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1. Free is Killing Us. Blame The VCs (whydoeseverythingsuck.com)
65 points by llimllib on April 4, 2008 | 67 comments
2. Andrew Chen: Your ad-supported Web 2.0 startup is really a B2B enterprise in disguise (andrewchen.typepad.com)
64 points by andrew_null on April 4, 2008 | 10 comments
3. New Languages Considered Harmful: "Learning new languages is a waste of time." (duartes.org)
53 points by tb on April 4, 2008 | 78 comments
4. Build a quad-core, 8-gig server for $900 (duartes.org)
47 points by pius on April 4, 2008 | 23 comments
5. Gold: Google Releases New and Improved GCC Linker (google-opensource.blogspot.com)
44 points by luccastera on April 4, 2008 | 20 comments
6. Arc Lisp to C compiler (github.com/sacado)
34 points by bootload on April 4, 2008 | 8 comments
7. Ask YC: Feedback on my site: pageonetimes.com
29 points by antiismist on April 4, 2008 | 50 comments
8. How do you grow willpower? (scottberkun.com)
29 points by rantfoil on April 4, 2008 | 33 comments
9. Y Combinator - Advice for applicants. (from Mixwit, Winter 08) (mixwit.com)
27 points by hwork on April 4, 2008 | 6 comments
10. Clonezilla - open source version of Norton Ghost (clonezilla.org)
24 points by gongfudoi on April 4, 2008 | 3 comments
11. Coding Horror: UI-First Software Development (codinghorror.com)
24 points by inklesspen on April 4, 2008 | 4 comments
12. The Continuing Relevance of C (uiowa.edu)
22 points by tjr on April 4, 2008 | 9 comments
13. Keeping and Recruiting Hackers as a Non-Hacker
21 points by LPTS on April 4, 2008 | 39 comments
14. IPhone Applications in Python (saurik.com)
21 points by bootload on April 4, 2008 | 7 comments
15. Slide Caught Posting Fake Positive Reviews For Their Own App (techcrunch.com)
20 points by marrone on April 4, 2008 | 16 comments
16. Javascript Popularity (mozillazine.org)
19 points by muriithi on April 4, 2008
17. Pizza Flyers: The Height of Good Graphic Design? (underconsideration.com)
18 points by abstractbill on April 4, 2008 | 3 comments
18. xkcd: Venting (xkcd.com)
18 points by luccastera on April 4, 2008 | 10 comments
19. Ask YC: Good application for support emails and tickets?
17 points by mattculbreth on April 4, 2008 | 35 comments
20. Ask YC: Hiring without pay
16 points by PStamatiou on April 4, 2008 | 22 comments
21. Service I want: "Report websites that suck"
16 points by gustaf on April 4, 2008 | 21 comments
22. Google on spectrum bid: We bluffed! (mashable.com)
15 points by rantfoil on April 4, 2008 | 6 comments
23. Battlestar Galactica Streams Into Season 4 (wired.com)
13 points by jbrun on April 4, 2008 | 4 comments
24. Justin.tv is hiring Python Hackers (snaptalent.com)
13 points by sharpshoot on April 4, 2008 | 7 comments
25. Robots Could Do Work Of 3.5 Million People By 2025 (japantimes.co.jp)
12 points by dpapathanasiou on April 4, 2008 | 14 comments
26. Couple of guys make a mint off of generic domains. (businessweek.com)
12 points by iamelgringo on April 4, 2008 | 9 comments
27. Calling Y Combinators: Lessons from a “Serial First-Timer” (foundread.com)
11 points by jmorin007 on April 4, 2008 | 10 comments
28. Tips for taking over someone else's code (geero.net)
11 points by andygeers on April 4, 2008 | 3 comments
29. An Auction That Google Was Content to Lose (nytimes.com)
11 points by maxwell on April 4, 2008 | 2 comments
30. Windows 7 to break previous API compatibility (thebetaguy.com)
10 points by r7000 on April 4, 2008 | 7 comments

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