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31.		Pivots are a Trap (thirdyearmba.com)
		77 points by canterburry on May 17, 2012 \| 20 comments
32.		How I Open Source (jayfields.com)
		77 points by drtse4 on May 17, 2012 \| 10 comments
33.		BitTorrent Piracy Boosts Music Sales, Study Finds (torrentfreak.com)
		71 points by mrsebastian on May 17, 2012 \| 35 comments
34.		Jython 2.7 alpha1 released (fwierzbicki.blogspot.com)
		69 points by cobrien on May 17, 2012 \| 27 comments
35.		WebSockets with Varnish and Nginx (thruflo.com)
		68 points by thruflo on May 17, 2012 \| 18 comments
36.		Hewlett-Packard to Cut About 30,000 Jobs (9% of workforce) (nytimes.com)
		63 points by barredo on May 17, 2012 \| 35 comments
37.		How we rewrote the Kicksend web app in one month: tips & tricks (kicksend.com)
		67 points by skyfallsin on May 17, 2012 \| 9 comments
38.		Code For America opens its Git Basics skillshare (github.com/codeforamerica)
		63 points by __init__py on May 17, 2012 \| 3 comments
39.		Travis needs your help (travis-ci.org)
		63 points by sthulbourn on May 17, 2012 \| 11 comments
40.		The Tilde is an Amazing CSS Selector (nicholsonws.com)
		61 points by donteatbark on May 17, 2012 \| 30 comments
41.		Presenteer.js: Flexible HTML5 presentation tool (willemmulder.github.com)
		56 points by lobo_tuerto on May 17, 2012 \| 19 comments
42.		DevOps Reading List: 10 Books & Blogs You Should Read (tracelytics.com)
		56 points by bwhalley on May 17, 2012 \| 6 comments
43.		Internet of Things startup: electric imp (electricimp.com)
		54 points by kellegous on May 17, 2012 \| 19 comments
44.		Linux Mint 13 "Maya" RC released (linuxmint.com)
		53 points by zhiping on May 17, 2012 \| 9 comments
45.		The Great search for Analytics services (coredumped.org)
		50 points by suhail on May 17, 2012 \| 12 comments
46.		[flagged] Jobs vs Passive Income (stevepavlina.com)
		49 points by fjordan on May 17, 2012 \| 33 comments
47.		Crowdtilt (YC W12) raises $2.1M (techcrunch.com)
		50 points by knighthacker on May 17, 2012 \| 15 comments
48.		FB stock priced at $38/share on Thursday, raises $18.4 billion (wsj.com)
		48 points by jasondc on May 17, 2012 \| 47 comments
49.		Knitting as programming (infotrope.net)
		49 points by ams1 on May 17, 2012 \| 12 comments
50.		Twitter is tracking you on the web (dcurt.is)
		47 points by phillco on May 17, 2012 \| 27 comments
51.		The Fast Track to Start-Up Life (inc.com)
		51 points by lachyg on May 17, 2012 \| 28 comments
52.		$74 MK802 Android micro-PC take on the Cotton Candy, RasPi (geek.com)
		47 points by 11031a on May 17, 2012 \| 25 comments
53.		Postmates Debuts ‘Get It Now’ On-Demand Courier Service To The Public (techcrunch.com)
		44 points by ashbrown on May 17, 2012 \| 17 comments
54.		Programming as a Foreign Language (redsquirrel.com)
		39 points by redsquirrel on May 17, 2012 \| 15 comments
55.		Nonfree DRM'd Games on GNU/Linux: Good or Bad? (gnu.org)
		39 points by donteatbark on May 17, 2012 \| 56 comments
56.		Review my startup : Kinesis.io - Build gesture driven web apps with JS & Kinect (kinesis.io)
		38 points by aggarwalachal on May 17, 2012 \| 26 comments
57.		Ask HN: Countries with sane governments that won't mess with my Internet use?
		37 points by prajjwal on May 17, 2012 \| 39 comments
58.		Unblock Vimeo, Dailymotion, Rapidshare, Torrent links in India (ddl.io)
		36 points by melvinng on May 17, 2012 \| 7 comments
59.		Apple is Filtering “Jailbreak” Term in the US iTunes Store (shoutpedia.com)
		34 points by ausman on May 17, 2012 \| 18 comments
60.		Verizon to End Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans (androidcommunity.com)
		32 points by joedev on May 17, 2012 \| 35 comments
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