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1.6.5 Million LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked (translate.google.com)
561 points by ssclafani on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 511 comments [ext]
2.Make Better Select Boxes with Chosen (harvesthq.github.com)
514 points by tomschlick on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 83 comments [ext]
3.Fish: Finally, a command line shell for the 90s (ridiculousfish.com)
442 points by rjshade on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 146 comments [ext]
4. Beyond Vocabulary: Why Clear Thinking is the Engine of Articulate Speech (youtube.com)
43 points by jan967 252 days ago | hide | 128 comments
4.Take my money, HBO (takemymoneyhbo.com)
425 points by krogsgard on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 306 comments [ext]
5.Storing Passwords Securely (throwingfire.com)
250 points by pw on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 133 comments [ext]
6.LeakedIn (leakedin.org)
253 points by ams1 on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 174 comments [ext]
7. Asymmetric leverage how Iran holds twenty percent of global oil supply hostage (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 23 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
7.John Carmack is making a virtual reality headset (pcgamer.com)
244 points by otibom on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 63 comments [ext]
8.Buttons that morph out of the surface of the device. (tactustechnology.com)
225 points by jamesbritt on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 88 comments [ext]
9.Hacking an ATM (henryschwarz.blogspot.co.uk)
203 points by rlpb on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 45 comments [ext]
10. From BankAmericard to mRNA-1273: A Catalog of Improbable Speed (patrickcollison.com)
98 points by oem2878 252 days ago | hide | 150 comments
10.Zeolite retains heat indefinitely, absorbs 4x more heat than water (extremetech.com)
178 points by ukdm on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 77 comments [ext]
11.The US Census now has an API (census.gov)
173 points by ams1 on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
12.PostgreSQL when it is not your job (vanrees.org)
172 points by wahnfrieden on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
13. Four Macro Forces Quietly Manufacturing the Global Populist Wave (kwokchain.com)
327 points by lrm6947 432 days ago | hide | 93 comments
13.Germany Increases 'You Are All Pirates' Tax On Solid State Media By 2000% (techdirt.com)
166 points by DiabloD3 on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 110 comments [ext]
14.I must be crazy (splinter.com.au)
150 points by chubs on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 118 comments [ext]
15.Samsung invests $500K in Linux Foundation to battle iOS (appleinsider.com)
149 points by dcesiel on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
16. The Senior Engineer Skills No One Teaches You in Bootcamp (addyosmani.com)
174 points by mem4364 105 days ago | hide | 48 comments
16.HN create account removed from login page (news.ycombinator.com)
143 points by leejw00t354 on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 58 comments [ext]
17.How Airbnb Earned Me $20,000 And A Restraining Order From My Landlord (fastcompany.com)
144 points by timjahn on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 137 comments [ext]
18.Pocket team's tips for aspiring Android developers: It’s not really terrifying. (getpocket.com)
100 points by stevestreza on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
19. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 230 days ago | hide | 180 comments
19.You half assed it. That is why your PhoneGap application sucks. (sintaxi.com)
96 points by sintaxi on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 110 comments [ext]
20.Google Maps, Earth take on full 3D imagery (engadget.com)
89 points by alt_ on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
21.Just Landed for iPhone helps you pick someone up from the airport. (getjustlanded.com)
88 points by jgrall on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 85 comments [ext]
22. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments
22.LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar notes, in plain text (thenextweb.com)
84 points by Kenan on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 40 comments [ext]
23.What Makes Great Programmers Different? (drdobbs.com)
81 points by hutteman on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 58 comments [ext]
24.Netflix begins the deployment of their own content delivery network (zdnet.com)
76 points by fendrak on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
25. How a PVC rig in a Dallas garage became a $500M chemicals company (centuryofbio.com)
297 points by pun2167 600 days ago | hide | 170 comments
25.Bookmarklet to see YC / Reddit thread of any URL (see-reaction.appspot.com)
77 points by theone on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
26.World IPv6 Launch (googleblog.blogspot.co.uk)
64 points by dazbradbury on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 23 comments [ext]
27.Real Time Data compression using LZ4 (fastcompression.blogspot.fr)
61 points by suprgeek on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
28. Inside the Lonely Experiment to Remember Everything You Learn (wired.com)
244 points by auz7944 479 days ago | hide | 22 comments
28.Real world, meet the Internet. (electricimp.com)
60 points by xpressyoo on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 13 comments [ext]
29.Coffee and Caffeine Help Prevent Alzheimer's (alphagalileo.org)
59 points by emeraldd on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
30.Interstate (YC S11) Goes 2.0, Adds Paid Accounts, Chat & Embeds (techcrunch.com)
54 points by sim0n on June 6, 2012 [ext] | 3 comments [ext]
31. Borrowed Conviction, King-Making, And The Fragility Of Engineered Winners ()
44 points by gtl4094 91 days ago | hide | 70 comments

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