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1. FP for the rest of us (defmacro.org)
36 points by dedalus on Feb 17, 2008 | 6 comments
2. Animated gif generator for 'loading' indicators (ajaxload.info)
29 points by gruseom on Feb 17, 2008 | 10 comments
3. The Great Zero Challenge (16systems.com)
28 points by tubby on Feb 17, 2008 | 18 comments
4. Hoaxer Haunts Fortune 500 Earnings Calls With Empty "analyst speak" (wsj.com)
22 points by joshstaiger on Feb 17, 2008 | 3 comments
5. Irony is dead, last gasp of newspaper industry edition (pmarca.com)
20 points by nickb on Feb 17, 2008 | 1 comment
6. Oh, hey, DHH loooovvvess the MacBook Air (37signals.com)
20 points by alaskamiller on Feb 17, 2008 | 16 comments
7. Scott Adams: Connect citizens all over the world with a pen pal website to prevent new wars (dilbertblog.typepad.com)
20 points by DXL on Feb 17, 2008 | 18 comments
8. 10 Tips for Moving From Programmer to Entrepreneur (userscape.com)
20 points by muriithi on Feb 17, 2008
9. First look: latest Google Android SDK a big improvement (arstechnica.com)
18 points by slurpme on Feb 17, 2008 | 1 comment
10. Yahoo's Entire Design Innovation Team Fired (portfolio.com)
17 points by nickb on Feb 17, 2008 | 6 comments
11. The Apple Product Cycle (misterbg.org)
17 points by nickb on Feb 17, 2008 | 1 comment
12. Don't make your college essays too good (boston.com)
15 points by pg on Feb 17, 2008 | 8 comments
13. Bottled water 'is immoral' (telegraph.co.uk)
15 points by getp on Feb 17, 2008 | 44 comments
14. 25 Questions to Think About Before Your Next Job Interview (thesimpledollar.com)
14 points by edw519 on Feb 17, 2008 | 6 comments
15. Ask YC: How can we catch up to our peers at the big name universities?
13 points by rw on Feb 17, 2008 | 36 comments
16. Rescaling the Pythagorean Theorem (betterexplained.com)
13 points by nickb on Feb 17, 2008
17. Religion and computer language use survey results (kimsal.com)
13 points by mqt on Feb 17, 2008 | 6 comments
18. The Stupidity of Crowds, Part I: The Wisdom of Crowds (raganwald.com)
12 points by cstejerean on Feb 17, 2008 | 1 comment
19. Ask YC: IRC channel for startup people and/or YC hackers?
11 points by thorax on Feb 17, 2008 | 7 comments
20. Disruptive language learning, Internet style (nytimes.com)
10 points by trevelyan on Feb 17, 2008 | 1 comment
21. Can Silicon Valley become a world leader in cheap and ubiquitous solar panels for the masses? (nytimes.com)
8 points by kf on Feb 17, 2008 | 1 comment
22. Adding TipJoy Buttons To Movable Type 4 (birdahonk.com)
8 points by ivankirigin on Feb 17, 2008 | 1 comment
23. Higher Education Conformity (alternet.org)
7 points by muriithi on Feb 17, 2008 | 6 comments
24. Writing a Facebook Application with Python Pt. III (willmcgugan.com)
7 points by iamelgringo on Feb 17, 2008
25. Don't worry about people stealing an idea.
7 points by sabat on Feb 17, 2008 | 11 comments
26. Writing a Facebook Application with Python, Pt. I (willmcgugan.com)
7 points by iamelgringo on Feb 17, 2008 | 3 comments
27. Games for Programmers: Zendo (okasaki.blogspot.com)
7 points by edw519 on Feb 17, 2008
28. Any news.YCers going to SXSW?
6 points by ekanes on Feb 17, 2008 | 11 comments
29. The HTTP Sweet Spot (tbray.org)
6 points by llimllib on Feb 17, 2008
30. OCaml for scientific computation [Tutorial] (soton.ac.uk)
6 points by muriithi on Feb 17, 2008 | 1 comment

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