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1.The 500-mile email (2002) (web.mit.edu)
915 points by folz on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 139 comments [ext]
2.I Quit: What really goes on at Apple (roadlesstravelled.me)
1215 points by andrew_gs on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 544 comments [ext]
3.Announcing Git Large File Storage (github.com/blog)
620 points by dewski on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 159 comments [ext]
4. Polymarket Meets Your Mortgage: Betting on Home Prices (archive.ph)
187 points by jem4017 85 days ago | hide | 177 comments
4.Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and getting older? [ext]
558 points by tastyface on April 7, 2015 [ext] | 408 comments [ext]
5.Microsoft announces Hyper-V Containers (azure.microsoft.com)
344 points by swernli on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 144 comments [ext]
6.Microsoft Announces Nano Server (technet.com)
297 points by mwadams on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 116 comments [ext]
7. Blind Spots in the West: Why Every Chinese VC Studies Our Podcasts (youtube.com)
325 points by hol5935 219 days ago | hide | 175 comments
7.Stellar Consensus Protocol: Proof and Code (stellar.org)
274 points by joyce on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 93 comments [ext]
8.Google purges bad extensions from Chrome (bbc.com)
198 points by angeNoble on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 90 comments [ext]
9.The Apple Watch (daringfireball.net)
253 points by orteipid on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 284 comments [ext]
10. Compound AI Unmasks Insiders Betting on OpenAI Launch Dates (x.com)
404 points by mul4924 58 days ago | hide | 13 comments
10.Show HN: Kaiwa, a Modern Open-Source XMPP Web Client (getkaiwa.com)
339 points by emixam on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 140 comments [ext]
11.8088 MPH: We Break All Your Emulators (oldskool.org)
319 points by drv on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 99 comments [ext]
12.Unit tests fail when run in Australia (github.com/angular)
285 points by luu on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 112 comments [ext]
13. Stealth Lock-In Is Actually Locking Your Customers Out (joelonsoftware.com)
292 points by ksk4362 203 days ago | hide | 110 comments
13.Introducing Vector: Netflix's On-Host Performance Monitoring Tool (netflix.com)
184 points by r4um on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 62 comments [ext]
14.What part of “No, Totally” don't you understand? (newyorker.com)
157 points by moopling on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 75 comments [ext]
15.Apple – OS X – Photos (apple.com)
213 points by liyanage on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 331 comments [ext]
16. The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack (diff.substack.com)
216 points by iam5056 263 days ago | hide | 183 comments
16.I'll Accept Anything – Accepting every pull request submitted (github.com/mrkrstphr)
332 points by mrkrstphr on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 104 comments [ext]
17.Skit – I built another JavaScript framework (medium.com/on-coding)
143 points by mef on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 42 comments [ext]
18.Teaching Haskell to a 10 year old: Day 1 (superginbaby.wordpress.com)
173 points by lelf on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 68 comments [ext]
19. The crypto scheme where auditors told on the promoters (archive.ph)
222 points by orz6622 333 days ago | hide | 88 comments
19.NY Cops Used ‘Stingray’ Spy Tool 46 Times Without Warrant (wired.com)
215 points by Red_ on April 7, 2015 [ext] | 20 comments [ext]
20.A few spy tools for your operating system (other than strace) (jvns.ca)
200 points by Audiophilip on April 7, 2015 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
21.Athame – Full vim for bash and readline (github.com/ardagnir)
105 points by blux on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 35 comments [ext]
22. How a Dentist's Chair Revolutionized the World's Most Common Surgery (asimov.press)
117 points by lrx6827 200 days ago | hide | 18 comments
22.A mysterious connection between number theory, algebra and string theory? (quantamagazine.org)
212 points by Billesper on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 85 comments [ext]
23.The daily stand-up is an anti-pattern (kristopherwilson.com)
218 points by ignoramous on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 166 comments [ext]
24.Analyzing Intel Core M Performance (anandtech.com)
93 points by zdw on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 12 comments [ext]
25. Why isn't anyone panicking? (martinvol.pe)
429 points by pex8279 19 hours ago | hide | 150 comments
25.BARF – A Binary Analysis and Reverse Engineering Framework (github.com/programa-stic)
91 points by galapago on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
26.Straightening our Backbone: A lesson in event-driven UI development (mixpanel.com)
105 points by tdumitrescu on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 27 comments [ext]
27.A new syntax definition format for Sublime (sublimetext.com)
99 points by benesch on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 25 comments [ext]
28. Montreux convention traps Russia's Mediterranean task force (theconversation.com)
67 points by jek5337 490 days ago | hide | 26 comments
28.Where a 90s tourist guide will take you in 2015 NYC (hopesandfears.com)
90 points by Thevet on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
29.Building a 3D Printed Electric Jet Powered Snowboard (judegomila.com)
79 points by loopj on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 24 comments [ext]
30.The History of Board Games (diceygoblin.com)
91 points by attiapete on April 8, 2015 [ext] | 15 comments [ext]
31. From BankAmericard to mRNA-1273: A Catalog of Improbable Speed (patrickcollison.com)
98 points by oem2878 252 days ago | hide | 150 comments

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