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1.We are living in someone else's computer simulation (nytimes.com)
57 points by mhb on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 41 comments [ext]
2.Luck and the entrepreneur, part 1: The four kinds of luck (pmarca.com)
43 points by eposts on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
3.Indian mathematicians discovered infinite series in 1350 (physorg.com)
45 points by pg on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
4. The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack (diff.substack.com)
216 points by iam5056 262 days ago | hide | 183 comments
4.The Importance of Design in Business (particletree.com)
24 points by unfoldedorigami on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 1 comment [ext]
5.Film about Ramanujan (math genius died at 33) being made (bbc.co.uk)
24 points by terpua on Aug 14, 2007 [ext]
6.Raising Money: Every morning wake up and say to yourself 'They need me more than I need them.' (xobni.com)
18 points by adamsmith on Aug 14, 2007 [ext]
7. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments
7.TV show panel full of experts tells entrepreneur his idea is worthless, he proves them wrong (dailymail.co.uk)
20 points by nickb on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 6 comments [ext]
8.First Google Health Screenshots (blogoscoped.com)
18 points by dawie on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
9.Alexa Says YouTube Is Now Bigger Than Google. Alexa Is Useless (techcrunch.com)
18 points by transburgh on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
10. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 85 days ago | hide | 14 comments
10.The Beam of Light That Flips a Switch That Turns on the Brain (nytimes.com)
14 points by farmer on Aug 14, 2007 [ext]
11.Data and Codata (sigfpe.blogspot.com)
14 points by nostrademons on Aug 14, 2007 [ext]
12.Nasdaq's New Portal Market: IPO Alternative for Startups? (washingtonpost.com)
16 points by dpapathanasiou on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
13. Why isn't anyone panicking? (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 16 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
13.Potato powered webserver (d116.com)
15 points by Keios on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 1 comment [ext]
14.Group-O-Matic (My Startup Launch!) (groupomatic.com)
15 points by epi0Bauqu on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
15.Arrington uses Feedlounge's demise to disagree with 37 Signals about charging for software (techcrunch.com)
13 points by brett on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 5 comments [ext]
16. From Shortlist to Shipped: A Tournament Method for Picking Life's Work (guzey.com)
110 points by coz850 602 days ago | hide | 97 comments
16.Adobe takes aim at Microsoft and Apple (wired.com)
11 points by Readmore on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 1 comment [ext]
17.A List Apart: Staying Motivated (alistapart.com)
12 points by kkim on Aug 14, 2007 [ext]
18.Dumb But Profitable. 10 Million Dollar Ideas That Shouldn't Have Worked (madconomist.com)
11 points by nickb on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
19. Polymarket Meets Your Mortgage: Betting on Home Prices (archive.ph)
187 points by jem4017 85 days ago | hide | 177 comments
19.New code on facebook secrets (facebooksecrets.blogspot.com)
9 points by sharpshoot on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
20.Fame vs. Fortune: Micropayments and Free Content (shirky.com)
8 points by mark-t on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
21.Bayesianism: The Rationalist's swiss army knife, power saw, and flamethrower (yudkowsky.net)
8 points by jey on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
22. The Venture Drug: How $20M Seeds Kill Founder Optionality ()
491 points by nrx2341 119 days ago | hide | 105 comments
22.No Employees for a while - Plentyoffish won't hire (plentyoffish.wordpress.com)
8 points by Twiek on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 6 comments [ext]
23.Google Health coming tomorrow: Electronic Medical Records (EMR) for everyone? (googlesystem.blogspot.com)
8 points by ratsbane on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
24.On Pricing Strategy [ext]
7 points by rrival on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
25. Safety as a slow-motion serial killer of ambition (shaanpuri.com)
370 points by ien6880 398 days ago | hide | 146 comments
25.Find a co-founder at the weekend of code (8th/9th of September) (ning.com)
6 points by Tichy on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
26.Facebook entrepeneur event: 2-day conference on social network platforms (andrewchen.typepad.com)
6 points by andrewmobile on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 1 comment [ext]
27.uncov on timebridge: 8.5 million raised for google calendar feature (uncov.com)
6 points by acgourley on Aug 14, 2007 [ext]
28. Why Most Marketplace Network Effects Are Surprisingly Easy to Replicate ()
257 points by pen4647 497 days ago | hide | 50 comments
28.Former TechCrunch Contributor Launches Rival Site (blognation.com)
5 points by staunch on Aug 14, 2007 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
29.Looking for Liberty? Avoid adjectives. (socialscienceplusplus.blogspot.com)
5 points by byrneseyeview on Aug 14, 2007 [ext]
30.Home Sweet Home (thinkvitamin.com)
5 points by dawie on Aug 14, 2007 [ext]
31. Montreux convention traps Russia's Mediterranean task force (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 489 days ago | hide | 26 comments

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