| 1. | | Michael Lewis: Don't Eat Fortune's Cookie (princeton.edu) |
| 552 points by gregdetre on June 4, 2012 | 180 comments |
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| 2. | | The DOD had two "better-than-Hubble" space telescopes just sitting around. (theatlantic.com) |
| 319 points by pavel_lishin on June 4, 2012 | 148 comments |
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| 3. | | Google buys Meebo (meebo.com) |
| 294 points by jcdavis on June 4, 2012 | 112 comments |
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| 4. | | What programming languages were used by the Soviet Union's space program? (programmers.stackexchange.com) |
| 271 points by mootothemax on June 4, 2012 | 41 comments |
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| 5. | | /dev/zero has infinite electrons and /dev/null has an infinite appetite for them (linusakesson.net) |
| 250 points by sgt on June 4, 2012 | 23 comments |
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| 6. | | Heroku Isn't for Idiots: developer time and comparative advantage (rdegges.com) |
| 237 points by bennylope on June 4, 2012 | 69 comments |
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| 7. | | The Microsoft Update mechanism has been used to spread malware (f-secure.com) |
| 225 points by k33l0r on June 4, 2012 | 61 comments |
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| 8. | | Valve Says "Yes" To Steam Linux This Year (phoronix.com) |
| 223 points by trotsky on June 4, 2012 | 162 comments |
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| 9. | | Every Black Hole Contains a New Universe (insidescience.org) |
| 203 points by robg on June 4, 2012 | 77 comments |
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| 10. | | Long range WiFi antenna from Illy coffee can (jgc.org) |
| 169 points by wglb on June 4, 2012 | 49 comments |
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| 11. | | Font Awesome 2.0 - 70 new icons, desktop font, vectors, IE7 support (fortawesome.github.com) |
| 168 points by fortawesome on June 4, 2012 | 27 comments |
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| 12. | | The TTY demystified (2008) (linusakesson.net) |
| 161 points by iveney on June 4, 2012 | 17 comments |
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| 13. | | Microsoft Certificate used to sign "Flame" (sans.edu) |
| 160 points by alister on June 4, 2012 | 47 comments |
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| 14. | | Building a MongoDB Clone in Postgres (legitimatesounding.com) |
| 161 points by jerrysievert on June 4, 2012 | 95 comments |
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| 15. | | Building a dependable hosting stack using Hetzner’s servers (supportbee.com) |
| 157 points by prateekdayal on June 4, 2012 | 62 comments |
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| 16. | | Let's get a little louder (juliaelman.com) |
| 151 points by SeanOC on June 4, 2012 | 145 comments |
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| 17. | | Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 ARM Devices (dailytech.com) |
| 146 points by mtgx on June 4, 2012 | 133 comments |
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| 18. | | Oracle Sues Lodsys (groklaw.net) |
| 118 points by dminor on June 4, 2012 | 37 comments |
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| 19. | | Urban trees reveal income inequality (persquaremile.com) |
| 117 points by pg on June 4, 2012 | 78 comments |
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| 20. | | Groupon now worth less than the $6 billion Google offered. (cnn.com) |
| 111 points by MRonney on June 4, 2012 | 41 comments |
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| 21. | | State of the Backbone (documentcloud.org) |
| 110 points by knowtheory on June 4, 2012 | 26 comments |
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| 22. | | Dropbox founder talks about the company's early days (stanford.edu) |
| 107 points by boopsie on June 4, 2012 | 12 comments |
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| 23. | | Why read books if we can’t remember what’s in them? (arvindn.livejournal.com) |
| 106 points by MaysonL on June 4, 2012 | 71 comments |
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| 24. | | Getting shares back from my co-founders (ecquire.com) |
| 100 points by talsraviv on June 4, 2012 | 59 comments |
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| 25. | | Anders Hejlsberg: You Can't Maintain Large Programs in JavaScript. (dzone.com) |
| 96 points by tszming on June 4, 2012 | 166 comments |
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| 26. | | Amelia Earhart: New evidence tells of her last days on a Pacific atoll (csmonitor.com) |
| 92 points by boyd on June 4, 2012 | 3 comments |
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| 27. | | Show HN: Joosy, the rails-tied browser app framework (borisstaal.com) |
| 91 points by inossidabile on June 4, 2012 | 35 comments |
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| 29. | | Hackathon No More (chengsoon.com) |
| 85 points by cheeaun on June 4, 2012 | 31 comments |
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| 30. | | Instapaper Finally Makes Its Android Debut, And It’s Almost Amazing (techcrunch.com) |
| 82 points by speg on June 4, 2012 | 47 comments |
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Also, who would have thought you can determine someone's pulse just by looking at the color change of the face due to blood rushing in and out? If asked beforehand, I wouldn't have even said it was theoretically (physically) possible.