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1. Michael Lewis: Don't Eat Fortune's Cookie (princeton.edu)
552 points by gregdetre on June 4, 2012 | 180 comments
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
3. Google buys Meebo (meebo.com)
294 points by jcdavis on June 4, 2012 | 112 comments
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
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
6. Heroku Isn't for Idiots: developer time and comparative advantage (rdegges.com)
237 points by bennylope on June 4, 2012 | 69 comments
7. The Microsoft Update mechanism has been used to spread malware (f-secure.com)
225 points by k33l0r on June 4, 2012 | 61 comments
8. Valve Says "Yes" To Steam Linux This Year (phoronix.com)
223 points by trotsky on June 4, 2012 | 162 comments
9. Every Black Hole Contains a New Universe (insidescience.org)
203 points by robg on June 4, 2012 | 77 comments
10. Long range WiFi antenna from Illy coffee can (jgc.org)
169 points by wglb on June 4, 2012 | 49 comments
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
12. The TTY demystified (linusakesson.net)
161 points by iveney on June 4, 2012 | 17 comments
13. Microsoft Certificate used to sign "Flame" (sans.edu)
160 points by alister on June 4, 2012 | 47 comments
14. Building a MongoDB Clone in Postgres (legitimatesounding.com)
161 points by jerrysievert on June 4, 2012 | 95 comments
15. Building a dependable hosting stack using Hetzner’s servers (supportbee.com)
157 points by prateekdayal on June 4, 2012 | 62 comments
16. Let's get a little louder (juliaelman.com)
151 points by SeanOC on June 4, 2012 | 145 comments
17. Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 ARM Devices (dailytech.com)
146 points by mtgx on June 4, 2012 | 133 comments
18. Oracle Sues Lodsys (groklaw.net)
118 points by dminor on June 4, 2012 | 37 comments
19. Urban trees reveal income inequality (persquaremile.com)
117 points by pg on June 4, 2012 | 78 comments
20. Groupon now worth less than the $6 billion Google offered. (cnn.com)
111 points by MRonney on June 4, 2012 | 41 comments
21. State of the Backbone (documentcloud.org)
110 points by knowtheory on June 4, 2012 | 26 comments
22. Dropbox founder talks about the company's early days (stanford.edu)
107 points by boopsie on June 4, 2012 | 12 comments
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
24. Getting shares back from my co-founders (ecquire.com)
100 points by talsraviv on June 4, 2012 | 59 comments
25. Anders Hejlsberg: You Can't Maintain Large Programs in JavaScript. (dzone.com)
96 points by tszming on June 4, 2012 | 166 comments
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
27. Show HN: Joosy, the rails-tied browser app framework (borisstaal.com)
91 points by inossidabile on June 4, 2012 | 35 comments
28. Hackathon No More (chengsoon.com)
85 points by cheeaun on June 4, 2012 | 31 comments
29. Instapaper Finally Makes Its Android Debut, And It’s Almost Amazing (techcrunch.com)
82 points by speg on June 4, 2012 | 47 comments
30. Entrepreneurship for the 99% (steveblank.com)
81 points by ridruejo on June 4, 2012 | 54 comments

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