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1. Google is making a huge and annoying mistake (wilwheaton.typepad.com)
534 points by ColinWright on May 2, 2012 | 261 comments
2. MIT and Harvard announce edX (web.mit.edu)
351 points by tchalla on May 2, 2012 | 130 comments
3. What makes one appear smarter and more sociable? (judg.me)
255 points by bvi on May 2, 2012 | 83 comments
4. Best Practices Exist For A Reason (tomdale.net)
248 points by jashkenas on May 2, 2012 | 97 comments
5. What every programmer should know about memory, Part 1 (lwn.net)
236 points by Anon84 on May 2, 2012 | 79 comments
6. Microsoft sends GitHub DMCA shutdown for Skype open source project (github.com/github)
189 points by ecaron on May 2, 2012 | 90 comments
7. Common Lisp: The Untold Story (nhplace.com)
160 points by lispm on May 2, 2012 | 6 comments
8. The guy who made it so difficult to open your bag of potato chips (rheothing.com)
160 points by jmjerlecki on May 2, 2012 | 91 comments
9. I can style a whole app with only four hex values and SASS. (12spokes.com)
159 points by erinbean on May 2, 2012 | 45 comments
10. Weebly CEO David Rusenko: It’s Time to Take Us Seriously (allthingsd.com)
162 points by tikhon on May 2, 2012 | 71 comments
11. Passwords For Your Facebook Account (labnol.org)
155 points by heroic on May 2, 2012 | 64 comments
12. Just My Type (daneden.me)
151 points by xyzzyb on May 2, 2012 | 25 comments
13. EA Killing Rock Band For iPhone, Game Will Be Unplayable For Current Owners (toucharcade.com)
149 points by dusing on May 2, 2012 | 99 comments
14. Motorola wins Xbox and Windows 7 ban in Germany (bbc.co.uk)
149 points by alsothings on May 2, 2012 | 81 comments
15. EU Court Of Justice: No Copyright On Computer Functionality Or Languages (groklaw.net)
147 points by grellas on May 2, 2012 | 15 comments
16. Simplicity Matters By Rich Hickey (Keynote at RailsConf 2012) (confreaks.com)
146 points by scottjad on May 2, 2012 | 39 comments
17. Node.js - Convincing the boss guide (nodeguide.com)
139 points by neovive on May 2, 2012 | 82 comments
18. Language Immersion for Chrome - learn a new language while you browse (chrome.google.com)
135 points by alexholehouse on May 2, 2012 | 52 comments
19. How LinkedIn built its new iPad app (venturebeat.com)
131 points by nikunjk on May 2, 2012 | 41 comments
20. EU court: Reverse engineering OK, API not protected by (c) and more (wildeboer.net)
116 points by jwildeboer on May 2, 2012 | 40 comments
21. We Rejected Dan Shipper (And What I Learned About Hiring) (quintenfarmer.com)
113 points by quintendf on May 2, 2012 | 64 comments
22. Scaling Instragram (speakerdeck.com)
112 points by tferris on May 2, 2012 | 35 comments
23. Pair (YC W12) raises $4.2M round of funding (techcrunch.com)
105 points by jammur on May 2, 2012 | 34 comments
24. This is how you actually teach people to program (jmtame.posterous.com)
105 points by jmtame on May 2, 2012 | 43 comments
25. A Functional Programming Influence Graph (fogus.me)
89 points by olauzon on May 2, 2012 | 41 comments
26. Mozilla slams CISPA, says the bill "infringes on our privacy." (forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg)
89 points by quadrahelix on May 2, 2012 | 6 comments
27. Ask HN: 45 Dutch students are visiting Berlin. Can we visit your startup?
90 points by ewoutkleinsmann on May 2, 2012 | 30 comments
28. Microsoft says goodbye to Windows Live brand (msdn.com)
81 points by kefs on May 2, 2012 | 55 comments
29. ShareJS – Live concurrent editing in your app (sharejs.org)
80 points by domino on May 2, 2012 | 20 comments
30. GCC and static analysis (lwn.net)
75 points by emillon on May 2, 2012 | 16 comments

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