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1.		The Most Hated Company In the PC Industry (earthweb.com)
		35 points by nickb on Jan 5, 2008 \| 11 comments
2.		Measuring Angle and Distance with your Thumb (vendian.org)
		29 points by hhm on Jan 5, 2008 \| 2 comments
3.		In-browser code editor with syntax highlighting (cdolivet.net)
		22 points by macmac on Jan 5, 2008 \| 6 comments
4.		Io Has A Very Clean Mirror (hackety.org)
		19 points by nickb on Jan 5, 2008 \| 3 comments
5.		Losing an Edge, Japanese Envy India's Schools (nytimes.com)
		12 points by pg on Jan 5, 2008 \| 5 comments
6.		Android contest officially open - Individuals happy, teams worried (zdnet.com)
		12 points by iamelgringo on Jan 5, 2008 \| 14 comments
7.		Building a (fast) Wikipedia offline reader (ntua.gr)
		13 points by dpapathanasiou on Jan 5, 2008
		reitzensteinm on Jan 5, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: So a PC, Mac, and Linux walk into a bar Why again is there no downvote for items on the front page? Since there aren't enough interesting and applicable articles to fill the front page, something like this gets half way up on just 6 votes displacing an older but more relevent article with more votes. I understand that reddit has trouble with people burying new submissions, but there has to be a solution to that. Open up the down vote only when a submission has enough points to get on the front page, for instance. So they'll still sneak in, but won't stay for long.
9.		The Personal MBA Recommended Reading List (personalmba.com)
		11 points by danw on Jan 5, 2008 \| 5 comments
10.		What to Do if Your Web Server Gets Hacked. (rhymeswithgeek.com)
		10 points by pius on Jan 5, 2008
11.		PHP best practices - The dos and don'ts (php.net)
		10 points by dskhatri on Jan 5, 2008 \| 14 comments
12.		Wayne and Robby from Zenter announce new Google Presentations Features (googledocs.blogspot.com)
		8 points by gaborcselle on Jan 5, 2008 \| 2 comments
13.		Put Buyers First? What a Concept (Nocera on Amazon) (nytimes.com)
		9 points by robg on Jan 5, 2008 \| 1 comment
		carpal on Jan 5, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: In-browser code editor with syntax highlighting This is a really tough problem. I worked on something like this extensively in 2005. Ultimately, the hardest part was syntax highlighting on the current line, because you had to monitor input to figure out when a "token" had been completed, and then do the corresponding magic. Dealing with the idiosyncrasies of changing colors and maintaining cursor position makes this a real bitch. Turning off syntax coloring on the active line definitely makes the problem easier. Wish I would have thought of that. Strange how you can spend days on a problem but never think of the "easy" solution.
		bayareaguy on Jan 5, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Obama's Victory Speech Obama will appoint the nation's first Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to ensure that our government and all its agencies have the right infrastructure, policies and services for the 21st century. The CTO will ensure the safety of our networks and will lead an interagency effort, working with chief technology and chief information officers of each of the federal agencies, to ensure that they use best-in-class technologies and share best practices. I nominate Bruce Schneier.
16.		Ragel State Charts (zedshaw.com)
		7 points by iamwil on Jan 5, 2008 \| 1 comment
17.		Watching faces on TV in the morning might cure depression (columbia.edu)
		7 points by Tichy on Jan 5, 2008
18.		How to ruin a Rails project (dataconstellation.com)
		7 points by pius on Jan 5, 2008
19.		Apple is Killing Linux on the Desktop (applematters.com)
		7 points by nickb on Jan 5, 2008 \| 21 comments
		aswanson on Jan 5, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Obama's Victory Speech Digressing, I'm not big on politics on this site either, but the mere idea of the absurdity of the last 8 years coming to a close is enough for me to be ok with this post.
21.		Startup don of Israel (businessweek.com)
		7 points by aswanson on Jan 5, 2008 \| 1 comment
		pg on Jan 5, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Obama's Victory Speech I think there's some reflexive downvoting going on here, because people are terrified of what happened to reddit happening here. But we won't let that happen.
		vlad on Jan 5, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Obama's Victory Speech He should be able to submit whatever he wants. People who vote this stuff up should lose karma. Call it a "user obviously doesn't grasp the point of the site" penalty.
24.		Is Sears Engaging in Criminal Hacking Behavior? (schneier.com)
		6 points by iamelgringo on Jan 5, 2008
25.		Why Intel and OLPC Parted Ways (nytimes.com)
		6 points by dskhatri on Jan 5, 2008 \| 2 comments
		andreyf on Jan 5, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Obama's Victory Speech I agree with davidw, but he shouldn't be voted up this much. A 3 or a 4 is enough to say "we agree". It's not as if he said something horribly insightful.
		pius on Jan 5, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Ten Signs a Claimed Mathematical Breakthrough is W... Very useful. Will rework my perpetual motion machine patent to comply. :P
		s_baar on Jan 5, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Measuring Angle and Distance with your Thumb Now that's cool. This seems like one of those things they should teach recon soldiers.
29.		How Do I Get Popular on YouTube Without Talent? (willvideoforfood.com)
		6 points by nickb on Jan 5, 2008 \| 3 comments
30.		If you meet requirements, do lines of code then become a viable measure of productivity? (edge.org)
		5 points by dean on Jan 5, 2008 \| 4 comments
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