The biggest differences:

1. Grouping into chapters. Ranking by score loses context.

2. Sorting and grouping comments together to give it some kind of flow.

3. Eliminating comments I wish I hadn't made.

4. Substituting cuss words.

5. General edits to eliminate errors and help the comments stand a little better on their own.

6. Grouping jokes together. They belong in a separate chapter.

7. Adding a forward, introduction, and table of contents.

8. 100 comments didn't seem like enough. 256 seemed right.

My version took me 3 weeks. This version takes one click. You can't beat that.

Done.

http://bitovod.com/hn/best-of?username=tptacek&limit=75

Using your new feature to keep a list of the leaders: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2662721

Impressive turnaround! :)

This is also good for your site. You'll get more links now because people can link to the particular things they're interested in rather than just the homepage.

One more request.

Could you add margin-bottom: 8px; or similar to #comments-wrapper p? Would help with the readability. :)