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31. Backbone.offline allows your Backbone.js app to work offline with localStorage (github.com/ask11)
55 points by Ask11 on May 6, 2012 | 6 comments
32. One major difference - ZeroMQ and Erlang. (jlouisramblings.blogspot.in)
54 points by saurabh on May 6, 2012 | 19 comments
33. BrowserID: Logging in with BrowserID, Passport and NodeJS (koostudios.com)
51 points by jaredhanson on May 6, 2012 | 7 comments
34. Show HN: Weekend Project - SlideWriter for iPad (mtholking.tumblr.com)
50 points by mtholking on May 6, 2012 | 22 comments
35. Leave only footprints: how Google's ethical ignorance gets it in trouble (arstechnica.com)
43 points by protomyth on May 6, 2012 | 22 comments
36. The genesis of the perfect programming language (slidetocode.com)
41 points by steeleduncan on May 6, 2012 | 44 comments
37. The Physics of Spilled Coffee (news.sciencemag.org)
41 points by sindhiparsani on May 6, 2012 | 12 comments
38. Gist to add CoffeeScript friendly argument order to Underscore.js (gist.github.com)
33 points by jimtla on May 6, 2012 | 11 comments
39. Risk Based Student Loans by Michael Simkovic (ssrn.com)
31 points by protomyth on May 6, 2012 | 30 comments
40. Pair vs. Pair: Pair The App Is Being Sued By Pair Networks, The Hosting Company (techcrunch.com)
30 points by dwynings on May 6, 2012 | 19 comments
41. Why Big Game Publishers Make Sucky Apps (Hint: It’s You) (wired.com)
29 points by paulschlacter on May 6, 2012 | 16 comments
42. Ask HN: Experienced programmer, beginner to iOS (objective-C). Where to begin?
29 points by architgupta on May 6, 2012 | 34 comments
43. Textastic - Syntax Highlighting - FTP, SFTP, Dropbox - for iPad (textasticapp.com)
29 points by tambourine_man on May 6, 2012 | 13 comments
44. Hubble to use moon as mirror to see Venus transit (sciencedaily.com)
27 points by wglb on May 6, 2012 | 9 comments
45. The Ph.D. Now Comes With Food Stamps (chronicle.com)
23 points by mikecane on May 6, 2012 | 53 comments
46. Split Testing May Cause Google to Accidentally Think You’ve Been Compromised (webdesigncompany.net)
23 points by melvinram on May 6, 2012 | 23 comments
47. Six Myths About Ray Tracing (theorangeduck.com)
20 points by orangeduck on May 6, 2012 | 19 comments
48. Scala books being published at quite a rate (capecoder.wordpress.com)
20 points by rabbitfang on May 6, 2012 | 6 comments
49. The depressing reality of your startup failing (spotbloq.blogspot.de)
19 points by ComNik on May 6, 2012 | 31 comments
50. Streamlining U.S. currency (marco.org)
18 points by stock_toaster on May 6, 2012 | 22 comments
51. Microsoft has $60b in cash while Nokia's market cap is just $12b (reuters.com)
17 points by quadrahelix on May 6, 2012 | 24 comments
52. Entrepreneurs' New Nightmare: The Invasion Of The Startup Snatchers (huffingtonpost.com)
14 points by dwynings on May 6, 2012 | 10 comments
53. Xperf Wait Analysis–Finding Idle Time (altdevblogaday.com)
13 points by jeffreyfox on May 6, 2012 | 1 comment
54. The frequent fliers who flew too much (latimes.com)
12 points by nikunjk on May 6, 2012 | 2 comments
55. JQuery API site is down (jquery.com)
12 points by tambourine_man on May 6, 2012 | 9 comments
56. Startups and advertising (techcrunch.com)
12 points by canatan01 on May 6, 2012
57. BitTorrent Everything?
12 points by engxover on May 6, 2012 | 9 comments
58. JSON versus PLIST, the Ultimate Showdown (cocoanetics.com)
11 points by pooriaazimi on May 6, 2012 | 5 comments
59. Google Penguin Creates Mass Unemployment in India (affiliatetemple.com)
11 points by progga on May 6, 2012 | 10 comments
60. Show HN: FB hackathon HTML5 photo app, demoing in 2 hours (picpl.us)
12 points by progolferyo on May 6, 2012 | 11 comments

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