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1.		Why do web sites and software take so long to build? And why is it so hard? (scottporad.com)
		293 points by scottporad on May 7, 2012 \| 154 comments
2.		Jury rules Google violated copyright law, Google moves for mistrial (arstechnica.com)
		286 points by suprgeek on May 7, 2012 \| 124 comments
3.		Dell Announces A Linux Laptop Designed For Developers (devopsangle.com)
		267 points by alexwilliams on May 7, 2012 \| 193 comments
4.		This Is All Your App Is: A Collection Of Tiny Details (codinghorror.com)
		214 points by kamaal on May 7, 2012 \| 38 comments
5.		I appeared on CNN this morning to talk about why I'm not buying Facebook (CISPA) (cnn.com)
		214 points by kn0thing on May 7, 2012 \| 69 comments
6.		Google gets license to test drive autonomous cars on Nevada roads (arstechnica.com)
		197 points by aaronjg on May 7, 2012 \| 164 comments
7.		Oracle/Google jury finds Google infringed SSO but hangs on fair use (groklaw.net)
		191 points by grellas on May 7, 2012 \| 35 comments
8.		The Maturation of Mark Zuckerberg (nymag.com)
		180 points by nikunjk on May 7, 2012 \| 70 comments
9.		Apple's inspirational note to new hires (instagr.am)
		165 points by dko on May 7, 2012 \| 133 comments
10.		What should every programmer know about security? (stackoverflow.com)
		162 points by napolux on May 7, 2012 \| 48 comments
11.		Gumroad raises $7 million from KPCB (venturebeat.com)
		158 points by thoughtpeddler on May 7, 2012 \| 65 comments
12.		Early Startup Time Wasters (talkfast.org)
		152 points by icey on May 7, 2012 \| 42 comments
13.		Show HN: HackerNew for Chrome (chrome.google.com)
		150 points by tommoor on May 7, 2012 \| 89 comments
14.		AMD’s Chuck Moore has passed away (semiaccurate.com)
		146 points by yread on May 7, 2012 \| 21 comments
15.		Why Use Postgres - Part 2 (craigkerstiens.com)
		145 points by craigkerstiens on May 7, 2012 \| 69 comments
16.		I am a statistician and I buy lottery tickets (simplexify.net)
		142 points by realize on May 7, 2012 \| 133 comments
17.		TCP Sucks (bramcohen.com)
		137 points by reacocard on May 7, 2012 \| 56 comments
18.		Bushi.do is now Cloudfuji.com, launches Kandan - beautiful open source chat (cloudfuji.com)
		129 points by sgrove on May 7, 2012 \| 60 comments
19.		Solving FizzBuzz with CSS (dabblet.com)
		123 points by jackiebalzer on May 7, 2012 \| 27 comments
20.		Faster Fourier transform among world’s most important emerging technology (web.mit.edu)
		121 points by __Rahul on May 7, 2012 \| 47 comments
21.		Show HN: A/B testing for iOS and Android (clutch.io)
		119 points by ericflo on May 7, 2012 \| 16 comments
22.		The Lazy Man's URL Parsing (joezimjs.com)
		114 points by joezimjs on May 7, 2012 \| 23 comments
23.		Sortfolio: Going once, going twice... (37signals.com)
		108 points by hawke on May 7, 2012 \| 95 comments
24.		Microsoft creates Kinect-like system using your laptop speaker & microphone (extremetech.com)
		99 points by ukdm on May 7, 2012 \| 28 comments
25.		Node.js HTTP Server Security Vulnerability: Please Upgrade To 0.6.17 (nodejs.org)
		94 points by cleverjake on May 7, 2012 \| 26 comments
26.		The venture capital model is broken, and this damning report explains why (geekwire.com)
		93 points by username3 on May 7, 2012 \| 53 comments
27.		I’m An Article About The Internet That You Repost On The Internet (newyorker.com)
		93 points by dwynings on May 7, 2012 \| 28 comments
28.		Google+ Hangouts On Air: broadcast your conversation to the world (googleblog.blogspot.com)
		82 points by necenzurat on May 7, 2012 \| 14 comments
29.		JS.Next Needs You (javascriptweblog.wordpress.com)
		70 points by jashkenas on May 7, 2012 \| 28 comments
30.		Experimental 3D page layout inspired by Flipboard (tympanus.net)
		69 points by pbotelho on May 7, 2012 \| 28 comments
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