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1.		Vim clutch (github.com/alevchuk)
		546 points by fuzzix on June 21, 2012 \| 219 comments
2.		I introduced my 5yo and 2yo to startx and xmonad. They’re delighted. (complete.org)
		520 points by emillon on June 21, 2012 \| 193 comments
3.		Why do you think people are poor? (harpers.org)
		323 points by pron on June 21, 2012 \| 279 comments
4.		Exploiting Silicon Valley For Profit (and Maybe Fun) (diegobasch.com)
		283 points by dbuthay on June 21, 2012 \| 117 comments
5.		I Just Gave Up $4000 Per Month to Keep My Freedom of Speech (mrmoneymustache.com)
		271 points by ryancarson on June 21, 2012 \| 128 comments
6.		Peity - Little charts for little projects (benpickles.github.com)
		265 points by reustle on June 21, 2012 \| 47 comments
7.		Show HN: The Bastards Book of Photography (bastardsbook.com)
		259 points by danso on June 21, 2012 \| 72 comments
8.		Twitter Completely Down (isup.me)
		234 points by Braasch on June 21, 2012 \| 183 comments
9.		Show HN: vi in your browser - edit files directly from Dropbox, etc (mit.edu)
		206 points by tagx on June 21, 2012 \| 77 comments
10.		How Reddit's cofounders built Reddit with an army of fake accounts (dailydot.com)
		192 points by hornokplease on June 21, 2012 \| 85 comments
11.		Woman Who Couldn’t Be Intimidated by Citigroup Wins $31 Million (bloomberg.com)
		194 points by stfu on June 21, 2012 \| 56 comments
12.		Symbolset - symbol font using clever opentype ligature hack (symbolset.com)
		167 points by iamaracinghorse on June 21, 2012 \| 60 comments
13.		This teenager is hot property in Silicon Valley (smh.com.au)
		168 points by pzaich on June 21, 2012 \| 85 comments
14.		Startup Accelerator Fail: Most Graduates Go Nowhere (readwriteweb.com)
		161 points by tltjr on June 21, 2012 \| 58 comments
15.		EFF taking on software patent reform (defendinnovation.org)
		157 points by bits on June 21, 2012 \| 60 comments
16.		ICANN is wrong (scripting.com)
		157 points by falling on June 21, 2012 \| 88 comments
17.		A Tour of Go - Real examples of interfaces and concurrency (swtch.com)
		150 points by pessimist on June 21, 2012 \| 13 comments
18.		ReFiddle: Fiddle for Regexp testing (refiddle.com)
		135 points by tilt on June 21, 2012 \| 41 comments
19.		Apple Founder “Woz” Visits Kim Dotcom (torrentfreak.com)
		127 points by evo_9 on June 21, 2012 \| 33 comments
20.		The bandwidth of a Boeing 747 and its impact on web browsing (cloudflare.com)
		127 points by jgrahamc on June 21, 2012 \| 100 comments
21.		Larry Ellison Buys Most of Lanai (hawaii.gov)
		123 points by ssclafani on June 21, 2012 \| 153 comments
22.		How not to get acquired (gittip.com)
		120 points by whit537 on June 21, 2012 \| 84 comments
23.		Oracle accepts $0 in damages from Google, moves toward appeal (arstechnica.com)
		119 points by Bill_Dimm on June 21, 2012 \| 20 comments
24.		This page crashes Internet Explorer, even version 9 and 10. (crashie8.com)
		108 points by vojant on June 21, 2012 \| 87 comments
25.		Women and Tech (womenandtech.com)
		105 points by heatherpayne on June 21, 2012 \| 101 comments
26.		Dos and Don’ts for Founders (ryancarson.com)
		104 points by ryancarson on June 21, 2012 \| 14 comments
27.		Getting root on a Sony TV (hackaday.com)
		92 points by Garbage on June 21, 2012 \| 27 comments
28.		Why Bad Jobs-or No Jobs-Happen to Good Workers (ieee.org)
		89 points by vonmoltke on June 21, 2012 \| 74 comments
29.		Show HN: Project Maya
		88 points by dutchbrit on June 21, 2012 \| 43 comments
30.		Programming like Kent Beck (iterate.no)
		85 points by simenfur on June 21, 2012 \| 7 comments
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