HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

15451.

Destruction of large numbers of jobs by robots unlikely, says new OECD Study (robotenomics.com)

75 points by Robotenomics on May 19, 2016 | 114 comments

15452.

“Smartphone” is the wrong name (loup-vaillant.fr)

75 points by loup-vaillant on Feb 22, 2016 | 112 comments

15453.

Fancy Dorms Aren’t the Main Reason Tuition Is Skyrocketing (fivethirtyeight.com)

75 points by curtis on Sep 14, 2016 | 112 comments

15454.

Content is dead (veekaybee.github.io)

75 points by vkb on Apr 7, 2016 | 109 comments

15455.

Trent Reznor says YouTube is “built on the backs of free, stolen content” (factmag.com)

75 points by dismal2 on Jun 15, 2016 | 103 comments

15456.

The stuff we need is getting more expensive, other stuff is getting cheaper (washingtonpost.com)

75 points by jseliger on Aug 19, 2016 | 102 comments

15457.

The American Economy Is in a Funk, But Not for the Reasons We Think (freakonomics.com)

75 points by Teckla on Mar 20, 2016 | 99 comments

15458.

New research suggests that social mobility in America may be more limited (washingtonpost.com)

75 points by mondaine on Oct 8, 2016 | 92 comments

15459.

Portable systemd services (lwn.net)

75 points by cheiVia0 on Nov 17, 2016 | 89 comments

15460.

Why Are New York City’s Streets Always Under Construction? (nytimes.com)

75 points by dankohn1 on Aug 18, 2016 | 88 comments

15461.

Liberal, Moderate or Conservative? See How Facebook Labels You (nytimes.com)

75 points by eplanit on Aug 24, 2016 | 87 comments

15462.

Doctors issue warning about effects of LED streetlights on health (theconversation.com)

75 points by cauterized on Jun 28, 2016 | 86 comments

15463.

The way ahead (economist.com)

75 points by blahi on Oct 6, 2016 | 85 comments

15464.

A federal carbon tax is imminent in the USA, and Exxon is pushing it (electrek.co)

75 points by acusticthoughts on Aug 29, 2016 | 84 comments

15465.

Liquid assets: how the business of bottled water went mad (theguardian.com)

75 points by thoughtfox on Oct 7, 2016 | 83 comments

15466.

Could Cats and Dogs Feel the Same Emotions We Do? (nautil.us)

75 points by dnetesn on Apr 29, 2016 | 79 comments

15467.

Global Markets, Initially Shaken, Edge Higher After Trump Victory (nytimes.com)

75 points by samsolomon on Nov 9, 2016 | 77 comments

15468.

North Korea Sentences U.S. Student to 15 Years Hard Labor (bloomberg.com)

75 points by huac on Mar 16, 2016 | 75 comments

15469.

Ask HN: How do you manage you money?

75 points by ehudla on Jul 3, 2016 | 73 comments

15470.

Tower for Windows (git-tower.com)

75 points by speter on Oct 10, 2016 | 73 comments

15471.

The Tunguska Event (slate.com)

75 points by bootload on Feb 23, 2016 | 71 comments

15472.

Are PhD Students Irrational? (lareviewofbooks.org)

75 points by jseliger on Aug 30, 2016 | 71 comments

15473.

Saving Canada's only desert (dw.com)

75 points by nkurz on Aug 14, 2016 | 69 comments

15474.

Shadows and Blur Effects in Modern UI Design (blogs.adobe.com)

75 points by babich on Nov 16, 2016 | 66 comments

15475.

Mozilla Firefox Add-On Signing Update (blog.mozilla.org)

75 points by e15ctr0n on Jan 23, 2016 | 65 comments

15476.

San Francisco tech worker: 'I don't want to see homeless riff-raff' (theguardian.com)

75 points by frostmatthew on Feb 18, 2016 | 65 comments

15477.

Pilot test of storing carbon dioxide in rocks (arstechnica.com)

75 points by jseliger on Jun 9, 2016 | 63 comments

15478.

Ask HN: Experience vs. Education?

75 points by gmemstr on Nov 2, 2016 | 63 comments

15479.

Leaving CMU (blog.smola.org)

75 points by taylorbuley on Jun 16, 2016 | 62 comments

15480.

Don't Blame a 'Skills Gap' for Lack of Hiring in Manufacturing (fivethirtyeight.com)

75 points by _delirium on Sep 8, 2016 | 62 comments