The Best Hacker News Posts of May 2008

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Startups Wiki: Ask YC Archive gabrielweinberg.com · epi0Bauqu · 8 May 2008

198 pts 25 comments

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Lies We Tell Kids paulgraham.com · mqt · 13 May 2008

188 pts 418 comments

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Cities and Ambition paulgraham.com · mqt · 27 May 2008

156 pts 306 comments

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PG: Disconnecting Distraction paulgraham.com · Darmani · 17 May 2008

153 pts 198 comments

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Why Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit—And You Should Too discussionleader.hbsp.com · chaostheory · 20 May 2008

137 pts 37 comments

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Tell YC: Answers from John McCarthy mgummelt · 9 May 2008

136 pts 72 comments

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My experiment with smart drugs: Viagra for the brain? johannhari.com · robg · 15 May 2008

134 pts 114 comments

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Sleep deprivation is not a badge of honor 37signals.com · naish · 1 May 2008

133 pts 43 comments

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Architecture astronauts take over joelonsoftware.com · mqt · 1 May 2008

131 pts 75 comments

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Ask YC: Startup crisis. Out of money and tech co-founder has bailed. drinko · 7 May 2008

129 pts 232 comments

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When did we forget our dreams? xkcd.com · blackswan · 22 May 2008

123 pts 49 comments

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Ask YC: Feedback on early version of my startup, a digital whiteboard that doesn't suck dabbleboard.com · zhyder · 29 May 2008

122 pts 129 comments

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Processing ported to JavaScript ejohn.org · tzury · 9 May 2008

112 pts 28 comments

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Google releases free, detailed, HTML/CSS/Javascript encyclopedia by Mark Pilgrim code.google.com · nickb · 14 May 2008

111 pts 23 comments

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The Coolest Business Plan Ever ricksegal.typepad.com · jraines · 6 May 2008

104 pts 11 comments

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Ask YC: Have you built a good website that nobody visits? cousin_it · 12 May 2008

103 pts 120 comments

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Michael Arrington: “I’m a Click-Whoring Jackass” theangrydrunk.com · raganwald · 29 May 2008

103 pts 36 comments