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1.		Making Rails 12X Faster (oldmoe.blogspot.com)
		67 points by sant0sk1 on Sept 3, 2008 \| 11 comments
2.		How two students built an A-bomb (2003) (guardian.co.uk)
		60 points by ken on Sept 3, 2008 \| 15 comments
3.		Chrome's EULA ridiculous - grants Google license to all the content you submit (tapthehive.com)
		45 points by mati on Sept 3, 2008 \| 29 comments
4.		Resig: Javascript Performance Rundown (ejohn.org)
		45 points by johns on Sept 3, 2008 \| 15 comments
5.		How to recognise a good programmer (inter-sections.net)
		44 points by terpua on Sept 3, 2008 \| 48 comments
6.		Ask YC: Intact Medieval Towns?
		44 points by pg on Sept 3, 2008 \| 60 comments
7.		Is Y Combinator the University of Internet Startups? (mashable.com)
		38 points by thomasswift on Sept 3, 2008 \| 30 comments
8.		Ask YC: Isn't the Chrome hype a little too much?
		41 points by jyothi on Sept 3, 2008 \| 48 comments
9.		Google on Chrome EULA controversy: our bad, we'll change it (arstechnica.com)
		41 points by jongalt on Sept 3, 2008 \| 7 comments
10.		7 Things I Did Right With My Start-up (lendingclub.com)
		39 points by nickb on Sept 3, 2008 \| 5 comments
11.		Google Chrome: Bad news for Adobe (counternotions.com)
		38 points by raganwald on Sept 3, 2008 \| 37 comments
12.		about:internets (accettura.com)
		32 points by gaika on Sept 3, 2008 \| 7 comments
		ericwaller on Sept 3, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Ask YC: Isn't the Chrome hype a little too much? I would've agreed with you before the launch, but after actually using the browser, I'm extremely impressed. It's difficult to deliver on hype (cuil), and few companies can do it well (apple), but I think google got it right with chrome.
14.		History of Chrome team: Animorphic Smalltalk engine (astares.blogspot.com)
		30 points by gtani on Sept 3, 2008 \| 2 comments
		enomar on Sept 3, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: Google Chrome: Why I’m Not Excited Better title: "I don't like Javascript, but I'll mention something about Chrome so people actually pay attention to what I'm saying."
16.		Study: Parachutes effective to prevent trauma due to gravitational challenge? (bmj.com)
		28 points by marvin on Sept 3, 2008 \| 10 comments
17.		IRetroPhone iPhone App -- $30,000 Net Profit for One Day's Work (centernetworks.com)
		28 points by moses1400 on Sept 3, 2008 \| 20 comments
18.		Google Chrome privacy worse than you think (coderrr.wordpress.com)
		26 points by coderrr on Sept 3, 2008 \| 20 comments
19.		Loss Of Sleep, Even For A Single Night, Increases Inflammation In The Body (sciencedaily.com)
		26 points by troystribling on Sept 3, 2008 \| 9 comments
		ConradHex on Sept 3, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: How to recognise a good programmer Just coincidentally, these happen to be the exact attributes the author believes he has! How fortunate!
21.		Review of Chrome by a former IE designer (scottberkun.com)
		24 points by __ on Sept 3, 2008 \| 6 comments
22.		The Great PC RAM Swindle (appleinsider.com)
		24 points by pmorici on Sept 3, 2008 \| 13 comments
23.		Redefining the Operating System (whydoeseverythingsuck.com)
		23 points by whalliburton on Sept 3, 2008 \| 19 comments
24.		Ruby on V8 (macournoyer.wordpress.com)
		22 points by qhoxie on Sept 3, 2008 \| 5 comments
25.		Nifty New Risk Calculations of What's Likely to Kill You (reason.com)
		21 points by robg on Sept 3, 2008 \| 7 comments
		I have NOT downloaded Google Chrome
		21 points \| parent
27.		Onion Map (onionmap.com)
		21 points by kirubakaran on Sept 3, 2008 \| 11 comments
		I have downloaded Google Chrome
		21 points \| parent
		watmough on Sept 3, 2008 \| parent \| context \| on: IRetroPhone iPhone App -- $30,000 Net Profit for O... Congratulations to these guys!! Totally awesome!! runs to padded room. sound of muffled thuds, screaming.
30.		Turn any tumblr into a playlist (tumbltape.com)
		21 points by agotterer on Sept 3, 2008 \| 10 comments
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