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1.Pixar: Getting over embarrassment (protoshare.com)
273 points by 16BitTons on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
2.Visualisation of Machine Learning Algorithms (epfl.ch)
254 points by maurits on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
3.Airbnb Has Arrived: Raising Mega-Round at a $1 Billion+ Valuation (techcrunch.com)
251 points by sammville on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 112 comments [ext]
4. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments
4.Linux 3.0-rc1 is here (kernel.org)
246 points by angusgr on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 77 comments [ext]
5.The Architecture of Open Source Applications: LLVM (aosabook.org)
230 points by ryannielsen on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
6.How to send and reply to email (might.net)
175 points by p4bl0 on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 59 comments [ext]
7. The three fuels that turned farming villages into doomed empires (theguardian.com)
436 points by iik2616 251 days ago | hide | 170 comments
7.I will build your prototype (chris-granger.com)
160 points by ibdknox on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 78 comments [ext]
8.Challenge HN: build pg-bot [ext]
148 points by petervandijck on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 39 comments [ext]
9.Firefox 6 - WebSockets are back (hacks.mozilla.org)
147 points by thefox on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
10. Adoption, Not Product, Is What Kills Vertical Software Bets ()
374 points by ium4024 70 days ago | hide | 174 comments
10.Julius Caesar's Last Breath (econ161.berkeley.edu)
147 points by signa11 on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
11.Importance of Side Projects (rawsyntax.com)
132 points by rawsyntax on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
12.EveryJS: The Right Tool for the Right Job (everyjs.com)
118 points by bradly on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 40 comments [ext]
13. Blind Spots in the West: Why Every Chinese VC Studies Our Podcasts (youtube.com)
325 points by hol5935 219 days ago | hide | 175 comments
13.Nvidia's quad-core Kal-El demos next-gen mobile graphics, blow minds (w/ video) (engadget.com)
118 points by evangineer on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
14.How to understand non-trivial declarations in C. (right-left rule) (ucsd.edu)
102 points by dolvlo on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 12 comments [ext]
15.Reverse Engineering Firmware : Linksys WAG120N (devttys0.com)
101 points by peppaayaa on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
16. The Bucket Shop Reborn: How Prop Firms Monetize Aspiring Traders (archive.ph)
469 points by ptn2959 84 days ago | hide | 14 comments
16.Error Codes or Exceptions? Why is Reliable Software So Hard? (damienkatz.net)
84 points by troels on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
17.Germany to be nuclear-free by 2022 (reuters.com)
81 points by extension on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 205 comments [ext]
18.From Toilet Seats to $1 Billion: Lessons from Brian Chesky (startupsopensourced.com)
77 points by anateus on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 12 comments [ext]
19. When Peak AI Capability Arrives at Impractical Prices, Deployment Lags (tobyord.com)
290 points by oox1230 2 days ago | hide | 120 comments
19.Higher-Dimensional Type Theory (existentialtype.wordpress.com)
76 points by fogus on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
20.Hidden device distorts news on wireless networks (with technical details) (hackaday.com)
75 points by szx on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 10 comments [ext]
21.Why NYC is not Palo Alto cc: MikeBloomberg (ajayjapan.posterous.com)
71 points by ajayjapan on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
22. The power-strip life: picking work that plugs into everything (shaanpuri.com)
249 points by bom7529 398 days ago | hide | 12 comments
22.Exceptions are Bad (atlassian.com)
66 points by chrisbroadfoot on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 42 comments [ext]
23.Tresor Runs Encryption Securely Outside RAM (uni-erlangen.de)
63 points by there on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
24.My Job As A Pre-Launch Startup CEO Was To Buy Sandwiches (techcrunch.com)
62 points by bjonathan on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
25. Why Whoever Reaches AGI First Won't Actually Own Intelligence ()
215 points by fik8005 56 days ago | hide | 155 comments
25.Twitter launching photo service (techcrunch.com)
59 points by jimisir on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
26.Shell Programming for Beginners (ontwik.com)
56 points by ahmicro on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
27.Google Launches Flight Search (eweek.com)
55 points by galois17 on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 34 comments [ext]
28. The Anti-Dropout Playbook From a Waterloo Near-Defector (ansonyu.me)
478 points by iuz6368 114 days ago | hide | 193 comments
28.The Pocket Notebooks of 20 Famous Men (artofmanliness.com)
54 points by jedwhite on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
29.Fake it before you make it (seriouslackofdirection.blogspot.com)
52 points by andrewtbham on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
30.UI Design Considerations for Web Apps (sixrevisions.com)
51 points by jggube on May 30, 2011 [ext] | 6 comments [ext]
31. The Three Ingredients Behind Jitse Groen's Takeaway.com Conquest Of Europe (linkedin.com)
154 points by krz3514 374 days ago | hide | 13 comments

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