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1.		Press for Startups: 10 tips (david.weebly.com)
		49 points by drusenko on Feb 21, 2008 \| 8 comments
2.		Little Known 'Boring' Websites That Make Incredible Money With AdSense (nichegeek.com)
		48 points by asmosoinio on Feb 21, 2008 \| 36 comments
3.		Friends for Sale Architecture - A 300 Million Page View/Month Facebook RoR App (highscalability.com)
		35 points by chaostheory on Feb 21, 2008 \| 18 comments
4.		Tuition free MIT? [NSFW] (greenspun.com)
		33 points by yummyfajitas on Feb 21, 2008 \| 19 comments
5.		Box.net Now Uses Scribd’s iPaper for Previews - Sorry, Adobe, but this thing just works better (mashable.com)
		26 points by raburmester on Feb 21, 2008 \| 18 comments
6.		Programming Is Like Sex (codesnipers.com)
		27 points by catalinist on Feb 21, 2008 \| 39 comments
7.		Asking for Feedback on Our Startup: Coordinatr.com (coordinatr.com)
		26 points by drm237 on Feb 21, 2008 \| 92 comments
8.		[On writing] John Gruber, Paul Graham, Joel Spolsky, and Judge Judy (37signals.com)
		22 points by jmorin007 on Feb 21, 2008 \| 2 comments
9.		OpenSolaris' Fielding leaves developer community, slams Sun (thestandard.com)
		21 points by ilamont on Feb 21, 2008 \| 3 comments
10.		The Art and Science of JavaScript Games (sitepoint.com)
		17 points by luccastera on Feb 21, 2008 \| 2 comments
		prakash on Feb 21, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Is Xobni the next Google? No:-) Google is the starting point on the internet for many users, Xobni is not. And, in any case, it's not a fair comparison. That said, Xobni is a kick-ass product as a plugin for outlook and can be extended to the web ala plaxo and integrated as an overlay with any other social network. In a more generic sense, the next google will probably not be the one everyone talks about, it would be the one people start using -- anyone remembers how people started switching from altavista to google?
12.		Reg Braithwaite does Daily WTF (raganwald.com)
		17 points by bdfh42 on Feb 21, 2008 \| 5 comments
13.		Death of the Level Designer: Procedural Content Generation in Games (roguelikedeveloper.blogspot.com)
		17 points by sarosh on Feb 21, 2008 \| 4 comments
		henning on Feb 21, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Facebook's fail is going to be epic At least we know now that memcached really, really works.
15.		Video of a missile taking out the spy satellite. Welcome to the future. (breitbart.tv)
		17 points by ivankirigin on Feb 21, 2008 \| 8 comments
		jmorin007 on Feb 21, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Asking for Feedback on Our Startup: Coordinatr.co... PG says to get your site out early and often, so thats what we're trying to do. We're far from finished, but feel its about time to take the ultimate test, and show the news.yc crowd. Our Site: http://coordinatr.com is a site designed to give you the necessary tools to quickly and effectively coordinate plans with your friends, without any unnecessary garbage to slow you down. Check out our FAQ for more info: http://coordinatr.com/welcome/faq Please take a moment if you would to take a look at our site, and let us know what you think. Thanks in advance for your feedback and/or criticism.
		hobbs on Feb 21, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Facebook's fail is going to be epic Considering that Facebook has been "valued" at $15 billion, yes, 50 million users is a failure. That would mean that they'd have to justify why each and every user is worth $300. A good percentage may be worth close to that much, but certainly not every one.
		mynameishere on Feb 21, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Little Known 'Boring' Websites That Make Incredibl... Lots of girls Eh, so you skipped over the middleman, money.
19.		Ask YC: do you use what you learned in school?
		14 points by supahfly_remix on Feb 21, 2008 \| 37 comments
20.		Is Xobni the next Google? (davidadewumi.com)
		14 points by wumi on Feb 21, 2008 \| 22 comments
		redorb on Feb 21, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Little Known 'Boring' Websites That Make Incredibl... "For anyone, no matter what age they are, if they find something they truly love, write about it. You have nothing to lose but time. And it could really pay off." Best part of story.
22.		Seeking Technology Co-Founder (NYC)
		13 points by colellm on Feb 21, 2008 \| 49 comments
23.		Sorry, Boys, This Is Our Domain (nytimes.com)
		11 points by bootload on Feb 21, 2008 \| 12 comments
		mixmax on Feb 21, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Little Known 'Boring' Websites That Make Incredibl... This sounds very right to me. Some years ago I had a business doing techno raves and I hardly made any money from it. (lots of beers and girls though) Then I started doing boring stuff, and I realised something important: The more interesting or cool a niche is, the more people will flock to fill it. Which results in lower income for each business owner. Just look at artists, musicians and DJ's. Lots of girls, fun and beer. But on average, not a lot of money. On the contrary I know people that are in the furniture moving business that make insane amounts of money. Why? Because it is a shitty business and nobody wants to do it. Basically it's about supply and demand - the more people that want to pursue a career in a given niche the less the average businessowner will make in that niche. So you should all stop doing ultracool social network apps and start doing boring ERP systems. If you want to make money that is. ;-)
25.		Shotgun strategy for startup (no reg req'd) (ft.com)
		13 points by dingosa on Feb 21, 2008 \| 8 comments
26.		Rails framework founder likens Java to Cobol: "Still relevant in the sense that languages never die" (thestandard.com)
		13 points by ilamont on Feb 21, 2008 \| 6 comments
27.		Outsourcing: Get Over It. (thewealthyprogrammer.com)
		12 points by jdueck on Feb 21, 2008 \| 6 comments
28.		Microsoft Sings a New Tune—Wants to Play Nice With Open-Source (techcrunch.com)
		12 points by davidw on Feb 21, 2008 \| 5 comments
29.		Alexa Stops Counting- No One Notices (or cares?) (centernetworks.com)
		12 points by transburgh on Feb 21, 2008 \| 1 comment
		doubleplus on Feb 21, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Outsourcing: Get Over It. A condensed version... If you have a family to take care of and you just lost your job to outsourcing, you just need to follow a few simple steps: * Don't be prejudiced. * Beat out hundreds of other programmers for a management job or start your own business. * Be eager about... something. * Read an economics textbook. * Dream about traveling the world without having to work much. * Help someone do... something. The Wealthy Programmer says greed is bad.
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