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1.
How Perceptual Hashes Work (hackerfactor.com)
354 points by brudgers on June 3, 2011 | 75 comments
2.
How I Failed, Failed, and Finally Succeeded at Learning How to Code (theatlantic.com)
339 points by Umalu on June 3, 2011 | 62 comments
3.
Copenhagen Suborbitals open-source private spacerocket will launch in an hour (raketvenner.dk)
240 points by mixmax on June 3, 2011 | 57 comments
4.
Amazon: Ponzi Scheme or Wal-Mart of the Web? (2000) (slate.com)
225 points by kyleslattery on June 3, 2011 | 81 comments
5.
Groupon is Effectively Insolvent (minyanville.com)
207 points by colinprince on June 3, 2011 | 107 comments
6.
The depth and breadth of Python (neopythonic.blogspot.com)
204 points by fogus on June 3, 2011 | 41 comments
7.
Google paper comparing performance of C++, Java, Scala, and Go [PDF] (scala-lang.org)
200 points by pgbovine on June 3, 2011 | 134 comments
8.
GitHub, Collaboration, and Haters (sourceforge.net)
195 points by thefox on June 3, 2011 | 49 comments
9.
$100k Revenues in One Month (startupdesi.com)
196 points by mast on June 3, 2011 | 34 comments
10.
Anonymous releases 10,365 e-mails from the Iranian government (thepiratebay.org)
173 points by ssclafani on June 3, 2011 | 40 comments
11.
Google acquires Postrank.com (postrank.com)
165 points by zmoazeni on June 3, 2011 | 54 comments
12.
Google to offer for-pay Translate API (googlecode.blogspot.com)
145 points by rryan on June 3, 2011 | 40 comments
13.
Groupon is a straight-up Ponzi scheme (knewton.com)
150 points by jeffreymcmanus on June 3, 2011 | 55 comments
14.
Apple is professional, the web is amateur (dave.is)
148 points by davidbalbert on June 3, 2011 | 58 comments
15.
Microsoft refuses to comment as .NET developers fret about Windows 8 (itwriting.com)
133 points by bensummers on June 3, 2011 | 162 comments
16.
Objective-C Blocks vs. C++0x Lambdas: Fight (mikeash.com)
119 points by leakybucket on June 3, 2011 | 35 comments
17.
Plivo - an opensource alternative to Twilio (plivo.org)
114 points by ankeshk on June 3, 2011 | 48 comments
18.
Let's make the web faster: PHP performance tips by Google (code.google.com)
107 points by Garbage on June 3, 2011 | 65 comments
19.
 [flagged] Top 5 Regrets People Make on their Deathbed (longtermtips.tumblr.com)
94 points by toktosunov on June 3, 2011 | 51 comments
20.
A Brief Overview of the Clojure Web Stack (brehaut.net)
93 points by icey on June 3, 2011 | 9 comments
21.
Insecurity in the Jungle (disk) (daemonology.net)
92 points by cperciva on June 3, 2011 | 75 comments
22.
Why RubyGems Needs Loren Segal (jamesgolick.com)
90 points by techpickles on June 3, 2011 | 33 comments
23.
Parallel programming is the focus of increasing interest (economist.com)
87 points by coolpixar on June 3, 2011 | 19 comments
24.
Scale Fail (part 2) (lwn.net)
87 points by timf on June 3, 2011 | 4 comments
25.
U.N. Report Declares Internet Access a Human Right (wired.com)
82 points by nephics on June 3, 2011 | 21 comments
26.
LuaJIT for ARM now in Git head: benchmarks (luajit.org)
74 points by xearl on June 3, 2011 | 21 comments
27.
A web server in x86 assembly language (intel-assembler.it)
75 points by hide1713 on June 3, 2011 | 19 comments
28.
Clack: Common Lisp Web Application Env (ala WSGI, Rack, Plack, Ring, WSAPI, etc) (clacklisp.org)
74 points by draegtun on June 3, 2011 | 24 comments
29.
Internet cut off across Syria amid widespread protests (thenextweb.com)
74 points by eddmc on June 3, 2011 | 13 comments
30.
Finishing a Game (makegames.tumblr.com)
72 points by Sodaware on June 3, 2011 | 11 comments

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