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1.		Google is making a huge and annoying mistake (wilwheaton.typepad.com)
		534 points by ColinWright on May 2, 2012 \| 261 comments
2.		MIT and Harvard announce edX (web.mit.edu)
		351 points by tchalla on May 2, 2012 \| 130 comments
3.		What makes one appear smarter and more sociable? (judg.me)
		255 points by bvi on May 2, 2012 \| 83 comments
4.		Best Practices Exist For A Reason (tomdale.net)
		248 points by jashkenas on May 2, 2012 \| 97 comments
5.		What every programmer should know about memory, Part 1 (lwn.net)
		236 points by Anon84 on May 2, 2012 \| 79 comments
6.		Microsoft sends GitHub DMCA shutdown for Skype open source project (github.com/github)
		189 points by ecaron on May 2, 2012 \| 90 comments
7.		Common Lisp: The Untold Story (nhplace.com)
		160 points by _19qg on May 2, 2012 \| 6 comments
8.		The guy who made it so difficult to open your bag of potato chips (rheothing.com)
		160 points by jmjerlecki on May 2, 2012 \| 91 comments
9.		I can style a whole app with only four hex values and SASS. (12spokes.com)
		159 points by erinbean on May 2, 2012 \| 45 comments
10.		Weebly CEO David Rusenko: It’s Time to Take Us Seriously (allthingsd.com)
		162 points by tikhon on May 2, 2012 \| 71 comments
11.		Passwords For Your Facebook Account (labnol.org)
		155 points by heroic on May 2, 2012 \| 64 comments
12.		Just My Type (daneden.me)
		151 points by xyzzyb on May 2, 2012 \| 25 comments
13.		Motorola wins Xbox and Windows 7 ban in Germany (bbc.co.uk)
		149 points by alsothings on May 2, 2012 \| 81 comments
14.		EA Killing Rock Band For iPhone, Game Will Be Unplayable For Current Owners (toucharcade.com)
		149 points by dusing on May 2, 2012 \| 99 comments
15.		EU Court Of Justice: No Copyright On Computer Functionality Or Languages (groklaw.net)
		147 points by grellas on May 2, 2012 \| 15 comments
16.		Simplicity Matters By Rich Hickey (Keynote at RailsConf 2012) (confreaks.com)
		146 points by scottjad on May 2, 2012 \| 39 comments
17.		Node.js - Convincing the boss guide (nodeguide.com)
		139 points by neovive on May 2, 2012 \| 82 comments
18.		Language Immersion for Chrome - learn a new language while you browse (chrome.google.com)
		135 points by alexholehouse on May 2, 2012 \| 52 comments
19.		How LinkedIn built its new iPad app (venturebeat.com)
		131 points by nikunjk on May 2, 2012 \| 41 comments
20.		EU court: Reverse engineering OK, API not protected by (c) and more (wildeboer.net)
		116 points by jwildeboer on May 2, 2012 \| 40 comments
21.		We Rejected Dan Shipper (And What I Learned About Hiring) (quintenfarmer.com)
		113 points by quintendf on May 2, 2012 \| 64 comments
22.		Scaling Instragram (speakerdeck.com)
		112 points by tferris on May 2, 2012 \| 35 comments
23.		Pair (YC W12) raises $4.2M round of funding (techcrunch.com)
		105 points by jammur on May 2, 2012 \| 34 comments
24.		This is how you actually teach people to program (jmtame.posterous.com)
		105 points by jmtame on May 2, 2012 \| 43 comments
25.		A Functional Programming Influence Graph (fogus.me)
		89 points by olauzon on May 2, 2012 \| 41 comments
26.		Mozilla slams CISPA, says the bill "infringes on our privacy." (forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg)
		89 points by quadrahelix on May 2, 2012 \| 6 comments
27.		Ask HN: 45 Dutch students are visiting Berlin. Can we visit your startup?
		90 points by ewoutkleinsmann on May 2, 2012 \| 30 comments
28.		Microsoft says goodbye to Windows Live brand (msdn.com)
		81 points by kefs on May 2, 2012 \| 55 comments
29.		ShareJS – Live concurrent editing in your app (sharejs.org)
		80 points by domino on May 2, 2012 \| 20 comments
30.		GCC and static analysis (lwn.net)
		75 points by emillon on May 2, 2012 \| 16 comments
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