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1.
Testing like the TSA (37signals.com)
384 points by hawke on April 11, 2012 | 94 comments
2.
Show HN: Our Hackable E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android (kickstarter.com)
342 points by erohead on April 11, 2012 | 107 comments
3.
Geocoder.ca sued by Canada Post for their open database of postal codes (geocoder.ca)
288 points by kennywinker on April 11, 2012 | 84 comments
4.
Google+ gets a redesign (googleblog.blogspot.com)
285 points by izuzak on April 11, 2012 | 177 comments
5.
Are People Finally Getting Bored with the Tech-Blog Circle Jerk? (sfweekly.com)
265 points by Brajeshwar on April 11, 2012 | 63 comments
6.
How a computer boots up (duartes.org)
245 points by randhckr on April 11, 2012 | 39 comments
7.
Rendering the world (mapbox.com)
221 points by dmarinoc on April 11, 2012 | 30 comments
8.
"Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader (bu.mp)
195 points by noahlt on April 11, 2012 | 146 comments
9.
This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always. (cnet.com)
191 points by dclaysmith on April 11, 2012 | 47 comments
10.
When will I ever use math? (dimsumthinking.com)
189 points by mrspeaker on April 11, 2012 | 81 comments
11.
1366×768px overtakes 1024×768px as the most popular screen resolution worldwide (statcounter.com)
187 points by mathias on April 11, 2012 | 119 comments
12.
A primer on Python decorators (thumbtack.com)
187 points by midas on April 11, 2012 | 41 comments
13.
Groupon Kidz Club (groupon.com)
180 points by jawns on April 11, 2012 | 46 comments
14.
US sues Apple and publishers over e-book prices (bbc.co.uk)
161 points by marklabedz on April 11, 2012 | 98 comments
15.
German Pirate Party overtakes Greens on latest poll (todayszaman.com)
152 points by mariorz on April 11, 2012 | 90 comments
16.
What is the asymptotic cost of purely functional programming? (stackoverflow.com)
151 points by lambda on April 11, 2012 | 65 comments
17.
Time to ditch the arrogant tech blogs (kernelmag.com)
142 points by dchs on April 11, 2012 | 53 comments
18.
What can you do with an Android application with no permissions? (leviathansecurity.com)
138 points by AndrewDucker on April 11, 2012 | 47 comments
19.
Of GitHub and Pull Requests (and comics) (rachelnabors.com)
139 points by raganwald on April 11, 2012 | 37 comments
20.
Waking up early, 10 tips that worked for me (rodrigohaenggi.com)
125 points by therod on April 11, 2012 | 117 comments
21.
This is the mail system (dewith.com)
119 points by tbassetto on April 11, 2012 | 74 comments
22.
The demise of the low level Programmer. (altdevblogaday.com)
117 points by wqfeng on April 11, 2012 | 93 comments
23.
Earthquake of magnitude 8.7 strikes off Sumatra, Indonesia (cnn.com)
103 points by tomp on April 11, 2012 | 41 comments
24.
Maryland bans employers from asking for employee social media passwords (dailycaller.com)
100 points by Suraj-Sun on April 11, 2012 | 76 comments
25.
Released: Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3 (python.org)
76 points by johns on April 11, 2012 | 36 comments
26.
The Amazing Trajectories of Life-Bearing Meteorites From Earth (technologyreview.com)
73 points by wglb on April 11, 2012 | 21 comments
27.
Source code and manuals of many old Unixes (tuhs.org)
71 points by dpeck on April 11, 2012 | 4 comments
28.
WP Engine: How A Startup Reached $1M In Sales In Less Than A Year (mixergy.com)
69 points by tswicegood on April 11, 2012 | 39 comments
29.
Web emulator for DCPU-16 (0x10co.de)
67 points by pros on April 11, 2012 | 27 comments
30.
Finite Field Arithmetic and Reed-Solomon Coding (swtch.com)
64 points by gnufs on April 11, 2012 | 20 comments

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