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1.		Lavabit code open sourced (github.com/lavabit)
		458 points by jayfk on April 30, 2016 \| 60 comments
2.		You probably don't need a JavaScript framework (slack-files.com)
		452 points by Svenskunganka on April 30, 2016 \| 347 comments
3.		Intel's Changing Future: Smartphone SoCs Broxton and SoFIA Officially Cancelled (anandtech.com)
		217 points by dbcooper on April 30, 2016 \| 118 comments
4.		Simon Peyton Jones Elected into the Royal Society Fellowship (lambda-the-ultimate.org)
		297 points by _isus on April 30, 2016 \| 31 comments
5.		Software error doomed Japanese Hitomi spacecraft (scientificamerican.com)
		175 points by nimbs on April 30, 2016 \| 64 comments
6.		Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently (codeahoy.com)
		291 points by perseus323 on April 30, 2016 \| 174 comments
7.		Neural Networks Are Impressively Good at Compression (probablydance.com)
		244 points by ingve on April 30, 2016 \| 64 comments
8.		Show HN: TeachCraft – Learning Python Through Minecraft (github.com/teachthenet)
		129 points by emeth on April 30, 2016 \| 26 comments
9.		A Path to Programming Language Theory (github.com/steshaw)
		174 points by rspivak on April 30, 2016 \| 35 comments
10.		Why Do So Many Zippers Say YKK? (2012) (slate.com)
		155 points by Tomte on April 30, 2016 \| 60 comments
11.		“Has something ever failed in the field due to a bug in a CAD tool?” (twitter.com/paulg)
		132 points by dang on April 29, 2016 \| 88 comments
12.		Snowden’s Rubik’s Cube (da5is.com)
		185 points by ssclafani on April 30, 2016 \| 83 comments
13.		Ask HN: Can the “Who is Hiring?” post include a bit about the interview process?
		328 points by curiousgeek on April 30, 2016 \| 109 comments
14.		WebExtensions in Firefox 48 (blog.mozilla.org)
		106 points by matteotom on April 29, 2016 \| 69 comments
15.		Hogwatch – a bandwidth monitor that shows per process network transfer (github.com/akshaykmr)
		195 points by cujanovic on April 30, 2016 \| 52 comments
16.		Taskwarrior – intelligent TODO list (taskwarrior.org)
		152 points by albertzeyer on April 30, 2016 \| 80 comments
17.		The Legend of Prince’s Special Custom-Font Symbol Floppy Disks (nymag.com)
		91 points by tintinnabula on April 30, 2016 \| 18 comments
18.		Intel cuts Atom chips, basically giving up on the smartphone and tablet markets (pcworld.com)
		122 points by Ivoah on April 29, 2016 \| 59 comments
19.		Yahoo's Marissa Mayer could get $55M in severance pay (latimes.com)
		144 points by bane on April 30, 2016 \| 261 comments
20.		Show HN: Task-Based Electron Web Browser (simoncaminada.ch)
		148 points by ahakki on April 30, 2016 \| 29 comments
21.		Claude Shannon Turns 1100100 (newyorker.com)
		141 points by anthotny on April 30, 2016 \| 44 comments
22.		Why Aren’t There More Scientists? Money (nationalgeographic.com)
		99 points by myth_drannon on April 30, 2016 \| 85 comments
23.		Tax Breaks for Twitter Bring Benefits and Criticism (wsj.com)
		42 points by anishkothari on April 30, 2016 \| 12 comments
24.		Microsoft Flow (flow.microsoft.com)
		197 points by imarihantnahata on April 30, 2016 \| 94 comments
25.		DuckDuckGo Wants Answers to Linux Questions (fossforce.com)
		57 points by demiol on April 30, 2016 \| 24 comments
26.		The Geographical Oddity of Null Island (loc.gov)
		58 points by Thevet on April 30, 2016 \| 14 comments
27.		The curse of the potato (washingtonpost.com)
		92 points by miiiiiike on April 30, 2016 \| 43 comments
28.		Fremont and Berkeley drive tech scene growth (siliconvalley.com)
		43 points by MilnerRoute on April 30, 2016 \| 6 comments
29.		.note.GNU-stack (2010) (chys.info)
		62 points by networked on April 30, 2016 \| 11 comments
30.		This Is Your Brain on Podcasts (nytimes.com)
		73 points by dnetesn on April 30, 2016 \| 41 comments
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