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1."How to Get Rich": an anti-self-help book by Felix Dennis (didigetthingsdone.com)
74 points by dpapathanasiou on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 59 comments [ext]
2."The mission is to end oil," he says, "not create a company." (wired.com)
72 points by colortone on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
3.Ask HN: What does Ruby have that Python doesn't? [ext]
66 points by globalrev on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 221 comments [ext]
4. A 27M-Parameter Model That Quietly Undermines Scaling Orthodoxy (dbreunig.com)
54 points by kem2154 261 days ago | hide | 150 comments
4.An Analysis of the YC "Open Sourced" Documents In Layman's Terms (sachinagarwal.com)
69 points by sachinag on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
5.How to get your lying printer to use up all its ink (slate.com)
58 points by fmanjoo on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
6.Firefox to get massive JavaScript performance boost (arstechnica.com)
53 points by apu on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
7. The carriage maker's dilemma: Why imminent disruption requires drastic current effort (marginalrevolution.com)
376 points by kol5306 2 days ago | hide | 127 comments
7.6% Ain’t Really That Much (mattmaroon.com)
32 points by mqt on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
8.Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN? [ext]
31 points by zasz on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
9.Seth Godin Advocates Click Fraud (affiliatetip.com)
29 points by rob on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 31 comments [ext]
10. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 229 days ago | hide | 180 comments
10.UNICEF says Britain is the worst country for children in the Western world (city-journal.org)
26 points by ksvs on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
11.A review of the Nokia E71 (joelonsoftware.com)
25 points by raganwald on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
12.Pastebin the way god intended it be (sprunge.us)
25 points by shabda on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
13. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 84 days ago | hide | 14 comments
13.Lively, Google’s virtual world, has been a flop (economist.com)
25 points by cawel on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
14.Why Are You a Programmer? (danielfischer.com)
24 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 52 comments [ext]
15.Make Data Not Look Like Data (webmonkey.com)
23 points by soundsop on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
16. How a PVC rig in a Dallas garage became a $500M chemicals company (centuryofbio.com)
297 points by pun2167 600 days ago | hide | 170 comments
16.Recursion and human thought (edge.org)
17 points by gdee on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 6 comments [ext]
17.What you should know before starting a doctorate... (plasticbag.org)
16 points by bootload on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
18.Build your own Fusion Reactor [pdf] (fusor.net)
14 points by rbc on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 4 comments [ext]
19. Adoption, Not Product, Is What Kills Vertical Software Bets ()
374 points by ium4024 70 days ago | hide | 174 comments
19.I made tea. (telescopictext.com)
13 points by robg on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 1 comment [ext]
20.How Did You Get the Confidence to Start Your Business? (smallbiztrends.com)
13 points by procyon on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 14 comments [ext]
21.Adi Shamir's Cube Attacks - New form of Cryptanalysis (schneier.com)
12 points by nickb on Aug 22, 2008 [ext]
22. Why fully automated AI cedes a more valuable design space (readwise.io)
73 points by nan9853 265 days ago | hide | 77 comments
22.Python Universal GUI (tkinter, wxwidgets, winforms with shoes-like syntax) (alcidesfonseca.com)
12 points by Alcides on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 4 comments [ext]
23.They sold the startup, then bought it back.. (footytips.com.au) (theage.com.au)
12 points by whatusername on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
24.Are Big Name Universities Worth the Money? (newsweek.com)
11 points by nickb on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
25. The crypto scheme where auditors told on the promoters (archive.ph)
222 points by orz6622 332 days ago | hide | 88 comments
25.Ask HN: When to turn on advertisements? [ext]
10 points by pxlpshr on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
26.Learning Calculus: Overcoming Our Artificial Need for Precision (betterexplained.com)
10 points by prakash on Aug 22, 2008 [ext]
27.Ma.gnolia goes open source (inquisitr.com)
11 points by toni on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
28. Beyond Vocabulary: Why Clear Thinking is the Engine of Articulate Speech (youtube.com)
43 points by jan967 251 days ago | hide | 128 comments
28.How your printer tricks you into buying ink and toner when you don't need it (slate.com)
9 points by nickb on Aug 22, 2008 [ext]
29.Deprogramming From the Academic Cult (chronicle.com)
9 points by 13ren on Aug 22, 2008 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
30.How to fix Rails helpers (railspikes.com)
9 points by qhoxie on Aug 22, 2008 [ext]
31. From development to productionalization: The next evolution of the software shop ()
46 points by gin5806 13 hours ago | hide | 47 comments

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