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1. A file that's both an acceptable HTML page and a JPEG (view source on it) (coredump.cx)
536 points by mcfunley on July 6, 2012 | 128 comments
2. Show HN: fontBomb - Stylishly destroy the web (ilex.ca)
489 points by plehoux on July 6, 2012 | 85 comments
3. Illegal Engineering (timhunkin.com)
232 points by bowyakka on July 6, 2012 | 49 comments
4. How tiny wasps cope with being smaller than amoebas (discovermagazine.com)
234 points by mike_esspe on July 6, 2012 | 69 comments
5. Everybody Hates Firefox Updates (evilbrainjono.net)
227 points by krakensden on July 6, 2012 | 196 comments
6. Introducing BitTorrent Torque (bittorrent.com)
217 points by Empro on July 6, 2012 | 34 comments
7. Preparing Yourself for Modern JavaScript Development (codethinked.com)
206 points by Tenhundfeld on July 6, 2012 | 71 comments
8. Machine Learning Video Library - Learning From Data (Abu-Mostafa) (caltech.edu)
193 points by mikhael on July 6, 2012 | 23 comments
9. So, That’s It For Thunderbird (techcrunch.com)
192 points by hornokplease on July 6, 2012 | 190 comments
10. If You Don't Prioritize Your Life, Someone Else Will (hbr.org)
191 points by trevin on July 6, 2012 | 59 comments
11. Being a Software Architect (coderwall.com)
168 points by bitsweet on July 6, 2012 | 108 comments
12. The Pal-V flying car (pal-v.com)
164 points by pawelwentpawel on July 6, 2012 | 66 comments
13. Why Showing Your Face at Work Matters (sloanreview.mit.edu)
161 points by dougbright on July 6, 2012 | 93 comments
14. Bootstrap Tour: Quick and easy way to build your product tours (pushly.github.com)
144 points by drewda on July 6, 2012 | 23 comments
15. At ‘Hacker Hostels,’ Living on the Cheap and Dreaming of Digital Glory (nytimes.com)
141 points by gshakir on July 6, 2012 | 111 comments
16. A large, bloated JS framework with an unintuitive syntax and very few features (github.com/facebook)
141 points by gbog on July 6, 2012 | 68 comments
17. Openworm: c.elegans worm simulation (code.google.com)
136 points by mike_esspe on July 6, 2012 | 14 comments
18. Show HN: 51,000 6 character domains (coreyballou.com)
128 points by jqueryin on July 6, 2012 | 64 comments
19. This Startup Could Literally Change The Way The Entire App Industry Works (yahoo.com)
126 points by tikhon on July 6, 2012 | 40 comments
20. Show HN: I am bored of pixel art so I'm making my video game with wool. (ohmy.me)
126 points by kenamarit on July 6, 2012 | 15 comments
21. Apple’s fix for corrupt binaries (marco.org)
117 points by shawndumas on July 6, 2012 | 37 comments
22. Lessons Netflix Learned from the AWS Storm (netflix.com)
115 points by justinsb on July 6, 2012 | 49 comments
23. Advanced Flask Patterns (speakerdeck.com)
115 points by kracekumar on July 6, 2012 | 26 comments
24. Internet Access Is a Human Right, Says United Nations (mashable.com)
110 points by taylorbuley on July 6, 2012 | 76 comments
25. 'Unprecedented' discovery could propel quantum computers to reality (thebunsenburner.com)
106 points by pairing on July 6, 2012 | 50 comments
26. Armchair scientists (pilif.github.com)
105 points by pilif on July 6, 2012 | 41 comments
27. Neural Network library in JavaScript (github.com/harthur)
88 points by DrinkWater on July 6, 2012 | 3 comments
28. R for the Enterprise (oracle.com)
84 points by stunr69 on July 6, 2012 | 18 comments
29. The True Problem With PHP (ircmaxell.com)
85 points by ircmaxell on July 6, 2012 | 124 comments
30. How We Built A Data Center With Commodity Hardware And FOSS (searchenabler.com)
83 points by khadim on July 6, 2012 | 44 comments

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