The Best Hacker News Posts of September 2008

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Golden Rules for Making Money by P. T. Barnum (1880) fourmilab.ch · eru · 20 Sep 2008

227 pts 56 comments

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Ask YC: What do you think of my new search engine? duckduckgo.com · epi0Bauqu · 25 Sep 2008

186 pts 138 comments

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Google Chrome, Google's Browser Project blogoscoped.com · nickb · 1 Sep 2008

173 pts 108 comments

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I'm out, baby palish · 11 Sep 2008

164 pts 99 comments

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The Google Chrome download link is live. google.com · ptm · 2 Sep 2008

153 pts 177 comments

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Dropbox finally launches to the public (YC summer 07) blog.getdropbox.com · dhouston · 11 Sep 2008

144 pts 80 comments

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Shoestring Budget? Starting to feel growth issues on your back-end? Embrace unix and C scumola · 9 Sep 2008

140 pts 120 comments

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Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer cnn.com · gibsonf1 · 30 Sep 2008

139 pts 84 comments

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Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week sidsavara.com · colinplamondon · 23 Sep 2008

135 pts 73 comments

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Django 1.0 is finally here code.djangoproject.com · zain · 3 Sep 2008

132 pts 20 comments

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$700bn Bailout is shot down by House of Rep Vote (205-228), US stock market plummets msnbc.msn.com · kirse · 29 Sep 2008

130 pts 189 comments

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A guy tries to find the origins of a Windows desktop image vanityfair.com · marketer · 1 Sep 2008

129 pts 15 comments

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How My Start-Up Failed stanfordalumni.org · parenthesis · 14 Sep 2008

128 pts 61 comments

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Obama is RESTful idolhands.com · bradgessler · 8 Sep 2008

127 pts 48 comments

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The most thorough task execution I've ever seen (dude polishes car) detailingworld.co.uk · daniel-cussen · 5 Sep 2008

127 pts 37 comments

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App Store: I'm out speirs.org · joshstaiger · 13 Sep 2008

123 pts 78 comments

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Making money twice 37signals.com · brm · 23 Sep 2008

120 pts 36 comments

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How to get into the Hottest Restaurants in Town gourmet.com · antiform · 29 Sep 2008

117 pts 41 comments

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10,000 Mechanical Turkers work separately to draw a 100 dollar bill. tenthousandcents.com · shafqat · 24 Sep 2008

115 pts 48 comments

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The best description of the fed bailout angrybear.blogspot.com · myth_drannon · 23 Sep 2008

114 pts 24 comments

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Lehman going bankrupt. Bank of America buying Merrill Lynch dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com · furiouslol · 14 Sep 2008

110 pts 85 comments

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"Why I Hate Django" - DjangoCon 2008 Keynote by Cal Henderson [vid] uk.youtube.com · danw · 16 Sep 2008

107 pts 24 comments

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How To Become An Open-Source Contractor emiller.info · antiform · 30 Sep 2008

103 pts 15 comments

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Iamelgringo's first big project using Mechanical Turk iamelgringo.blogspot.com · kf · 9 Sep 2008

102 pts 39 comments

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Jason Fried - 10 Things We've Learned at 37Signals krisjordan.com · KrisJordan · 17 Sep 2008

102 pts 28 comments