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31.
Lenovo, the Treasure Hunter of Tech (businessweek.com)
59 points by vinhnx on May 11, 2014 | 47 comments
32.
SICP 2.6: Church Numerals (2011) (jlongster.com)
59 points by poppingtonic on May 11, 2014 | 18 comments
33.
To sleep, perchance to control your dreams (reuters.com)
56 points by djug on May 11, 2014 | 43 comments
34.
Light Field Photography (kynosarges.org)
58 points by cnahr on May 11, 2014 | 30 comments
35.
Code Monkey Island – board game to teach kids programming (kickstarter.com)
52 points by troyastorino on May 11, 2014 | 22 comments
36.
Symas Lightning Memory-Mapped Database (LMDB) (symas.com)
52 points by networked on May 11, 2014 | 18 comments
37.
Notes on Programming in C (1989) (liu.se)
54 points by scapbi on May 11, 2014 | 51 comments
38.
Mozilla Is Moving Ahead With Sponsored Tiles On Firefox’s New-Tab Page (techcrunch.com)
49 points by pachek1 on May 11, 2014 | 53 comments
39.
Show HN: Survival Thriller Game that uses Echolocation (lurking-game.com)
41 points by szhongmin on May 11, 2014 | 14 comments
40.
Wireless Battle of the Mesh (battlemesh.org)
48 points by luu on May 11, 2014 | 4 comments
41.
Jailbreak tweak brings multitasking to the iPad (thenextweb.com)
47 points by dkyc on May 11, 2014 | 34 comments
42.
Ray Tracing Jell-O Brand Gelatin (1987) [pdf] (northwestern.edu)
47 points by wanderingmarker on May 11, 2014 | 15 comments
43.
Why it pays to be a jerk (2011) (canadianbusiness.com)
45 points by damian2000 on May 11, 2014 | 44 comments
44.
Show HN: Career Finder – A quiz that gives you career recommendations (shobia.com)
43 points by harvestmoon on May 11, 2014 | 36 comments
45.
Dovetail: Stronger Anonymity in Next-Generation Internet Routing (arxiv.org)
44 points by markmassie on May 11, 2014
46.
Why Did Quora Join Y Combinator? (techcrunch.com)
44 points by code_devil on May 11, 2014 | 59 comments
47.
Spurious Correlations (tylervigen.com)
41 points by neic on May 11, 2014 | 1 comment
48.
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding (nytimes.com)
38 points by Libertatea on May 11, 2014 | 32 comments
49.
Mr. Chemex (2013) (collectorsweekly.com)
37 points by mr_tyzik on May 11, 2014 | 12 comments
50.
Why isn't mesh networking more popular? (justindunham.net)
33 points by riboflavin on May 11, 2014 | 30 comments
51.
English language 'originated in Turkey' (bbc.com)
37 points by schrofer on May 11, 2014 | 18 comments
52.
Piet Program Gallery (dangermouse.net)
34 points by dang on May 11, 2014 | 4 comments
53.
Legal Pot in the US Is Crippling Mexican Cartels? (vice.com)
33 points by DocFeind on May 11, 2014 | 12 comments
54.
ILLIAC I Programming Manual (1956) [pdf] (trailing-edge.com)
33 points by nimz on May 11, 2014 | 21 comments
55.
Project Skyhook: Open-source Bitcoin ATM (projectskyhook.com)
32 points by rmason on May 11, 2014 | 12 comments
56.
Arduino-Based Outdoor People Counter (github.com/petervojtek)
32 points by matell on May 11, 2014 | 9 comments
57.
Google is testing a stunning Gmail overhaul (thenextweb.com)
29 points by pandemicsyn on May 11, 2014 | 11 comments
58.
Nellie Bly: Ten Days in a Mad-House (1887) (upenn.edu)
25 points by dang on May 11, 2014 | 2 comments
59.
{ (mustache.github.io)
25 points by diegolo on May 11, 2014 | 4 comments
60.
The Normal Distribution: A derivation from basic principles [pdf] (ncssm.edu)
28 points by nkron on May 11, 2014 | 6 comments

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