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1.Why Google's hiring process is broken (teambox.com)
293 points by michokest on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 168 comments [ext]
2.Intuitive explication of Fourier Transformation (altdevblogaday.org)
280 points by ecaradec on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 33 comments [ext]
3.Netflix Now The Largest Single Source of Internet Traffic In North America (techcrunch.com)
201 points by ssclafani on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 81 comments [ext]
4. Why isn't anyone panicking? (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 15 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
4.Fabrice Bellard [pdf] (freearchive.org)
186 points by nkurz on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
5.Fly Like You're Rich With Social Flights (And Private Planes) (fastcompany.com)
181 points by valish on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 57 comments [ext]
6.Eight Out Of China’s Top Nine Government Officials Are Scientists (singularityhub.com)
166 points by kkleiner on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 129 comments [ext]
7. When Professionals Arrived: The 2024 Inflection That Flipped Kalshi's Economics (jbecker.dev)
380 points by orz1950 90 days ago | hide | 148 comments
7.Google Docs adds Pivot Table support (googledocs.blogspot.com)
141 points by vmind on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 49 comments [ext]
8.BusinessWeek's Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs of 2011 (businessweek.com)
137 points by pg on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 66 comments [ext]
9.Robots Invent Their Own Spoken Language (ieee.org)
127 points by eguizzo on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
10. 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
10.Responding to Criticism (rob.by)
116 points by freerobby on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 26 comments [ext]
11.Why Startups Could Use .NET, But Don’t (piehead.com)
107 points by trooon on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 184 comments [ext]
12.The art of endless upgrading (kk.org)
95 points by AndrewDucker on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 19 comments [ext]
13. Why you care for your dog better than yourself — and the fix (web.archive.org)
420 points by guz3550 602 days ago | hide | 25 comments
13.Is Microsoft trying to end the reign of mobile carriers? (fury.com)
91 points by atularora on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 46 comments [ext]
14.Research Directions for Machine Learning and Algorithms (acm.org)
87 points by yarapavan on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 7 comments [ext]
15.Writes large correct programs (johndcook.com)
82 points by ColinWright on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 32 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.PHP "require" Performance (gazehawk.com)
81 points by bkrausz on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 37 comments [ext]
17.99% of Android phones leak secret account credentials (theregister.co.uk)
81 points by joeshaw on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 11 comments [ext]
18.Fabrice Bellard: Portrait of a superproductive programmer (softwarequalityconnection.com)
80 points by d_r on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 8 comments [ext]
19. Structure Over Style: How Knowledge and Practice Beat Natural Speaking Talent (m.youtube.com)
81 points by pom4591 229 days ago | hide | 180 comments
19.The Cult of Done -- are you in it? (brepettis.com)
75 points by feross on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 28 comments [ext]
20.Bill Gates says he advocated Skype takeover (bbc.co.uk)
75 points by ssclafani on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 48 comments [ext]
21.Site replicates effects of psychedelic drugs (squareeater.com)
74 points by SquareOne on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 29 comments [ext]
22. The communication technique that subverts taking turns on purpose (togetherlondon.com)
195 points by dem3275 170 days ago | hide | 48 comments
22.DIY node.js server on Amazon EC2 (cuppster.com)
71 points by cuppster on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 12 comments [ext]
23.WhereBerry (YC W11): A Social Network for Making Future Plans (nytimes.com)
70 points by turoczy on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 50 comments [ext]
24.Why did Google take a $3B loan with $37B already in the bank? (wsj.com)
70 points by asmithmd1 on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 52 comments [ext]
25. Stealth Lock-In Is Actually Locking Your Customers Out (joelonsoftware.com)
292 points by ksk4362 203 days ago | hide | 110 comments
25.Hack us, and we'll bomb you (arstechnica.com)
71 points by stcredzero on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 32 comments [ext]
26.Show HN: JavaScript implementation of Spotify client (Chrome only) (spotifyontheweb.com)
68 points by EmielMols on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 37 comments [ext]
27.Why you can't really anonymize your data (oreilly.com)
63 points by Garbage on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 9 comments [ext]
28. Four Macro Forces Quietly Manufacturing the Global Populist Wave (kwokchain.com)
327 points by lrm6947 432 days ago | hide | 93 comments
28.First habitable exoplanet discovered? (sciencedaily.com)
60 points by ssclafani on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 43 comments [ext]
29.The False Choice Between Babies And Startups (blogs.forbes.com)
58 points by jemeshsu on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 38 comments [ext]
30.Conway's Game of Life in CoffeeScript (willbailey.name)
54 points by wsbail29 on May 17, 2011 [ext] | 22 comments [ext]
31. Adoption, Not Product, Is What Kills Vertical Software Bets ()
374 points by ium4024 70 days ago | hide | 174 comments

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