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1. Valley of Broken Dreams: A YC Postmortem (igsig.org)
59 points by revolvingcur on April 29, 2008 | 60 comments
2. Standing versus Sitting (37signals.com)
56 points by naish on April 29, 2008 | 29 comments
3. Solving the IT Turnover Crisis: Employment 2.0 (thedailywtf.com)
53 points by dnaquin on April 29, 2008 | 18 comments
4. The end is near: Henry Blodget's index of companies that don't make products and don't have revenues (fakesteve.blogspot.com)
38 points by raganwald on April 29, 2008 | 11 comments
5. Simple brain exercise can boost IQ (newscientist.com)
36 points by alex_c on April 29, 2008 | 25 comments
6. Free US ZIP Code Database as CSV (coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com)
36 points by iamelgringo on April 29, 2008 | 13 comments
7. An Open Challenge to Silicon Valley (hbsp.com)
35 points by bosshog on April 29, 2008 | 47 comments
8. The Technology Secrets of Cocaine Inc. (archive.org)
30 points by byrneseyeview on April 29, 2008 | 10 comments
9. This is why your printer never works. (brandonsmind.com)
30 points by transburgh on April 29, 2008 | 13 comments
10. Twitter Usage Numbers Finally Emerge (techcrunch.com)
28 points by PStamatiou on April 29, 2008 | 9 comments
11. America's Most Overrated Product: the Bachelor's Degree (chronicle.com)
25 points by pchivers on April 29, 2008 | 25 comments
12. Git from the bottom up (newartisans.com)
24 points by rsanheim on April 29, 2008
13. My Mac Mini (mattmaroon.com)
24 points by ashu on April 29, 2008 | 96 comments
14. VisiCalc during the early days [w/pics] (bricklin.com)
24 points by mpc on April 29, 2008 | 3 comments
15. Homer Simpson 100% in CSS :) (romancortes.com)
23 points by tx on April 29, 2008 | 6 comments
16. Vertical ad networks: What are they, and why did Cox just buy Adify for $300MM? (andrewchen.typepad.com)
21 points by jmorin007 on April 29, 2008
17. Wanted: 5 Startups To Change the World (readwriteweb.com)
18 points by jmorin007 on April 29, 2008 | 4 comments
18. Newsflash: Display Ads On The Internet Don't Work (whydoeseverythingsuck.com)
18 points by pchristensen on April 29, 2008 | 22 comments
19. Ask YC: Someone builds your idea in return for equity. Good idea? (prototypeinvest.com)
17 points by shabda on April 29, 2008 | 16 comments
20. SICP in Texinfo Format - Read It In Emacs (neilvandyke.org)
17 points by pchristensen on April 29, 2008 | 6 comments
21. From Defeat, Rejection to Success
14 points by epi0Bauqu on April 29, 2008 | 1 comment
22. Facebook is for college goobers (review of social network transitions) (current.com)
14 points by drinko on April 29, 2008 | 9 comments
23. 2 Simple Ingredients That Will Boost your Morning Energy (dumblittleman.com)
13 points by chaostheory on April 29, 2008 | 13 comments
24. A 3D Exploration of Picasso's Guernica (lena-gieseke.com)
13 points by eduardoflores on April 29, 2008 | 3 comments
25. Modular robot reassembles itself when kicked apart (YT video) (youtube.com)
13 points by raghus on April 29, 2008 | 6 comments
26. Why Chinese is so damn hard (pinyin.info)
13 points by plinkplonk on April 29, 2008 | 2 comments
27. Ted Neward evaluates 20 programming languages (tedneward.com)
12 points by pchristensen on April 29, 2008 | 24 comments
28. What I look for in Startups (pulver.com)
12 points by raghus on April 29, 2008
29. Private Equity Valuation: How-To (startupalpha.com)
11 points by drm237 on April 29, 2008 | 2 comments
30. Ask YC: Do you plan on becoming a space tourist if you make it big?
11 points by amichail on April 29, 2008 | 27 comments

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