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1.		7 Person Year Application Rewritten in 2 Person Months (metromodemedia.com)
		33 points by startupcrazy on Oct 2, 2007 \| 43 comments
		breck on Oct 2, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: The YC Deadline Brings Out Stupid Decisions in Ano... I'd like to hear the story from your partner's point of view. Could you please send me his name, email address, phone number, coding background and resume?
3.		Utility Mill - My Latest Site - Feedback is Appreciated (utilitymill.com)
		21 points by tocomment on Oct 2, 2007 \| 27 comments
4.		Ask YC: Should I look for funding?
		18 points by webwright on Oct 2, 2007 \| 23 comments
5.		Algorithm Basics?
		17 points by raju on Oct 2, 2007 \| 34 comments
6.		Follow-Up to "YC deadline brings out stupid decisions"
		17 points by caveman82 on Oct 2, 2007 \| 43 comments
7.		"Australian actresses are plagiarizing my quantum mechanics lecture to sell printers" (not a joke!) (scottaaronson.com)
		16 points by amichail on Oct 2, 2007 \| 3 comments
8.		Amazon EC2 loses user data (amazonwebservices.com)
		16 points by rams on Oct 2, 2007 \| 5 comments
9.		Ask PG/YC: How verbose can the YC app be?
		16 points by nurall on Oct 2, 2007 \| 14 comments
		menloparkbum on Oct 2, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Follow-Up to "YC deadline brings out stupid decisi... It has been rumored that Y-Combinator favors younger teams, but I wasn't aware that hackers as young as 12 are seeking seed capital.
11.		Artists Build Secret Apt in the Mall, Prov RI (boston.com)
		15 points by knewjax on Oct 2, 2007 \| 5 comments
12.		Kawasaki and Truemors: The stupidest idea ever? Not anymore. (mercurynews.com)
		13 points by nickb on Oct 2, 2007 \| 15 comments
13.		The YC Deadline Brings Out Stupid Decisions in Another Applicant Team (myphdblogged.blogspot.com)
		12 points by ahsonwardak on Oct 2, 2007 \| 33 comments
14.		Lisp-friendly Web Hosting (alu.org)
		11 points by nickb on Oct 2, 2007 \| 1 comment
15.		Dynamic CSS (nubyonrails.com)
		11 points by nickb on Oct 2, 2007 \| 2 comments
		kf on Oct 2, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: The YC Deadline Brings Out Stupid Decisions in Ano... I think you're being overly emotional here, they didn't think their offer through. Which makes it stupid, not malicious.
		weber on Oct 2, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Hacker Music? silence anyone?
18.		Launching a UK Start-Up: Seven Lessons Learned (thinkvitamin.com)
		10 points by luccastera on Oct 2, 2007
19.		Cheatsheets to add to your toolbox (techcheatsheets.com)
		10 points by nanijoe on Oct 2, 2007 \| 1 comment
		aston on Oct 2, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Kawasaki and Truemors: The stupidest idea ever? No... Print link (no registration): http://www.mercurynews.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/pr...
		dfranke on Oct 2, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Amazon EC2 loses user data Eh, not so bad. Some EC2 instances crashed. I take that for granted. If they'd lost S3 data, I'd think twice about using them going forward.
		dfranke on Oct 2, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Follow-Up to "YC deadline brings out stupid decisi... He self-submitted the link. Actually, despite the drama queening, I upmodded both posts (perhaps thereby obliterating my vote weighting) because they reflect an interesting pattern of hacker psychology that I've been thinking about lately. Once said thoughts are in a bit more of a coherent state I'll make a post about it.
		solfox on Oct 2, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Follow-Up to "YC deadline brings out stupid decisi... Unless you and your accuser are asserting that Hacker X is a man slave, I don't think he can be owned.
24.		Joost out of private beta (Internet TV from the Skype folks) (nytimes.com)
		9 points by danteembermage on Oct 2, 2007
25.		A New Look for Outlook (on Xobni) (technologyreview.com)
		9 points by solfox on Oct 2, 2007
26.		How Users Read On The Web (useit.com)
		9 points by luccastera on Oct 2, 2007
		chadboyda on Oct 2, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Hacker Music? Anything Trip-hop (Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Portishead, Sneaker Pimps, Bjork, AIR, EBTG, Zero 7, Tricky, etc.)
		nanijoe on Oct 2, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Follow-Up to "YC deadline brings out stupid decisi... I'll venture to say that no matter who was right/wrong you may just have taken a significant step towards not being accepted.
		pg on Oct 2, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Ask PG/YC: How verbose can the YC app be? If your answers are less than 120 words that's fine.
30.		Ballmer Calls Facebook A Fad? (webpronews.com)
		8 points by transburgh on Oct 2, 2007 \| 11 comments
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