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1.
Lenticular Photo Used To Secretly Convey Hot Line Number To Abused Kids (diyphotography.net)
424 points by scholia on May 5, 2013 | 140 comments
2.
Why I Develop For The Mac (evanmiller.org)
263 points by plinkplonk on May 5, 2013 | 180 comments
3.
Pdf2htmlEX – Convert PDF to HTML without losing text or format (github.com/coolwanglu)
161 points by coolwanglu on May 5, 2013 | 48 comments
4.
Jekyll 1.0 Released (parkermoore.de)
160 points by parkr on May 5, 2013 | 74 comments
5.
Enable tab-completion in the interactive interpreter by default (python.org)
155 points by tshepang on May 5, 2013 | 53 comments
6.
Setting up Sublime Text 2 (drewbarontini.com)
153 points by superchink on May 5, 2013 | 51 comments
7.
Design (paulgraham.com)
140 points by peterkchen on May 5, 2013 | 113 comments
8.
The Feynman File (2005) (discovermagazine.com)
131 points by kitcar on May 5, 2013 | 9 comments
9.
The N=1 Guide to Grad School: Advice for Aspiring PhDs (marcua.net)
124 points by eob on May 5, 2013 | 39 comments
10.
Gwern answers 'Ask gwern: Who are you?' (pastee.org)
121 points by clicks on May 5, 2013 | 49 comments
11.
Microsoft is killing Linux shops with Secure Boot
113 points by gabordemooij on May 5, 2013 | 95 comments
12.
Some harmless, old-fashioned fun with CSS (lcamtuf.blogspot.com)
105 points by spindritf on May 5, 2013 | 32 comments
13.
Bitcoin will soon block small transaction outputs (github.com/bitcoin)
97 points by fdm on May 5, 2013 | 84 comments
14.
Genetic algorithms, Mona Lisa and JavaScript + Canvas (nihilogic.dk)
93 points by achudars on May 5, 2013 | 21 comments
15.
GitHub Repository Collaboration Network (coyotebush.github.io)
84 points by coyotebush on May 5, 2013 | 16 comments
16.
I don’t understand American healthcare – doesn’t mean I shouldn’t provide it (pandodaily.com)
77 points by pavel_lishin on May 5, 2013 | 137 comments
17.
My Dad The Engineer (iampaulbrown.com)
76 points by paulbrowneng on May 5, 2013 | 22 comments
18.
The most incredible time-lapse video I’ve ever seen (danoah.com)
76 points by deusclovis on May 5, 2013 | 38 comments
19.
Manage.py, a human friendly CLI builder for python apps (github.com/birdback)
77 points by jeanphix on May 5, 2013 | 21 comments
20.
Working Alone, Together (nytimes.com)
69 points by digisth on May 5, 2013 | 19 comments
21.
Rules of a Zen Programmer (grobmeier.de)
67 points by atrniv on May 5, 2013 | 20 comments
22.
Bitcoin vs. Ben Bernanke (wsj.com)
65 points by dpanah on May 5, 2013 | 88 comments
23.
These people applied to go to Mars (mars-one.com)
68 points by shrikant on May 5, 2013 | 55 comments
24.
Indian Coders Found Cheating in Google Code Jam? (nextbigwhat.com)
62 points by jayadevan on May 5, 2013 | 95 comments
25.
National Institutes of Mental Health Director Rejects DSM V (scientificamerican.com)
61 points by sehugg on May 5, 2013 | 25 comments
26.
JS1K 2013 winning entry explained (ehouais.net)
58 points by bpierre on May 5, 2013 | 2 comments
27.
The Story Behind the QWERTY Keyboard (smithsonianmag.com)
57 points by epo on May 5, 2013 | 62 comments
28.
Making UEFI Secure Boot Work With Open Platforms (linuxfoundation.org)
53 points by jagermo on May 5, 2013 | 33 comments
29.
Enstitute, an Alternative to College for a Digital Elite (nytimes.com)
50 points by jfc on May 5, 2013 | 16 comments
30.
Ask HN: How to run anonymous services?
50 points by artas_bartas on May 5, 2013 | 20 comments

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