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1.
Skype lies, breaks "Skype-to-Skype"calls are free promise (skypejournal.com)
141 points by evanwolf on May 30, 2010 | 92 comments
2.
Postgresql's new recursive queries at Disqus: 500% speedup (davidcramer.net)
133 points by jonasvp on May 30, 2010 | 22 comments
3.
How We Improved Our Conversion Rate by 72% (dmix.ca)
132 points by dmix on May 30, 2010 | 30 comments
4.
Peter Norvig's book reviews on Amazon (amazon.com)
126 points by kbob on May 30, 2010 | 23 comments
5.
Berp: An implementation of Python 3, that compiles to Haskell (haskell.org)
123 points by dons on May 30, 2010 | 20 comments
6.
The Most Detailed Image of Our Galaxy Ever Taken (nfshost.com)
118 points by jaybol on May 30, 2010 | 34 comments
7.
A Breakthrough Cure for Ebola (fieldofscience.com)
112 points by ihodes on May 30, 2010 | 24 comments
8.
Indie Developers and Crossing the App Store Chasm (dangrover.com)
95 points by dangrover on May 30, 2010 | 15 comments
9.
Library of Congress holds conference on origins of portolan charts (washingtonpost.com)
75 points by andrewljohnson on May 30, 2010 | 11 comments
10.
Man builds his own carbon-fibre, Windows based tablet PC (carbontablet.blogspot.com)
71 points by jlangenauer on May 30, 2010 | 29 comments
11.
I Prefer Safari to Content Apps On The iPad (avc.com)
62 points by cwan on May 30, 2010 | 23 comments
12.
S-Expression based markup language (rotahall.org)
58 points by SlyShy on May 30, 2010 | 19 comments
13.
The Density of Smart People (creativeclass.com)
58 points by chanux on May 30, 2010 | 34 comments
14.
If you have to learn just one programming language (srinivasan.biz)
56 points by gtani on May 30, 2010 | 67 comments
15.
International Space Station Tour (youtube.com)
53 points by rs on May 30, 2010 | 22 comments
16.
How to write a better weblog (2002) (alistapart.com)
52 points by henning on May 30, 2010 | 14 comments
17.
Are we still talking about this? (alexisohanian.com)
48 points by jaybol on May 30, 2010 | 26 comments
18.
Fractional calculus (wikipedia.org)
45 points by _zzlv on May 30, 2010 | 7 comments
19.
Facebook’s friendship trap (timesonline.co.uk)
44 points by evancaine on May 30, 2010 | 20 comments
20.
High-Res Cutout of a Boeing 747 (flightglobal.com)
42 points by rads on May 30, 2010 | 5 comments
21.
Web app ideas (lkozma.net)
42 points by lkozma on May 30, 2010 | 26 comments
22.
The ECHELON report (europa.eu)
41 points by motters on May 30, 2010 | 5 comments
23.
Full-fat-dairy for cardiovascular health (wholehealthsource.blogspot.com)
38 points by proee on May 30, 2010 | 16 comments
24.
Why Johnny Can't Encrypt (1999 USENIX paper) (usenix.org)
34 points by henning on May 30, 2010 | 13 comments
25.
Will Apple Embrace the Web? No. (osnews.com)
33 points by zmmz on May 30, 2010 | 12 comments
26.
How Craig McCaw Built a 4G Network on the Cheap (businessweek.com)
32 points by riffer on May 30, 2010 | 5 comments
27.
The Zen of Trading (ritholtz.com)
32 points by tortilla on May 30, 2010 | 15 comments
28.
Why is Mars' Moon Phobos Hollow? (dailygalaxy.com)
32 points by twidlit on May 30, 2010 | 22 comments
29.
Could an atomic bomb stop the Gulf Oil Leak? (youtube.com)
30 points by jaybol on May 30, 2010 | 44 comments
30.
Ask HN: As a non-expert, what would you do to solve the oil leak in the Gulf?
29 points by ImFatYoureFat on May 30, 2010 | 127 comments

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