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1. Bug 698544 – Background configuration is missing in terminal profile editor (gnome.org)
344 points by Signez on May 11, 2013 | 304 comments
2. A note to myself
305 points by clubhi on May 11, 2013 | 84 comments
3. How zsh is more useful than bash (slideshare.net)
234 points by siamore on May 11, 2013 | 147 comments
4. Bezier Curves and Picasso (jeremykun.com)
205 points by SanderMak on May 11, 2013 | 17 comments
5. How to be more productive (aaronsw.com)
190 points by rhapsodyv on May 11, 2013 | 47 comments
6. Ask HN: Google workers, sister is visiting S.J. Can she tour the Googleplex?
189 points by fumar on May 11, 2013 | 37 comments
7. Social Roulette has a 1 in 6 chance of deleting your account (socialroulette.net)
187 points by muratmutlu on May 11, 2013 | 145 comments
8. CSS Architecture (appfolio.com)
184 points by twog on May 11, 2013 | 53 comments
9. Python's sad, unimaginative Enum (acooke.org)
166 points by andrewcooke on May 11, 2013 | 101 comments
10. 'The IT Crowd' to return for finale special (ew.com)
156 points by janpio on May 11, 2013 | 61 comments
11. Tesla: a little bit Apple, a little bit Google, and about to be huge (slate.com)
156 points by eplanit on May 11, 2013 | 172 comments
12. Vim Adventures (vim-adventures.com)
140 points by DanielRibeiro on May 11, 2013 | 54 comments
13. True-color GIF with 32697 colors (ipal.org)
134 points by ssclafani on May 11, 2013 | 62 comments
14. How to Build a Building (sparkfun.com)
117 points by mwfj on May 11, 2013 | 7 comments
15. Beyond Unlocking: Don’t Let Them Kill the First Reasonable Copyright Reform Bill (wired.com)
113 points by sinak on May 11, 2013 | 9 comments
16. Sniffing tool for capturing WiFi location data disclosed by iOS devices (github.com/hubert3)
94 points by casca on May 11, 2013 | 21 comments
17. Sorry, Digital Ad Exec, I Probably Don’t Want To Work For You (typicalprogrammer.com)
86 points by gregjor on May 11, 2013 | 57 comments
18. Why are clients shocked by the price for web development?
78 points by rbsn on May 11, 2013 | 85 comments
19. The Next Pandemic: Not if, but When (nytimes.com)
75 points by tokenadult on May 11, 2013 | 40 comments
20. Modern media is often wrong, vapid, and easy to manipulate (thenextweb.com)
70 points by xssbitch on May 11, 2013 | 33 comments
21. VP9 Codec Nears Completion (webmproject.org)
71 points by bconway on May 11, 2013 | 27 comments
22. The Mystery of the Spotty Animated GIF (smerity.com)
65 points by ashleyblackmore on May 11, 2013 | 22 comments
23. Be cautious about using Chartio (or at least, don’t follow their directions) (codingkilledthecat.wordpress.com)
66 points by aiiane on May 11, 2013 | 34 comments
24. Developing database-driven web applications with Chicken Scheme (mathieu-desrochers.github.io)
64 points by ics on May 11, 2013 | 5 comments
25. GNU awk 4.1.0 (groups.google.com)
63 points by lelf on May 11, 2013 | 10 comments
26. Building HTML5 Apps with Yeoman and Backbone (rockyj.in)
59 points by rockyj on May 11, 2013 | 18 comments
27. ISS emergency spacewalk to repair ammonia leak [live video] (nasa.gov)
57 points by 6ren on May 11, 2013 | 13 comments
28. The Long Shadow of Bad Credit in a Job Search (nytimes.com)
56 points by Futurebot on May 11, 2013 | 89 comments
29. Elon Musk quits Zuckerberg's immigration advocacy group (reuters.com)
53 points by RougeFemme on May 11, 2013 | 61 comments
30. Distributed Personal Wiki (bugsplat.info)
54 points by zrail on May 11, 2013 | 42 comments

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