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1.
Erlang inventor: Why do we need modules and files? (erlang.org)
252 points by kungfooguru on May 24, 2011 | 97 comments
2.
Duke Nukem Forever has gone gold (gearboxsoftware.com)
231 points by CWIZO on May 24, 2011 | 84 comments
3.
Gray code at the pediatrician's office (plover.com)
221 points by J3L2404 on May 24, 2011 | 24 comments
4.
Textify: Convert images to HTML text (hakim.se)
203 points by nephics on May 24, 2011 | 37 comments
5.
Newegg stores your password in plaintext (ashercodes.com)
196 points by jerrya on May 24, 2011 | 115 comments
6.
What papers should everyone read? - Theoretical Computer Science (cstheory.stackexchange.com)
189 points by ColinWright on May 24, 2011 | 13 comments
7.
Y Combinator’s Paul Graham: We’re Looking For People Like Us (techcrunch.com)
188 points by cwan on May 24, 2011 | 110 comments
8.
Doctors and dentists tell patients, "all your review are belong to us" (arstechnica.com)
187 points by chanks on May 24, 2011 | 76 comments
9.
Entrepreneur, the Magazine That Sues Entrepreneurs (businessweek.com)
178 points by petethomas on May 24, 2011 | 50 comments
10.
Peititon for Wikpedia to become first digital World Heritage Site (wikipedia.de)
152 points by Fargren on May 24, 2011 | 67 comments
11.
Idea Guy Looking for Developer (bubblefoundry.com)
145 points by getp on May 24, 2011 | 100 comments
12.
Bare Bones OS Kernel Tutorial (osdev.org)
132 points by fogus on May 24, 2011 | 26 comments
13.
Miro 4, the open source music and video player, is released (getmiro.com)
129 points by 16BitTons on May 24, 2011 | 55 comments
14.
Vanity Fair reporter freak-out (googleusercontent.com)
118 points by apress on May 24, 2011 | 74 comments
15.
Many don't have $2,000 for a rainy day (cnn.com)
95 points by lion0 on May 24, 2011 | 171 comments
16.
dom3d: Rendering 3D with CSS3 (jlongster.com)
91 points by jlongster on May 24, 2011 | 24 comments
17.
France attempts to "civilize" the Internet; Internet fights back (arstechnica.com)
89 points by aikinai on May 24, 2011 | 21 comments
18.
Wikipedia Growth Animation (wikimedia.org)
87 points by TheloniusPhunk on May 24, 2011 | 21 comments
19.
An academic study of anonymity and ephemerality in 4chan /b/ [pdf] (csail.mit.edu)
85 points by pgbovine on May 24, 2011 | 16 comments
20.
Skype cancels Asterisk integration (eloqua.com)
85 points by e1ven on May 24, 2011 | 20 comments
21.
DotCloud acquires Duostack, rolls out MongoDB support (gigaom.com)
86 points by shykes on May 24, 2011 | 37 comments
22.
Firefox 5 Beta is available for download (mozilla.com)
78 points by Garbage on May 24, 2011 | 65 comments
23.
All accelerator programs are not the same (jwegener.com)
76 points by mikeleeorg on May 24, 2011 | 33 comments
24.
Depixelizing Pixel Art (johanneskopf.de)
74 points by jhack on May 24, 2011 | 20 comments
25.
Twitter acquires TweetDeck (cnn.com)
72 points by daimyoyo on May 24, 2011 | 18 comments
26.
ThriftDB a new service from the Octopart Guys (thriftdb.com)
73 points by staunch on May 24, 2011 | 25 comments
27.
Mozilla Labs: The Location Bar Has To Go (conceivablytech.com)
71 points by peternorton on May 24, 2011 | 99 comments
28.
Show HN: I Made this Y Combinator T-Shirt (Words from PG's Essays) (tagxedo.com)
72 points by HardyLeung on May 24, 2011 | 44 comments
29.
All the things task apps aren't getting right vs. paper (michaeldhopkins.posterous.com)
70 points by rotoscoped on May 24, 2011 | 42 comments
30.
RIP: Tom West (Data General, "Soul of a New Machine") (boston.com)
67 points by joe_bleau on May 24, 2011 | 20 comments

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