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1.		20 lines of code that beat A/B testing every time (stevehanov.ca)
		989 points by spiffytech on May 29, 2012 \| 147 comments
2.		Which hashing algorithm is best for uniqueness and speed? (programmers.stackexchange.com)
		336 points by suprgeek on May 29, 2012 \| 104 comments
3.		Bogus story: no Chinese backdoor in military chip (erratasec.blogspot.com)
		322 points by vgnet on May 29, 2012 \| 56 comments
4.		Clippy.JS - Add Clippy and friends to any website (smore.com)
		230 points by giladvdn on May 29, 2012 \| 58 comments
5.		Why cheap customers cost more (sachagreif.com)
		226 points by sgdesign on May 29, 2012 \| 67 comments
6.		This Is the Gyro-Stabilized, Two-Wheeled Future of Transportation (wired.com)
		221 points by evo_9 on May 29, 2012 \| 159 comments
7.		Why I Use Perl: Reliability (modernperlbooks.com)
		209 points by ZeroMinx on May 29, 2012 \| 193 comments
8.		CryEngine 3 soft-body physics simulator (geek.com)
		173 points by 11031a on May 29, 2012 \| 70 comments
9.		Screw the power users (nick.typepad.com)
		176 points by gr2020 on May 29, 2012 \| 84 comments
10.		The Design of LLVM (drdobbs.com)
		168 points by ternaryoperator on May 29, 2012 \| 18 comments
11.		Stripe open-sources Einhorn (stripe.com)
		173 points by gdb on May 29, 2012 \| 32 comments
12.		Apple's Crystal Prison and the Future of Open Platforms (eff.org)
		158 points by Garbage on May 29, 2012 \| 112 comments
13.		-2000 Lines of Code (2004) (folklore.org)
		154 points by ColinWright on May 29, 2012 \| 34 comments
14.		How to overcome “years of experience” requirements when applying for jobs (workplace.stackexchange.com)
		143 points by travelstacker on May 29, 2012 \| 73 comments
15.		SLR Camera Simulator (camerasim.com)
		134 points by johnx123-up on May 29, 2012 \| 69 comments
16.		Facebook trades under $30, down 7%+ (google.com)
		135 points by benjaminwootton on May 29, 2012 \| 159 comments
17.		With $42M more, 10gen wants to take MongoDB mainstream (gigaom.com)
		130 points by znq on May 29, 2012 \| 58 comments
18.		Our experience using Clojure to speed up Beanstalk (beanstalkapp.com)
		126 points by dsabanin on May 29, 2012 \| 70 comments
19.		How to hire a lot of talented people, very quickly (ryanleecarson.tumblr.com)
		123 points by wwdevries on May 29, 2012 \| 86 comments
20.		Top Technologies Used By YC Companies (builtwith.com)
		123 points by alexwolfe on May 29, 2012 \| 77 comments
21.		Peter Thiel's Rise to Wealth and Libertarian Futurism (newyorker.com)
		106 points by vrikhter on May 29, 2012 \| 102 comments
22.		Fedora 17 Released (fedoraproject.org)
		98 points by udp on May 29, 2012 \| 33 comments
23.		False Cognates and Syntax: The Importance of Syntax in Programming Languages (txt.io)
		96 points by Swizec on May 29, 2012 \| 47 comments
24.		Zillow, ex-MS, Pure Networks, Cisco hacker killed by random bullet in Seattle (nwsource.com)
		95 points by rubyrescue on May 29, 2012 \| 46 comments
25.		Google announces next Chromebooks and a Chromebox (desktop replacement) (chrome.blogspot.com)
		98 points by rryan on May 29, 2012 \| 113 comments
26.		Why I Hate Test Driven Development (robg3d.com)
		97 points by reinhardt on May 29, 2012 \| 63 comments
27.		Face opera (quirksmode.org)
		93 points by robin_reala on May 29, 2012 \| 112 comments
28.		Loop: a programming language for the JVM inspired by Haskell and Ruby (looplang.org)
		87 points by dhanji on May 29, 2012 \| 37 comments
29.		Couch hacking - A proof of Ikea's excellence (lengrand.fr)
		87 points by jlengrand on May 29, 2012 \| 72 comments
30.		Kalzumeus (patio11) Podcast Ep. 2 with Amy Hoy: Pricing, Products, And Passion (kalzumeus.com)
		84 points by Smerity on May 29, 2012 \| 11 comments
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