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1. Mathematicians find way to put 7 cylinders in contact without using their ends (sciencenews.org)
265 points by ColinWright on April 5, 2014 | 84 comments
2. Alan Kay at Demo: The Future Doesn't Have to Be Incremental (youtube.com)
249 points by corysama on April 5, 2014 | 83 comments
3. Why UPS Trucks Rarely Turn Left (priceonomics.com)
228 points by lelf on April 5, 2014 | 127 comments
4. Primer: Shaders (underscorediscovery.com)
189 points by hughsk on April 5, 2014 | 35 comments
5. Recreating the THX Deep Note (earslap.com)
173 points by nkurz on April 5, 2014 | 27 comments
6. Can I delete my Skype account? (skype.com)
178 points by Splendor on April 5, 2014 | 78 comments
7. Low-level is easy (yosefk.com)
166 points by luu on April 5, 2014 | 56 comments
8. Say “no” to import side‐effects in Python (chrismorgan.info)
148 points by chrismorgan on April 5, 2014 | 85 comments
9. [dupe] Ask HN Mods: Can you make submission URLs human-readable?
137 points by 3rd3 on April 5, 2014 | 71 comments
10. Taking Pictures with a DRAM Chip (translate.google.com)
130 points by sizzle on April 5, 2014 | 34 comments
11. 2048 implemented in 487 bytes of C (gist.github.com)
123 points by adamnemecek on April 5, 2014 | 45 comments
12. C# 6: First reactions (msmvps.com)
117 points by yulaow on April 5, 2014 | 65 comments
13. RegExr 2.0 (regexr.com)
106 points by _kushagra on April 5, 2014 | 43 comments
14. The SEO Dominance of RetailMeNot (priceonomics.com)
108 points by zbravo on April 5, 2014 | 47 comments
15. Functionally Solving Problems With Haskell (learnyouahaskell.com)
107 points by hawkharris on April 5, 2014 | 60 comments
16. Sony blocks Sintel on YouTube (blendernation.com)
96 points by Morgawr on April 5, 2014 | 48 comments
17. India Launches Its Second Navigation Satellite (space.com)
91 points by middleclick on April 5, 2014 | 15 comments
18. Technology’s Man Problem (nytimes.com)
87 points by metermaid on April 5, 2014 | 69 comments
19. Moving Remy in Harmony: Pixar's Use of Harmonic Functions (ams.org)
86 points by ot on April 5, 2014 | 8 comments
20. Opal: Ruby in Your Browser – the Basics (sitepoint.com)
81 points by bentanweihao on April 5, 2014 | 46 comments
21. Chrome is blocking wired.com (wired.com)
75 points by hammerbrostime on April 5, 2014 | 90 comments
22. Functional C (1997) (utwente.nl)
73 points by X4 on April 5, 2014 | 10 comments
23. Mathematics: Why the brain sees maths as beauty (bbc.com)
73 points by sytelus on April 5, 2014 | 45 comments
24. Ask HN: I am a good developer but have a serious gaming addiction
69 points by gameraddict on April 5, 2014 | 61 comments
25. America's Young Adults at 27: Results From a Longitudinal Survey Summary (bls.gov)
71 points by wallflower on April 5, 2014 | 49 comments
26. China's Search Vessel Picks up Pulse Signal in South Indian Ocean (cri.cn)
66 points by fla on April 5, 2014 | 68 comments
27. How we solved an infamous sliding bug (joostdevblog.blogspot.nl)
65 points by exch on April 5, 2014 | 22 comments
28. The Joys And Ethics Of Insect Eating (npr.org)
59 points by tellarin on April 5, 2014 | 69 comments
29. Pyro from Team Fortress 2 raytraced in your browser (jsfiddle.net)
55 points by bhouston on April 5, 2014 | 10 comments
30. Startup Uses Eggs to Poach Employees from Facebook, Google (freshtechapps.com)
55 points by kumarrahul on April 5, 2014 | 49 comments

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