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1.Martian Headsets (joelonsoftware.com)
79 points by bdfh42 on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
2.Why bother having a resume? (sethgodin.typepad.com)
64 points by comatose_kid on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 60 comments [ext]
3.Is fragmentation bad? (paulbuchheit.blogspot.com)
44 points by jmorin007 on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
4. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 84 days ago | hide | 14 comments
4.Story of the Mexican Fisherman (trackthetime.com)
38 points by ctingom on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 25 comments [ext]
5.Clickpass (YC 07) launches - Founder's launch story, feelings and post-analysis (immadsnewworld.com)
36 points by danielha on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
6.Black Swans - unexpected movements in financial markets. (gladwell.com)
35 points by mdemare on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
7. Adoption, Not Product, Is What Kills Vertical Software Bets ()
374 points by ium4024 70 days ago | hide | 174 comments
7.Wall Street fears for next Great Depression (independent.co.uk)
34 points by moog on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
8.Reddit is so normal (new front page algorithm brings more diverse content from subreddits) (reddit.com)
30 points by kf on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 12 comments [ext]
9.The latest version of Dexter walks faster and more robustly. (anybots.com)
28 points by KB on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
10. Why Google only needs to threaten to outspend its AI rivals (martinvol.pe)
229 points by bsm1209 2 days ago | hide | 57 comments
10.Ask YC: Can someone explain this JP Morgan buyout of Bear Stearns for me? [ext]
28 points by mk on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
11.Rails search benchmarks (evanweaver.com)
26 points by sant0sk1 on March 17, 2008 [ext]
12.Xkcd: Mythbusters and Zombie Feynman (xkcd.com)
24 points by rglovejoy on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 36 comments [ext]
13. Why Hitchhiking Taught Kevin Kelly a Theory of Grace (kk.org)
312 points by oan7422 99 days ago | hide | 83 comments
13.From BFS to ZFS: past, present, and future of file systems (arstechnica.com)
24 points by iamelgringo on March 17, 2008 [ext]
14.Paul Krugman: The B Word - "things are falling apart as you read this." (nytimes.com)
23 points by tomh on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
15.Spaghetti-Western coding (raganwald.com)
22 points by bdfh42 on March 17, 2008 [ext]
16. Why Whoever Reaches AGI First Won't Actually Own Intelligence ()
215 points by fik8005 56 days ago | hide | 155 comments
16.Ask YC: Impact of Recession on Startup Financing? [ext]
22 points by enki on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
17.Ask YC: What happened to Thinkature? [ext]
19 points by mpc on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
18.Ruby on Rails: the Duplo generation (railsontherun.com)
19 points by iamelgringo on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
19. When Professionals Arrived: The 2024 Inflection That Flipped Kalshi's Economics (jbecker.dev)
380 points by orz1950 90 days ago | hide | 148 comments
19.Google: DoubleClick Employees Must Re-Apply For Their Own Jobs (startupearth.com)
19 points by kevr on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
20.I've launched my alpha (using Heroku); thoughts? [ext]
18 points by ph0rque on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
21.You Don't Have to Ditch the Day Job (businessweek.com)
17 points by drm237 on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
22. Four Macro Forces Quietly Manufacturing the Global Populist Wave (kwokchain.com)
327 points by lrm6947 431 days ago | hide | 93 comments
22.RetailMeNot Sales Figures (techcrunch.com)
17 points by chaostheory on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
23.Bret Taylor of FriendFeed on "Google's strategy tax" (video) (cnn.com)
15 points by prakash on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
24.Companies that don't require resumes (squidoo.com)
14 points by Alex3917 on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
25. Why Getting Funded Stopped Meaning Your Idea Was Good ()
70 points by kol7770 98 days ago | hide | 139 comments
25.Four console games you might like... (steve-yegge.blogspot.com)
14 points by eb on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
26.The Next Slum? (theatlantic.com)
13 points by jlhamilton on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 4 comments [ext]
27.Ask YC: How important do you think it is to have a blog? [ext]
13 points by aagha on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
28. Discord's Real Lesson: The Meta-Layer Enterprise Slack Can't Build (kwokchain.com)
448 points by aok168 431 days ago | hide | 83 comments
28.New Google source code browsing tool (google-opensource.blogspot.com)
13 points by bootload on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
29.Get Back your Screen Space: Maximize Firefox Viewing Area (makeuseof.com)
11 points by marrone on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
30.Open Source Adobe AIR application to organise code snippets (code.google.com)
12 points by bdfh42 on March 17, 2008 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
31. Metsera's bold antitrust hack: let Novo Nordisk buy us twice (archive.ph)
377 points by psx3247 84 days ago | hide | 153 comments

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