HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

16981.

Stanford engineers stop soap bubbles from swirling (news.stanford.edu)

67 points by CapitalistCartr on Sep 15, 2016 | 8 comments

16982.

When Science Fiction Becomes Real: Octavia E. Butler's Legacy (daily.jstor.org)

67 points by Hooke on Oct 3, 2016 | 8 comments

16983.

Analyzing 50k fonts using deep neural networks (erikbern.com)

67 points by ______ on Jan 21, 2016 | 5 comments

16984.

Fun with solving puzzles (and dragons): Thoughts after 500 days of PAD (cory.li)

67 points by Cixelyn on Mar 26, 2016 | 5 comments

16985.

Under the Hood of .NET Memory Management (2011) [pdf] (download.red-gate.com)

67 points by vikas0380 on Jul 24, 2016 | 5 comments

16986.

Scaling Synchronization in Multicore Programs (queue.acm.org)

67 points by xwvvvvwx on Sep 11, 2016 | 4 comments

16987.

A whole new GitHub Universe: announcing new tools, forums, and features (github.com)

67 points by dewski on Sep 14, 2016 | 4 comments

16988.

Practical Reverse Engineering Part 2 – Scouting the Firmware (jcjc-dev.com)

67 points by paulw0 on May 1, 2016 | 3 comments

16989.

A Comprehensive Guide to Font Loading Strategies (zachleat.com)

67 points by micaeloliveira on Jul 17, 2016 | 2 comments

16990.

Backpropagation explicitly showing all the calculations for a full sized network [pdf] (web.archive.org)

67 points by mkagenius on Jun 12, 2016 | 1 comments

16991.

Classical Simulation of Quantum Systems? (physics.aps.org)

67 points by jonbaer on Jun 21, 2016 | 1 comments

16992.

Leonard Cohen on Poetry, Music and Why He Left the Zen Monastery (npr.org)

67 points by benbreen on Nov 11, 2016 | 1 comments

16993.

Ars Technica founder on the AR-15 (medium.com)

66 points by ISL on Jun 15, 2016 | 202 comments

16994.

Millennials Don't Care About Owning Cars, and Car Makers Can't Figure Out Why (fastcoexist.com)

66 points by amelius on Sep 13, 2016 | 184 comments

16995.

The Brexit hangover has left UK startups drained – Are the brains next? (techcrunch.com)

66 points by ognevvv on Jul 9, 2016 | 167 comments

16996.

How Hyperloop One Went Off the Rails (bloomberg.com)

66 points by acdanger on Aug 15, 2016 | 121 comments

16997.

SpareOne: Emergency mobile phone powered by AA batteries (spareone.com)

66 points by skbohra123 on May 15, 2016 | 110 comments

16998.

San Francisco Torn as Some See “Street Behavior” Worsen (nytimes.com)

66 points by whack on Apr 25, 2016 | 107 comments

16999.

Asus to surpass Apple in notebook sales: TrendForce (taipeitimes.com)

66 points by yuhong on Nov 1, 2016 | 105 comments

17000.

Chernobyl’s Hot Mess, “the Elephant’s Foot”, Is Still Lethal (2013) (nautil.us)

66 points by bryanwbh on Dec 5, 2016 | 96 comments

17001.

Self-Driving Tesla Was Involved in Fatal Crash, U.S. Says (nytimes.com)

66 points by reuven on Jul 1, 2016 | 92 comments

17002.

UC Berkeley student questioned, refused service after speaking Arabic on flight (dailycal.org)

66 points by raju on Apr 17, 2016 | 90 comments

17003.

Ask HN: How have you left Google's services?

66 points by dhruvkar on Aug 16, 2016 | 89 comments

17004.

The Uber Model, It Turns Out, Doesn’t Translate (nytimes.com)

66 points by blatherard on Mar 23, 2016 | 86 comments

17005.

Daily Mail owner considering Yahoo bid (bbc.com)

66 points by terryauerbach on Apr 11, 2016 | 86 comments

17006.

The Insecurity of OpenBSD (2010) (allthatiswrong.wordpress.com)

66 points by rev on Nov 29, 2016 | 84 comments

17007.

French court fines Uber, execs for illegal taxi service (reuters.com)

66 points by flexie on Jun 9, 2016 | 82 comments

17008.

The Incompatible Food Triad (atlasobscura.com)

66 points by samclemens on Dec 16, 2016 | 78 comments

17009.

Founder of Liberty Reserve Pleads Guilty to Laundering More Than $250M (justice.gov)

66 points by us0r on Jan 31, 2016 | 76 comments

17010.

Google Fired Me (medium.com)

66 points by tossayo on Jan 4, 2016 | 75 comments