HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

721.

Brazil has the power to save the Amazon rainforest, or destroy it (economist.com)

165 points by vincvinc on Aug 4, 2019 | 137 comments

722.

The body is the missing link for truly intelligent machines (2017) (aeon.co)

165 points by new_guy on Aug 22, 2019 | 112 comments

723.

U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act (nytimes.com)

165 points by Osiris30 on Aug 13, 2019 | 99 comments

724.

Nutrient deficiencies in rice grown under higher carbon dioxide (phys.org)

165 points by pizza on Aug 5, 2019 | 93 comments

725.

Ransomware-ing a DSLR Camera (research.checkpoint.com)

165 points by Kye on Aug 12, 2019 | 32 comments

726.

US Appeals Court Voids Google Cookie Privacy Settlement That Paid Users Nothing (reuters.com)

165 points by infodocket on Aug 6, 2019 | 22 comments

727.

Why Is Joe Rogan So Popular? (theatlantic.com)

164 points by paulpauper on Aug 21, 2019 | 246 comments

728.

The Browser Monopoly (blairreeves.me)

164 points by ntang on Aug 21, 2019 | 191 comments

729.

‘Just four dudes’: Inside EasyList, a community-run ad-blocking list (digiday.com)

164 points by ilamont on Aug 2, 2019 | 143 comments

730.

Electric motor design claims remarkable improvements (newatlas.com)

164 points by bmh on Aug 10, 2019 | 139 comments

731.

The Human Brain Can Create Structures in Up to 11 Dimensions (sciencealert.com)

164 points by respinal on Aug 31, 2019 | 122 comments

732.

Germany in Uproar as Negative Rates Threaten Saving Obsession (bloomberg.com)

163 points by adventured on Aug 25, 2019 | 376 comments

733.

Hong Kong Airport shuts down as protesters take over (news.rthk.hk)

163 points by improvehk on Aug 12, 2019 | 163 comments

734.

N.Y.P.D. Adds Children as Young as 11 to Facial Recognition Database (nytimes.com)

163 points by samfriedman on Aug 1, 2019 | 104 comments

735.

No Son of Mine Is Going to Be a Benthamite (mcsweeneys.net)

163 points by smacktoward on Aug 19, 2019 | 78 comments

736.

We Created a Planning Diary Making $160K in 6 Months (starterstory.com)

163 points by patwalls on Aug 22, 2019 | 59 comments

737.

Google OAuth Is Failing with 500 Error Code (status.cloud.google.com)

163 points by adige01can on Aug 19, 2019 | 54 comments

738.

Living Off the Land in Linux (gtfobins.github.io)

163 points by DyslexicAtheist on Aug 8, 2019 | 35 comments

739.

Extended Validation Certificates Are Really Dead (troyhunt.com)

162 points by dyates on Aug 12, 2019 | 149 comments

740.

China warns India of 'reverse sanctions' if Huawei is blocked (reuters.com)

162 points by cik on Aug 6, 2019 | 137 comments

741.

O Oberlin, My Oberlin (commentarymagazine.com)

162 points by jseliger on Aug 16, 2019 | 58 comments

742.

Court Rules That “Patent Troll” Is Opinion, Not Defamation (eff.org)

162 points by glitcher on Aug 20, 2019 | 41 comments

743.

The Mobility Trap: Why We'll Never Fix Congestion by Speeding Up Traffic (strongtowns.org)

161 points by oftenwrong on Aug 29, 2019 | 240 comments

744.

If you must run Windows 10 (tinyapps.org)

161 points by _o-O-o_ on Aug 27, 2019 | 205 comments

745.

Startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 2 (techcrunch.com)

161 points by denisvlr on Aug 21, 2019 | 158 comments

746.

Interslavic Language (steen.free.fr)

161 points by platform on Aug 18, 2019 | 137 comments

747.

Food is free if you know where to look (fallingfruit.org)

161 points by eldfgl on Aug 9, 2019 | 91 comments

748.

Credit Karma glitch exposed users to other people’s accounts (techcrunch.com)

161 points by pseudolus on Aug 14, 2019 | 86 comments

749.

Static Type Checking in Common Lisp (medium.com)

161 points by mr_tyzic on Aug 24, 2019 | 64 comments

750.

Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is buying promoted tweets (techcrunch.com)

161 points by noarchy on Aug 19, 2019 | 46 comments