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511.

GNU Octave 4.0 released with a new GUI (gnu.org)

131 points by jordigh on May 30, 2015 | 32 comments

512.

Benchmarking JS (mrale.ph)

131 points by luu on May 12, 2015 | 31 comments

513.

Vibrant.js: Extract prominent colors from an image (jariz.github.io)

131 points by alexcasalboni on May 26, 2015 | 21 comments

514.

The compiler flag that time forgot (mistys-internet.website)

130 points by sp332 on May 4, 2015 | 84 comments

515.

The Town That Creep Built (bldgblog.blogspot.com)

130 points by ascertain on May 7, 2015 | 31 comments

516.

Silicon Valley hiring is not a meritocracy (2013) (blog.alinelerner.com)

129 points by forloop on May 15, 2015 | 90 comments

517.

New C++ experimental feature: The tadpole operators (blogs.msdn.com)

129 points by ingve on May 25, 2015 | 62 comments

518.

Jeri Ellsworth, self-taught engineer, talks about her career (2011) [video] (youtube.com)

129 points by jacquesm on May 20, 2015 | 24 comments

519.

I quit working full-time years ago–here’s why I recommend it highly (qz.com)

128 points by prostoalex on May 21, 2015 | 184 comments

520.

Let Oracle own API's, Justice Dept tells top court in surprise filing (fortune.com)

128 points by bcn on May 27, 2015 | 128 comments

521.

A400M Airbus Flier crashed because of software issues (translate.google.com)

128 points by ExpiredLink on May 19, 2015 | 122 comments

522.

ES6 in Depth: Destructuring (hacks.mozilla.org)

128 points by mnemonik on May 28, 2015 | 96 comments

523.

My first job burnout (niki.zone)

128 points by szines on May 26, 2015 | 90 comments

524.

Group Currency (groupcurrency.org)

128 points by raldu on May 6, 2015 | 69 comments

525.

Deep Learning – Review by LeCun, Bengio, and Hinton (nature.com)

128 points by chriskanan on May 27, 2015 | 44 comments

526.

AEADs: getting better at symmetric cryptography (imperialviolet.org)

128 points by dochtman on May 17, 2015 | 11 comments

527.

Why Do We Play Video Games That Feel Like Work? (motherboard.vice.com)

127 points by DiabloD3 on May 5, 2015 | 98 comments

528.

Teen invents a system to keep germs from spreading on airplanes (washingtonpost.com)

127 points by beyti on May 19, 2015 | 96 comments

529.

The Roland TR-808: the drum machine that revolutionised music (theguardian.com)

127 points by mattdennewitz on May 12, 2015 | 66 comments

530.

Ccat – syntax highlighting cat (github.com)

127 points by jingweno on May 6, 2015 | 45 comments

531.

“Information asymmetry” cuts both ways (yosefk.com)

127 points by luu on May 5, 2015 | 44 comments

532.

Optimizing Python – A Case Study (airpair.com)

127 points by dpmehta02 on May 28, 2015 | 43 comments

533.

Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin, usr/sbin Split [pdf] (landley.net)

127 points by Somasis on May 15, 2015 | 25 comments

534.

Coinado – Cloud torrenting for command line fans (coinado.io)

127 points by FiloSottile on May 19, 2015 | 24 comments

535.

Show HN: Multiplayer NES Server in 77 Lines of Go (github.com)

127 points by ola on May 27, 2015 | 19 comments

536.

After 100 Years, Ramanujan Gap Filled (2013) (blog.wolfram.com)

127 points by bladecatcher on May 13, 2015 | 7 comments

537.

In Mathematics, Mistakes Aren’t What They Used to Be (nautil.us)

126 points by tosh on May 9, 2015 | 53 comments

538.

The Joy of Slow Computing (newrepublic.com)

126 points by xj9 on May 20, 2015 | 48 comments

539.

Spy agencies target mobile phones, app stores to implant spyware (cbc.ca)

126 points by etimberg on May 21, 2015 | 46 comments

540.

Chat Wars: Microsoft vs. AOL (2014) (nplusonemag.com)

126 points by ingve on May 10, 2015 | 30 comments