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1. Getting Users For Your New Startup (pud.com)
286 points by pud on May 6, 2011 | 59 comments
2. Apple not providing LGPL webkit source code for latest iOS 4.3.x (gnumonks.org)
274 points by gnufs on May 6, 2011 | 112 comments
3. The author of Nginx on why V8 is not suitable for web servers (translate.google.com)
274 points by hanszeir on May 6, 2011 | 70 comments
4. Stolen Camera Finder (stolencamerafinder.com)
234 points by obtino on May 6, 2011 | 70 comments
5. Mozilla tells DHS: we won't help you censor the Internet (boingboing.net)
233 points by miraj on May 6, 2011 | 41 comments
6. How fast is the Internet at Google? Mind blowing. (thenextweb.com)
186 points by dannyr on May 6, 2011 | 99 comments
7. New iPhone app identifies trees from photos of their leaves (leafsnap.com)
180 points by gmac on May 6, 2011 | 51 comments
8. 56% of Americans have Internet data caps; FCC asked to investigate (arstechnica.com)
149 points by amnigos on May 6, 2011 | 72 comments
9. This Could be Big: Decentralized Web Standard Under Development by W3C (readwriteweb.com)
136 points by kerben on May 6, 2011 | 75 comments
10. Machine Learning: A Love Story (hilarymason.com)
124 points by ColinWright on May 6, 2011 | 5 comments
11. Skype bug gives attackers root access to Mac OS X (theregister.co.uk)
123 points by jlangenauer on May 6, 2011 | 65 comments
12. What To Do When Your Web Application Goes Viral (dlo.me)
115 points by theli0nheart on May 6, 2011 | 18 comments
13. KGPU — Accelerating Linux Kernel Functions with CUDA (code.google.com)
97 points by Tsiolkovsky on May 6, 2011 | 34 comments
14. What Does Having the #6 App in a Mac App Store Category Get You? $15.42 (hanchorllc.com)
95 points by Osiris on May 6, 2011 | 38 comments
15. Open Education Resources (kqed.org)
94 points by nprincigalli on May 6, 2011 | 21 comments
16. The Parser that Cracked the MediaWiki Code (dirkriehle.com)
92 points by rams on May 6, 2011 | 31 comments
17. Visual Website Optimizer featured in India's national newspaper (timesofindia.com)
88 points by sushi on May 6, 2011 | 21 comments
18. Show HN: My embeddable C/C++ webserver (github.com/udp)
84 points by udp on May 6, 2011 | 44 comments
19. Ask HN: TED like sites/videos?
77 points by vijayr on May 6, 2011 | 31 comments
20. Waterbear - a visual language for Javacript (waterbearlang.com)
75 points by toni on May 6, 2011 | 22 comments
21. Leaked “ACTA” Lobby Letter Reveals Hollywood Pressure On EU (torrentfreak.com)
72 points by ssclafani on May 6, 2011 | 1 comment
22. Mini-Django: Single file django project for instant gratification. (readevalprint.github.com)
72 points by coconutrandom on May 6, 2011 | 4 comments
23. Writing Maintainable JavaScript (msdn.com)
68 points by rmurphey3 on May 6, 2011 | 19 comments
24. Investors Cough Up $1.6 Million To Dine With Grubwithus (techcrunch.com)
68 points by jkopelman on May 6, 2011 | 16 comments
25. AIM AV (aim.com)
67 points by kirtan on May 6, 2011 | 33 comments
26. Exception Safety, Garbage Collection etc. (a.k.a. Why Does Java Suck So Bad?) (slideshare.net)
66 points by eplawless on May 6, 2011 | 68 comments
27. Django Canvas (djangocanvas.com)
62 points by superchink on May 6, 2011 | 14 comments
28. Remind HN: Google Code Jam 2011 Starts Today (code.google.com)
58 points by yuvadam on May 6, 2011 | 2 comments
29. Meet DOCSIS: the unsung hero of high-speed cable Internet access (arstechnica.com)
58 points by vkdelta on May 6, 2011 | 11 comments
30. Help Ron Conway Abolish Stock Option Taxes in SF
56 points by throwawayact on May 6, 2011 | 42 comments

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