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1. Timeline of the far future (wikipedia.org)
294 points by microtherion on May 6, 2012 | 88 comments
2. Apple security blunder exposes Lion login passwords in clear text (zdnet.com)
240 points by Empro on May 6, 2012 | 109 comments
3. Ask HN: My wife needs something to do from home to make money...
233 points by mkelley on May 6, 2012 | 175 comments
4. I only know PHP. How do I write a Web application in Python? (veekun.com)
230 points by jrheard on May 6, 2012 | 186 comments
5. A good developer has a natural, almost visceral aversion to complexity (sigpwned.com)
215 points by signa11 on May 6, 2012 | 111 comments
6. Video Stabilization on YouTube (googleresearch.blogspot.in)
196 points by Garbage on May 6, 2012 | 48 comments
7. 3x faster linux boot with e4rat (sourceforge.net)
190 points by jewel on May 6, 2012 | 100 comments
8. Touché by Disney Research brings touch control to everyday things (newscientist.com)
178 points by jcfrei on May 6, 2012 | 49 comments
9. Reaching the Limits of Adobe Stupidity (whitequark.org)
178 points by siasia on May 6, 2012 | 49 comments
10. Show HN: My first web app - Resumonk - A beautifully simple resume builder (resumonk.com)
175 points by bharani_m on May 6, 2012 | 86 comments
11. Zynga's Going Down. (silencedgood.tumblr.com)
175 points by dkrich on May 6, 2012 | 107 comments
12. Is Google Burying Firefox With User Agent Strings? (thepowerbase.com)
149 points by adito on May 6, 2012 | 65 comments
13. Ask PG: What successful startups has Y Combinator passed up on?
140 points by michael_fine on May 6, 2012 | 16 comments
14. Kroes Throws in Towel on ACTA (wsj.com)
131 points by jimlast on May 6, 2012 | 29 comments
15. Bertrand Russell’s 10 Commandments for Teachers (marginalrevolution.com)
120 points by mhb on May 6, 2012 | 37 comments
16. Draw Something Loses 5 Million Users a Month After Zynga Purchase (forbes.com/sites/insertcoin)
115 points by jcc80 on May 6, 2012 | 67 comments
17. Reddit's TestPAC is campaigning to defeat Lamar Smith, SOPA's daddy (reddit.com)
115 points by DiabloD3 on May 6, 2012 | 21 comments
18. Why I will always love RSS (jefclaes.be)
109 points by Nemmie on May 6, 2012 | 27 comments
19. Two brilliant moves that helped create the Apple iOS powerhouse (daltoncaldwell.com)
100 points by dalton on May 6, 2012 | 49 comments
20. Nobody Seems to Understand What Jeff Bezos is Doing. Does He? (pandodaily.com)
94 points by suprgeek on May 6, 2012 | 84 comments
21. Emscripten - LLVM (bitcode) to JavaScript Compiler (github.com/kripken)
91 points by pooriaazimi on May 6, 2012 | 2 comments
22. Why was .NET called .NET? (dodgycoder.net)
92 points by damian2000 on May 6, 2012 | 72 comments
23. 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo (mahdiyusuf.com)
91 points by b14ck on May 6, 2012 | 121 comments
24. How did Ruby and Python prevent fragmentation while ML and Lisp did not? (programmers.stackexchange.com)
82 points by chrisaycock on May 6, 2012 | 52 comments
25. Five Common Rails Mistakes (mikeperham.com)
77 points by vamsee on May 6, 2012 | 29 comments
26. Realtime "Likes" displayed on retailer's clothing hangers (theverge.com)
73 points by smoody on May 6, 2012 | 28 comments
27. Doing It Right, Not First (andrewdumont.me)
67 points by andrewdumont on May 6, 2012 | 18 comments
28. The return of heritage fruits and vegetables (bbc.co.uk)
63 points by gruseom on May 6, 2012 | 44 comments
29. American Lifespan By County (tobiasbuckell.com)
63 points by astrieanna on May 6, 2012 | 86 comments
30. Traditional C "Hello World" working in NaCl (groups.google.com)
59 points by ginsweater on May 6, 2012 | 25 comments

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