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Top of Month - Dec 2008
  1. Love, Internet Style
    (12 Dec 2008 | 242 points | Comments)

  2. Wow, check out this guy's comment
    (29 Dec 2008 | 233 points | Comments)

  3. I don't want to work very hard
    (11 Dec 2008 | 224 points | Comments)

  4. So you want to be a consultant?
    (28 Dec 2008 | 193 points | Comments)

  5. After Credentials
    (16 Dec 2008 | 186 points | Comments)

  6. The nicest math book I own
    (22 Dec 2008 | 175 points | Comments)

  7. Profitable Until Deemed Illegal
    (12 Dec 2008 | 174 points | Comments)

  8. Freezing cold, no Internet, boring: it's a French web 2.0 conference
    (10 Dec 2008 | 171 points | Comments)

  9. The High-Res Society
    (3 Dec 2008 | 168 points | Comments)

  10. Could VC be a Casualty of the Recession?
    (5 Dec 2008 | 160 points | Comments)

  11. Ever wondered what the 'Free Public WiFi' networks you see everywhere are?
    (4 Dec 2008 | 155 points | Comments)

  12. Rails and Merb Merge
    (23 Dec 2008 | 155 points | Comments)

  13. Techniques To Improve Your User Interface Designs
    (15 Dec 2008 | 153 points | Comments)

  14. How do you generate passive income?
    (6 Dec 2008 | 151 points | Comments)

  15. Python 3.0 Released
    (4 Dec 2008 | 147 points | Comments)

  16. Dear Reddit, Hacker News...
    (25 Dec 2008 | 133 points | Comments)

  17. If programming languages were religions
    (16 Dec 2008 | 131 points | Comments)

  18. Genetic Algorithm building a little car
    (8 Dec 2008 | 126 points | Comments)

  19. Scientists extract images directly from brain
    (11 Dec 2008 | 126 points | Comments)

  20. Ask YC: Let's start a Hacker News book club
    (23 Dec 2008 | 126 points | Comments)

  21. How Difficult is it to Write a Compiler?
    (15 Dec 2008 | 119 points | Comments)

  22. 6 Credit Card Processing Facts Nobody Tells You
    (8 Dec 2008 | 117 points | Comments)

  23. 11th grade
    (21 Dec 2008 | 117 points | Comments)

  24. News.YC Growth
    (9 Dec 2008 | 114 points | Comments)

  25. Your idea sucks, now go do it anyway
    (23 Dec 2008 | 112 points | Comments)

  26. Genetic Programming: Evolution of Mona Lisa
    (8 Dec 2008 | 111 points | Comments)

  27. Ask HN: How do big web sites roll out new versions?
    (27 Dec 2008 | 110 points | Comments)

  28. Joel on Software: The new Fog Creek Office
    (29 Dec 2008 | 110 points | Comments)

  29. How To Spot a Breakthrough: Tips from Early Amazon Investor Nick Hanauer
    (4 Dec 2008 | 109 points | Comments)

  30. Creating a rogue CA certificate with MD5 hash collisions
    (30 Dec 2008 | 107 points | Comments)

  31. GitHub Launches Pages: Static Project and Personal Hosting
    (18 Dec 2008 | 106 points | Comments)

  32. Joel Spolsky: Don't Leave The Industry (You Whining Emo Girl)
    (28 Dec 2008 | 106 points | Comments)

  33. How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days (by the World of Goo people)
    (23 Dec 2008 | 104 points | Comments)

  34. Scott Adams explains CDOs
    (13 Dec 2008 | 102 points | Comments)

  35. Join reddit, xkcd, dtoid, ars technica & more - donate your hacker skills to non-profits
    (17 Dec 2008 | 102 points | Comments)

  36. Burning out on Capistrano (Jamis Buck)
    (7 Dec 2008 | 101 points | Comments)

  37. Using an automated day trader to generate income
    (8 Dec 2008 | 101 points | Comments)

  38. Six Apart acquires and shuts down Pownce
    (1 Dec 2008 | 100 points | Comments)