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		Git
		287 points \| parent
2.		Is effort a myth? (sethgodin.typepad.com)
		96 points by bdfh42 on Oct 8, 2008 \| 37 comments
		Mercurial
		78 points \| parent
4.		20 Excellent AJAX Effects You Should Know (nettuts.com)
		58 points by twampss on Oct 8, 2008 \| 17 comments
5.		Rate My Startup - Dawdle.com Is A "Moronically Easy" Online Marketplace For Gamers (dawdle.com)
		53 points by sachinag on Oct 8, 2008 \| 69 comments
6.		10 Programming Proverbs Every Developer Should Know (kevinwilliampang.com)
		49 points by reazalun on Oct 8, 2008 \| 9 comments
7.		Famous Sed One-Liners Explained (catonmat.net)
		46 points by mqt on Oct 8, 2008 \| 4 comments
8.		Poll: Version Control
		43 points by wtrk on Oct 8, 2008 \| 90 comments
9.		Iceland close to bankruptcy (indiatimes.com)
		42 points by visakhcr on Oct 8, 2008 \| 77 comments
10.		Earthcomber Sues TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
		40 points by qhoxie on Oct 8, 2008 \| 21 comments
11.		Yahoo Launches Web Analytics (yahoo.com)
		40 points by qhoxie on Oct 8, 2008 \| 23 comments
		alaskamiller on Oct 8, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Earthcomber Sues TechCrunch Posturing at the sight of frivolity is now considered greatness? A former lawyer fighting a lawsuit is now courageous?
13.		Ask HN: Does anyone WANT to build client software anymore?
		36 points by webwright on Oct 8, 2008 \| 57 comments
14.		You keep using that word “distributed”… (avdi.org)
		34 points by pushcx on Oct 8, 2008 \| 12 comments
15.		On your bike (economist.com)
		32 points by eru on Oct 8, 2008 \| 56 comments
16.		Interesting funder's point of view
		32 points by tomerb on Oct 8, 2008 \| 18 comments
17.		Lonely Dissent (overcomingbias.com)
		28 points by blackswan on Oct 8, 2008 \| 8 comments
18.		I’m Going Long Right Now (blogmaverick.com)
		25 points by jasonlbaptiste on Oct 8, 2008 \| 21 comments
19.		Remotely installing Debian using a web browser (debian.org)
		24 points by known on Oct 8, 2008 \| 4 comments
		Bazaar
		23 points \| parent
21.		Daring Fireball: The iPhone 3G (daringfireball.net)
		23 points by sant0sk1 on Oct 8, 2008 \| 11 comments
22.		Does the free market corrode moral character? (templeton.org)
		23 points by robg on Oct 8, 2008 \| 35 comments
		tom_rath on Oct 8, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Iceland close to bankruptcy Wow. It just occurred to me that folks here younger than 28 have never seen an actual recession (I'm assuming that under-12s could not care less about business news and missed the early 90s bust). It's just been one long boom for you, right? I suspect the world is about to surprise you in a very unpleasant way.
24.		Yahoo/Mashable BOSS Challenge Finalists (including Duck Duck Go) (mashable.com)
		22 points by epi0Bauqu on Oct 8, 2008 \| 14 comments
		CVS
		20 points \| parent
		Darcs
		19 points \| parent
27.		Government report: Data mining doesn't work well (cnet.com)
		19 points by martinsz on Oct 8, 2008 \| 2 comments
		dazzawazza on Oct 8, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Is effort a myth? People have little faith in effort because they feel it's too easy to be labelled a failure. For example if you spend months studying only to fail a course there is no one to blame but you. If you don't study in the first place and blame society, genes or circumstances then you are blameless. You were dealt a bad hand, luck isn't on your side... I'm sure you've spoken and heard these words. This isn't to say that society, genes or circumstances DON'T effect outcome (in a myriad of complex overlapping ways) but they have become scape goats for many peoples lack of endeavour in life.
29.		Shut up and do the impossible (overcomingbias.com)
		17 points by MikeCapone on Oct 8, 2008 \| 6 comments
		Other (write in)
		17 points \| parent
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