and AWS (informationweek.com)
		29 points by don420 on Dec 20, 2008 \| 8 comments
17.		Our business idea based on the CSS history hack: a new way to monetize web assets. (wozad.com)
		28 points by jjfarren- on Dec 20, 2008 \| 33 comments
18.		What Easter Eggs have you placed in code?
		24 points by blackswan on Dec 20, 2008 \| 16 comments
19.		Gnip: Numbers + Architecture (gnipcentral.com)
		21 points by EastSmith on Dec 20, 2008 \| 5 comments
20.		The Huffington Post Slammed for Content Theft (wired.com)
		17 points by humanlever on Dec 20, 2008 \| 5 comments
21.		Box2D ported to JavaScript, rendered in canvas (sourceforge.net)
		16 points by Raphael on Dec 20, 2008 \| 5 comments
22.		Get Press for your Start Up with Help A Reporter Out (flyingcart.com)
		15 points by rishi on Dec 20, 2008 \| 5 comments
23.		XCVB (replacement for Common Lisp's ASDF) (fare.livejournal.com)
		12 points by ken on Dec 20, 2008 \| 4 comments
24.		Edgy, Yet Still Aerodynamic (nytimes.com)
		9 points by robg on Dec 20, 2008 \| 1 comment
25.		Ask HN: Point thresholds?
		8 points by jmtame on Dec 20, 2008 \| 17 comments
26.		Tell HN: Thanks for everything and have a safe holiday
		7 points by sachinag on Dec 20, 2008 \| 1 comment
27.		Facebook Stares Down Labels Over Project Playlist Takedown Demand (techcrunch.com)
		7 points by peter123 on Dec 20, 2008 \| 2 comments
28.		Refactoring with codemod.py (facebook.com)
		7 points by arjunb on Dec 20, 2008 \| 3 comments
29.		Digg’s Sorry Revenue Stream, And Rumors Of An Experimental Ad Product (techcrunch.com)
		7 points by nickb on Dec 20, 2008
30.		New York hits iPod users with tax on downloads (guardian.co.uk)
		6 points by prakash on Dec 20, 2008 \| 8 comments
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