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1.
FBI Tracking Device Teardown (ifixit.com)
325 points by mikecarlton on May 9, 2011 | 79 comments
2.
What happens to all the Asian-American overachievers when the test-taking ends? (nymag.com)
321 points by gamble on May 9, 2011 | 207 comments
3.
The Pirate Bay: “The Battle of Internets is About to Begin” (torrentfreak.com)
241 points by Uncle_Sam on May 9, 2011 | 103 comments
4.
What percentage of people are alive today? (1000memories.com)
233 points by jonathanbgood on May 9, 2011 | 91 comments
5.
Learning Modern 3D Graphics Programming with OpenGL 3 (arcsynthesis.org)
191 points by Tsiolkovsky on May 9, 2011 | 16 comments
6.
Schneier: The Dishonest Minority: Security and its Role in Modern Society (schneier.com)
171 points by FilterJoe on May 9, 2011 | 57 comments
7.
Realism in UI Design (uxmag.com)
170 points by thmzlt on May 9, 2011 | 35 comments
8.
An algorithm for the Names at the 9/11 Memorial (newyorker.com)
154 points by erehweb on May 9, 2011 | 47 comments
9.
Twitter and Facebook Both Quietly Kill RSS (staynalive.com)
142 points by ssclafani on May 9, 2011 | 45 comments
10.
Ridiculous Things To Do With CSS3 Box Shadows (viget.com)
124 points by paisawalla on May 9, 2011 | 15 comments
11.
Why you get ideas in the shower (scottberkun.com)
116 points by ecaron on May 9, 2011 | 51 comments
12.
Samoa to jump forward in time by one day (bbc.co.uk)
111 points by JacobAldridge on May 9, 2011 | 73 comments
13.
Visualizing Time with the Infinity Hour Chart (dougmccune.com)
109 points by Garbage on May 9, 2011 | 14 comments
14.
Introducing Tapir: Simple search for static sites (jeffkreeftmeijer.com)
90 points by jkreeftmeijer on May 9, 2011 | 25 comments
15.
Chucking TV Helped me Start my Company (joshwhiton.com)
85 points by aspirant on May 9, 2011 | 65 comments
16.
WebKit Remote Debugging (webkit.org)
85 points by justinweiss on May 9, 2011 | 14 comments
17.
The Rise of the Front-End Developer (eduhub.nl)
86 points by sudhirj on May 9, 2011 | 14 comments
18.
Bitcoin money ≠ the Gold Standard. (bitcoinbulletin.com)
84 points by spenvo on May 9, 2011 | 104 comments
19.
Applying the Unix Process Model to Web Apps (heroku.com)
81 points by ph0rque on May 9, 2011 | 4 comments
20.
IOS 4.3 sources are available (opensource.apple.com)
77 points by singingwolfboy on May 9, 2011 | 30 comments
21.
Do I dare call bullshit aloud? Do you? (asmartbear.com)
77 points by revorad on May 9, 2011 | 14 comments
22.
Open Letter To New Programmers (akash.im)
76 points by krat0sprakhar on May 9, 2011 | 39 comments
23.
Alex Payne - Rules for Computing Happiness (2008) (al3x.net)
73 points by franze on May 9, 2011 | 50 comments
24.
Programmable OLED watch by Texas Instruments and Fossil (metawatch.org)
73 points by growt on May 9, 2011 | 49 comments
25.
Why Not All Earnings Are Equal; Microsoft Has the Wal-Mart Disease (blogs.forbes.com)
69 points by vrikhter on May 9, 2011 | 46 comments
26.
Start-up vs. Corporate vs. Consulting vs. Combination Platter (vladlokshin.com)
63 points by vlokshin on May 9, 2011 | 10 comments
27.
Canonical, Ubuntu Linux, CTO leaves (zdnet.com)
58 points by Garbage on May 9, 2011 | 2 comments
28.
How AT&T Recognizes Unauthorized Tethering from Jailbroken iPhones (iphonedownloadblog.com)
56 points by dmpatierno on May 9, 2011 | 45 comments
29.
LinkedIn Prices IPO At $32 To $35 Per Share (techcrunch.com)
57 points by acrum on May 9, 2011 | 44 comments
30.
Maker of free games suggests how much to donate with fun visualization (cheapass.com)
54 points by uberc on May 9, 2011 | 7 comments

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