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1.		You should blog even if you have no readers (nathanmarz.com)
		207 points by nathanmarz on July 30, 2010 \| 54 comments
2.		Three years ago, I sold my startup because I was an idiot (peterc.org)
		204 points by briandoll on July 30, 2010 \| 89 comments
3.		High-Frequency Programmers Revolt Over Pay (forbes.com)
		151 points by nsoonhui on July 30, 2010 \| 164 comments
4.		Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC?
		149 points by Infomus on July 30, 2010 \| 135 comments
5.		Rooms irc app removed after 4 minutes in app store (roomsapp.mobi)
		140 points by slater on July 30, 2010 \| 48 comments
6.		Rise of the telepresence robots (cnn.com)
		134 points by dman on July 30, 2010 \| 60 comments
7.		Apple starts patenting mobile app ideas (unwiredview.com)
		123 points by techvibe on July 30, 2010 \| 68 comments
8.		Tribalism is the enemy within (markshuttleworth.com)
		102 points by amethyst on July 30, 2010 \| 60 comments
9.		How Y Combinator Is Remaking Silicon Valley in Its Image (gigaom.com)
		91 points by bjplink on July 30, 2010 \| 28 comments
10.		Clojure 1.2 RC1 (groups.google.com)
		85 points by fogus on July 30, 2010 \| 19 comments
11.		Ask HN: What annoys you?
		81 points by daleharvey on July 30, 2010 \| 345 comments
12.		Emacs-fu: some handy key bindings (emacs-fu.blogspot.com)
		80 points by vamsee on July 30, 2010 \| 12 comments
13.		Notetaking as a way to stay smart (peterc.org)
		79 points by milesf on July 30, 2010 \| 31 comments
		jbooth on July 30, 2010 \| parent \| context \| on: Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC? Whatever OSS projects you use have channels on freenode. Keep those open all day and lurk, you'll be amazed how much you learn from osmosis. If someone comes by with an easy question, answer it and you'll have social karma to get help from others when you need it.
15.		Python has closures (nagaokaut.ac.jp)
		69 points by samratjp on July 30, 2010 \| 66 comments
16.		Secret Code Phrases to Get What You Want from Your Graphic Designer (kissmetrics.com)
		65 points by icey on July 30, 2010 \| 40 comments
17.		Dave McClure: Invest Before Product/Market Fit, Double-Down After. (500hats.typepad.com)
		64 points by malbiniak on July 30, 2010 \| 12 comments
18.		Ask HN: What is a talent acquisition like?
		64 points by ryanjmo on July 30, 2010 \| 19 comments
19.		Rapportive (YC S10): 10% of your emails aren't from real people (rapportive.com)
		64 points by martinkl on July 30, 2010 \| 21 comments
		lukev on July 30, 2010 \| parent \| context \| on: Rooms irc app removed after 4 minutes in app store At this point, anyone who develops an iTunes app is bringing this on their own head. Apple's arbitrary stupidity is a known risk. If you don't want to get bit, then don't play with the pit bull.
21.		Nokia doesn't get it - The Truth about N97 [video] (youtube.com)
		61 points by carusen on July 30, 2010 \| 79 comments
22.		What I Learned When I Fell in Love with Piano Scales (tumbledesign.com)
		60 points by cj on July 30, 2010 \| 33 comments
		asnyder on July 30, 2010 \| parent \| context \| on: Apple starts patenting mobile app ideas For years I've said that Apple is by far one of the scariest software companies out there. The enthusiasm for their products and CEO seems to have a blinding effect on the very same people that would normally be up in arms. I think it would be an interesting social experiment to outline many of their business practices without mention of the products, company or brand, even possibly an alias, or dummy co. and survey their hardcore base for opinion of the company.
24.		IDEO re-thinks the ATM (futureselfservicebanking.com)
		55 points by blazamos on July 30, 2010 \| 40 comments
25.		Zed Shaw completes mongrel2 manual (mongrel2.org)
		56 points by RyanMcGreal on July 30, 2010 \| 49 comments
26.		Runa is hiring Clojure developers (workatruna.com)
		56 points by amitrathore on July 30, 2010 \| 22 comments
		ryanjmo on July 30, 2010 \| parent \| context \| on: Ask HN: What is a talent acquisition like? Thanks for the advice, but we are not concerned with ruining the prospect. We are ramen profitable and are going to succeed with our without an acquisition. We would just be on a different path. A large reason we put this post out there, is to determine if it is something we are actually interested in. Also, being able to be open with the world about what we are doing is one of my favorite parts about being in a start-up. One of our main goals with our startup is enjoy the experience. If YouTube really doesn't want to work with us because we mentioned our meeting publicly, it is an indication that it is not somewhere we want to work!
		pg on July 30, 2010 \| parent \| context \| on: Rise of the telepresence robots The QB recently passed the telepresence equivalent of the Turing Test. Anybots and YC are in the same building, so these things are always driving around. I was recently talking to Trevor, who was using one, and asked if he wanted to come over to our house that night for dinner. I assumed he was in the back of the building. He said he couldn't make it because he was actually in Hawaii.
		Timothee on July 30, 2010 \| parent \| context \| on: Apple starts patenting mobile app ideas One thing that surprises me in the images was that one of them is exactly "Where to?" by tap tap tap: http://taptaptap.com/#whereto
30.		Google Code University (code.google.com)
		44 points by vinutheraj on July 30, 2010 \| 2 comments
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