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31.		Backbone.offline allows your Backbone.js app to work offline with localStorage (github.com/ask11)
		55 points by Ask11 on May 6, 2012 \| 6 comments
32.		One major difference - ZeroMQ and Erlang. (jlouisramblings.blogspot.in)
		54 points by saurabh on May 6, 2012 \| 19 comments
33.		BrowserID: Logging in with BrowserID, Passport and NodeJS (koostudios.com)
		51 points by jaredhanson on May 6, 2012 \| 7 comments
34.		Show HN: Weekend Project - SlideWriter for iPad (mtholking.tumblr.com)
		50 points by mtholking on May 6, 2012 \| 22 comments
35.		Leave only footprints: how Google's ethical ignorance gets it in trouble (arstechnica.com)
		43 points by protomyth on May 6, 2012 \| 22 comments
36.		The Physics of Spilled Coffee (news.sciencemag.org)
		41 points by sindhiparsani on May 6, 2012 \| 12 comments
37.		The genesis of the perfect programming language (slidetocode.com)
		41 points by steeleduncan on May 6, 2012 \| 44 comments
38.		Gist to add CoffeeScript friendly argument order to Underscore.js (gist.github.com)
		33 points by jimtla on May 6, 2012 \| 11 comments
39.		Risk Based Student Loans by Michael Simkovic (ssrn.com)
		31 points by protomyth on May 6, 2012 \| 30 comments
40.		Pair vs. Pair: Pair The App Is Being Sued By Pair Networks, The Hosting Company (techcrunch.com)
		30 points by dwynings on May 6, 2012 \| 19 comments
41.		Why Big Game Publishers Make Sucky Apps (Hint: It’s You) (wired.com)
		29 points by paulschlacter on May 6, 2012 \| 16 comments
42.		Ask HN: Experienced programmer, beginner to iOS (objective-C). Where to begin?
		29 points by architgupta on May 6, 2012 \| 34 comments
43.		Textastic - Syntax Highlighting - FTP, SFTP, Dropbox - for iPad (textasticapp.com)
		29 points by tambourine_man on May 6, 2012 \| 13 comments
44.		Hubble to use moon as mirror to see Venus transit (sciencedaily.com)
		27 points by wglb on May 6, 2012 \| 9 comments
45.		The Ph.D. Now Comes With Food Stamps (chronicle.com)
		23 points by mikecane on May 6, 2012 \| 53 comments
46.		Split Testing May Cause Google to Accidentally Think You’ve Been Compromised (webdesigncompany.net)
		23 points by melvinram on May 6, 2012 \| 23 comments
47.		Six Myths About Ray Tracing (theorangeduck.com)
		20 points by orangeduck on May 6, 2012 \| 19 comments
48.		Scala books being published at quite a rate (capecoder.wordpress.com)
		20 points by rabbitfang on May 6, 2012 \| 6 comments
49.		The depressing reality of your startup failing (spotbloq.blogspot.de)
		19 points by ComNik on May 6, 2012 \| 31 comments
50.		Streamlining U.S. currency (marco.org)
		18 points by stock_toaster on May 6, 2012 \| 22 comments
51.		Microsoft has $60b in cash while Nokia's market cap is just $12b (reuters.com)
		17 points by quadrahelix on May 6, 2012 \| 24 comments
52.		Entrepreneurs' New Nightmare: The Invasion Of The Startup Snatchers (huffingtonpost.com)
		14 points by dwynings on May 6, 2012 \| 10 comments
53.		Xperf Wait Analysis–Finding Idle Time (altdevblogaday.com)
		13 points by jeffreyfox on May 6, 2012 \| 1 comment
54.		The frequent fliers who flew too much (latimes.com)
		12 points by nikunjk on May 6, 2012 \| 2 comments
55.		Startups and advertising (techcrunch.com)
		12 points by canatan01 on May 6, 2012
56.		JQuery API site is down (jquery.com)
		12 points by tambourine_man on May 6, 2012 \| 9 comments
57.		BitTorrent Everything?
		12 points by engxover on May 6, 2012 \| 9 comments
58.		JSON versus PLIST, the Ultimate Showdown (cocoanetics.com)
		11 points by pooriaazimi on May 6, 2012 \| 5 comments
59.		Google Penguin Creates Mass Unemployment in India (affiliatetemple.com)
		11 points by progga on May 6, 2012 \| 10 comments
60.		Show HN: FB hackathon HTML5 photo app, demoing in 2 hours (picpl.us)
		12 points by progolferyo on May 6, 2012 \| 11 comments
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