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1.		Crazy or Disciplined? (dilbert.com)
		252 points by imgabe on March 2, 2010 \| 25 comments
2.		OK Go's new music video, featuring an insane Rube Goldberg machine (youtube.com)
		218 points by mawhidby on March 2, 2010 \| 48 comments
3.		Joel Spolsky On Why He Is Quitting Blogging (inc.com)
		193 points by Jim_Neath on March 2, 2010 \| 97 comments
		IF YOU ANSWER, VOTE HERE FIRST (so we can get a denominator)
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5.		The MIT Guide to Avoiding Burnout (zianet.com)
		158 points by byrneseyeview on March 2, 2010 \| 28 comments
		mediaman on March 2, 2010 \| parent \| context \| on: I was the one who came forward about the Macbook A... Calacanis does not seem worth trusting based on this.
		Bingo Card Creator
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8.		How a Doctor beat Wall Street (vanityfair.com)
		142 points by jakarta on March 2, 2010 \| 68 comments
		Mixergy
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		Duck Duck Go
		132 points \| parent
11.		How To: Read more books (aaronsw.com)
		124 points by pauljonas on March 2, 2010 \| 102 comments
		staunch on March 2, 2010 \| parent \| context \| on: I was the one who came forward about the Macbook A... It almost sounds like what happens in sexual harassment cases. The victim will often not give a straightforward refusal, because they're trying to avoid the consequences confrontation may lead to. It's not particularly admirable, but it is totally understandable.
		travisjeffery on March 2, 2010 \| parent \| context \| on: I was the one who came forward about the Macbook A... When did Calacanis ever seem to be worth trusting? He'll do anything to get attention.
14.		The 2005 email that spawned Picnik, Google's latest buy (techflash.com)
		105 points by cwan on March 2, 2010 \| 13 comments
15.		Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement (prnewswire.com)
		105 points by alexandros on March 2, 2010 \| 150 comments
		Tarsnap
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17.		I'm a Barbie Girl in a CS World (scribd.com)
		90 points by llimllib on March 2, 2010 \| 81 comments
18.		Flightcaster (YC S09) and the Future of Asymmetric Intelligence as a Product (redmonk.com)
		93 points by jaf12duke on March 2, 2010 \| 8 comments
19.		A rant about Ruby 1.9 String encoding (github.com/candlerb)
		86 points by dboyd on March 2, 2010 \| 52 comments
		cmelbye on March 2, 2010 \| parent \| context \| on: I was the one who came forward about the Macbook A... I have to say, he handled it very well considering the circumstances. I don't think Divvyshot was at fault here either, his responses to Daniel were perfectly understandable.
21.		4 Months with Cassandra at Cloudkick (YC W09) (cloudkick.com)
		78 points by pquerna on March 2, 2010 \| 19 comments
		jeff18 on March 2, 2010 \| parent \| context \| on: I was the one who came forward about the Macbook A... "On February 5th, Jason Calacanis posted some thoughts on the Techcrunch "extortion" story. I found his article insightful and well written. Wanting to reach out to someone about the issues I've been struggling with, I emailed him and confessed my involvement." This is the first time I have actually performed a real facepalm.
		pg on March 2, 2010 \| parent \| context \| on: Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement If this had happened a day earlier I don't think I would have posted that RFS. Apple is inching ever closer to evil, and I worry that there's no one within the company who can stand up to Jobs and tell him so.
24.		An Android Success Story: $13,000 Monthly App Sales (eddiekim.posterous.com)
		68 points by edawerd on March 2, 2010 \| 25 comments
25.		Where in the World is Kathy Sierra? -- Or, the best tech writing blogger ever (davidbarneswork.posterous.com)
		67 points by cruise02 on March 2, 2010 \| 17 comments
		jfarmer on March 2, 2010 \| parent \| context \| on: I was the one who came forward about the Macbook A... Peace and love? http://twitter.com/Jason/status/9866153749 http://twitter.com/Jason/status/9866120496 Bullshit. I also think it's amusing that you call Sam a loser for dithering when asked to give a bribe, but here you are trying to bribe your way onto Hacker News.
27.		Knuth on Sudoku (stanford.edu)
		66 points by sublemonic on March 2, 2010 \| 24 comments
		Directed Edge
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		pg on March 2, 2010 \| parent \| context \| on: I was the one who came forward about the Macbook A... I don't think it's a fundamental personality trait. Bribery is common in certain countries. Do you think it's because the people in such countries have different fundamental personality traits? Seems more likely this sort of thing is largely determined by the situation. The kid may have just gotten carried away by the power he suddenly found himself holding.
		Mibbit
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