HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

781.

The scientists hired by big oil who predicted the climate crisis long ago (theguardian.com)

168 points by xyst on Jul 2, 2021 | 135 comments

782.

Delta pilot sues the airline for allegedly stealing an app he designed (engadget.com)

168 points by rexreed on Jul 15, 2021 | 99 comments

783.

Columbo: an origin story (2018) (columbophile.com)

168 points by MaysonL on Jul 27, 2021 | 93 comments

784.

Can we survive technology? (1955) [pdf] (drive.google.com)

168 points by georgestrakhov on Jul 23, 2021 | 91 comments

785.

Birds are dying in the United States and no one knows why (dw.com)

168 points by tchalla on Jul 8, 2021 | 67 comments

786.

Why geothermal isn't ubiquitous and how it might get that way (austinvernon.eth.link)

167 points by Osiris30 on Jul 8, 2021 | 149 comments

787.

Enough is enough (nsogroup.com)

167 points by beermonster on Jul 21, 2021 | 125 comments

788.

Defender (1981) by Eugene Jarvis and Sam Dicker (github.com)

167 points by mwenge on Jul 12, 2021 | 78 comments

789.

What modern animals would look like if we drew them in the same way as dinosaurs (dailymail.co.uk)

167 points by andyxor on Jul 13, 2021 | 43 comments

790.

RustViz: Generates Visualizations of Rust Lifetime and Borrowing Mechanism (github.com)

167 points by belter on Jul 5, 2021 | 11 comments

791.

The Colorado River is shrinking (sciencemag.org)

166 points by SquibblesRedux on Jul 21, 2021 | 251 comments

792.

Sundar Pichai warns of threats to internet freedom (bbc.com)

166 points by ptrkmhms on Jul 12, 2021 | 227 comments

793.

Using government guidelines to police content: state censorship? (taibbi.substack.com)

166 points by curmudgeon22 on Jul 3, 2021 | 127 comments

794.

Ask HN: Introduction to Analog Synthesizers (Simulation OK)

166 points by brudgers on Jul 13, 2021 | 122 comments

795.

Oracle loses bid to upend HP’s $3B win (reuters.com)

166 points by wil421 on Jul 30, 2021 | 115 comments

796.

Former eBay employee gets 18 months in prison for cyberstalking campaign (reuters.com)

166 points by tomcam on Jul 27, 2021 | 77 comments

797.

I just learned I only have months to live. This is what I want to say (bostonglobe.com)

166 points by pineconebutt on Jul 21, 2021 | 55 comments

798.

Steven Weinberg has died (twitter.com)

166 points by zrkrlc on Jul 24, 2021 | 22 comments

799.

First Look: macOS Monterey Public Beta (sixcolors.com)

165 points by todsacerdoti on Jul 2, 2021 | 274 comments

800.

Electric aircraft set to take flight by 2026 under new agreements (hub.united.com)

165 points by fdalvi on Jul 14, 2021 | 217 comments

801.

It’s not a self-driving car unless you can sleep in it (groundtruthautonomy.com)

165 points by CRConrad on Jul 27, 2021 | 194 comments

802.

Hong Kong crowd booing China's anthem sparks police probe (bbc.com)

165 points by beervirus on Jul 30, 2021 | 137 comments

803.

AI Explorables: big ideas in machine learning, simply explained (pair.withgoogle.com)

165 points by smitop on Jul 5, 2021 | 72 comments

804.

GPU Architecture Types Explained (rastergrid.com)

165 points by asicsp on Jul 20, 2021 | 44 comments

805.

Show HN: Streaming Raspberry Pi games to a Game Boy Advance (github.com)

165 points by rodri042 on Jul 12, 2021 | 18 comments

806.

Must-read psychology books (durmonski.com)

164 points by durmonski on Jul 12, 2021 | 136 comments

807.

OpenAI disbands its robotics research team (venturebeat.com)

164 points by morty_s on Jul 16, 2021 | 119 comments

808.

Most URLs are syntactically valid JavaScript code (george.mand.is)

164 points by adius on Jul 22, 2021 | 74 comments

809.

Update: SaveVideo is Back (reddit.com)

164 points by skunkworker on Jul 14, 2021 | 55 comments

810.

Slate – A completely customizable framework for building rich text editors (github.com)

164 points by corentin88 on Jul 29, 2021 | 49 comments