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1.Do you debug your website? A small unimportant bug can have huge consequences. (kalzumeus.com)
96 points by swombat on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
2.HP founding minutes: erm, let's just do some stuff (businessofsoftware.org)
71 points by johns on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
3.What Open Source Can’t Do (xobni.com)
59 points by adamsmith on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
4. How Google’s new ‘TurboQuant’ AI might end the current RAM price hike crisis (tech.sportskeeda.com)
312 points by gul702 9 hours ago | hide | 19 comments
4.Linux Evolution Reveals Origins of Curious Mathematical Phenomenon (physorg.com)
44 points by Anon84 on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
5.Michelin reinvents the wheel, electric motors help to retire the combustion engine (theenergyroadmap.com)
43 points by mielles on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
6.Three Ways to Beat Burnout (hbsp.com)
42 points by peter123 on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
7. The communication technique that subverts taking turns on purpose (togetherlondon.com)
195 points by dem3275 169 days ago | hide | 48 comments
7.37signals to publish a new book (37signals.com)
38 points by edu on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
8.Design lessons from World of Goo (wolfire.com)
38 points by bd on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
9.The Incredible Convenience of Mathematica Image Processing (wolfram.com)
37 points by tlrobinson on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 17 comments [ext]
10. How Rich Barton Turns Gossip Into Billion-Dollar Search Monopolies (kwokchain.com)
234 points by gak1654 431 days ago | hide | 59 comments
10.Apple tells Mac users: Get anti-virus (theregister.co.uk)
37 points by astrec on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 47 comments [ext]
11.Songbird 1.0 released (songbirdnest.com)
33 points by noisebleed on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
12.The Cult of the Product (20bits.com)
28 points by ntoshev on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
13. Why Whoever Reaches AGI First Won't Actually Own Intelligence ()
215 points by fik8005 56 days ago | hide | 155 comments
13.Seth's Blog: Gravity is just a theory (sethgodin.typepad.com)
27 points by twampss on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
14.37signals: Put a dent in the universe (37signals.com)
27 points by twampss on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
15.How to Stay Alive in a Terrorized Hotel (theatlantic.com)
25 points by robg on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 16 comments [ext]
16. Montreux convention traps Russia's Mediterranean task force (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 489 days ago | hide | 26 comments
16.Ask HN: Scalable framework for web apps? [ext]
25 points by SingAlong on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
17.Google Calendar now supports Apple iCal (googlemac.blogspot.com)
22 points by nickb on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
18..Tel Them Where to Find You (nytimes.com)
21 points by prakash on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
19. What Happens When You Hand GPT-5 and Claude Real Money (nof1.ai)
454 points by esn516 151 days ago | hide | 8 comments
19.The Future of SQL in a SaaS world: Announcing Zoho CloudSQL (zoho.com)
20 points by svrishi on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
20.Zero-Downtime Restarts with HAProxy (igvita.com)
19 points by bdotdub on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 1 comment [ext]
21.Top 12 Facebook Marketing Hacks (Douchebaggery) (allfacebook.com)
16 points by humanlever on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 12 comments [ext]
22. Why isn't anyone panicking? (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 9 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
22.High school teacher finances school supplies by selling ads on tests (usatoday.com)
17 points by mhb on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
23.What Every European Startup Should Know: 10 Keys to Presenting Your Startup in the US (mashable.com)
15 points by markessien on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
24.Ask HN: Launched my free app, now what? [ext]
15 points by BlueSkies on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 30 comments [ext]
25. The power-strip life: picking work that plugs into everything (shaanpuri.com)
249 points by bom7529 398 days ago | hide | 12 comments
25.Google cannibalizing their assets? Isn’t it a bit early for that? (thenextweb.com)
15 points by joop on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
26.Ask HN: feedback on my startup? (elephinoinc.com)
14 points by len on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
27.How to Build and Launch a Social News Site in 21 Days (webjackalope.com)
13 points by siong1987 on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 6 comments [ext]
28. Borrowed Conviction, King-Making, And The Fragility Of Engineered Winners ()
44 points by gtl4094 91 days ago | hide | 70 comments
28.Price and Popularity: The iPhone App Store’s Data Show Who’s Making The Most Money (mobileorchard.com)
13 points by sant0sk1 on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
29.Ning: The End of the Red Light District (ning.com)
12 points by johns on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 2 comments [ext]
30.Gmail on your Desktop (gmailblog.blogspot.com)
12 points by mattmcknight on Dec 2, 2008 [ext] | 18 comments [ext]
31. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 84 days ago | hide | 14 comments

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