HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

2011.

The Utility of Mathematics (catb.org)

60 points by random_coder on Jul 19, 2021 | 16 comments

2012.

Hack NFL data using Postgres (and maybe win your fantasy draft) (blog.timescale.com)

60 points by CoolAssPuppy on Jul 27, 2021 | 16 comments

2013.

The Law of Net Design Costs (software.rajivprab.com)

60 points by whack on Jul 11, 2021 | 12 comments

2014.

Text2Code: Converts English queries into Python code (github.com)

60 points by jernejzen on Jul 27, 2021 | 10 comments

2015.

KeyCastr – Open-source keystroke visualizer (github.com)

60 points by escot on Jul 28, 2021 | 10 comments

2016.

Video of German sysadmins learning they've been pwned by the NSA (2014) (vimeo.com)

60 points by theden on Jul 14, 2021 | 9 comments

2017.

Two Japanese Jabberwocky Poems (2017) (j-entranslations.com)

60 points by riboflavin on Jul 22, 2021 | 9 comments

2018.

Old pattern powering modern tech (softwarebits.substack.com)

60 points by SerCe on Jul 18, 2021 | 1 comments

2019.

Pfizer says 2021 Covid-19 vaccine sales to top $33.5 bln, sees need for boosters (reuters.com)

59 points by seriousquestion on Jul 28, 2021 | 180 comments

2020.

Minimum wage workers can't afford rent anywhere in America (cnn.com)

59 points by kareemm on Jul 16, 2021 | 111 comments

2021.

C++ Is the New Python (efinancialcareers.com)

59 points by okareaman on Jul 14, 2021 | 87 comments

2022.

Pfizer backs down over ‘unreasonable’ terms in South Africa vaccine deal (mg.co.za)

59 points by walterbell on Jul 29, 2021 | 64 comments

2023.

Why writing software is not like engineering (2008) (cs.usfca.edu)

59 points by headalgorithm on Jul 8, 2021 | 59 comments

2024.

How to split a string into an array in Bash? (2012) (stackoverflow.com)

59 points by tetris11 on Jul 28, 2021 | 50 comments

2025.

Reconsidering the way I explain programming (2020) (blog.frantic.im)

59 points by _7ffc on Jul 27, 2021 | 47 comments

2026.

GitHub confirmed using all public code for training copilot regardless license (cybre.space)

59 points by elashri on Jul 8, 2021 | 41 comments

2027.

The Amazon Rainforest Is Fast Approaching a Point of No Return in Brazil (bloomberg.com)

59 points by tambourine_man on Jul 29, 2021 | 40 comments

2028.

DNS Privacy Considerations (rfc-editor.org)

59 points by mooreds on Jul 30, 2021 | 32 comments

2029.

14,000 scientists warn of “untold suffering” if we fail to act on climate change (mic.com)

59 points by AnonC on Jul 29, 2021 | 30 comments

2030.

Tracing Uncovers Half-Truths in Slack’s CI Infrastructure (frankc.net)

59 points by frankchen on Jul 27, 2021 | 29 comments

2031.

MuseScore/Audacity employee theatening to destroy a Chinese developer's life (github.com)

59 points by marcan_42 on Jul 19, 2021 | 28 comments

2032.

Crypto Scammers Rip Off Billions as Pump-and-Dump Schemes Go Digital (bloomberg.com)

59 points by pseudolus on Jul 8, 2021 | 25 comments

2033.

Show HN: Pay It Forward – P2P Crowdfunding for African Entrepreneurs (zidisha.org)

59 points by jkurnia on Jul 15, 2021 | 21 comments

2034.

The Medici as Artists Saw Them (newyorker.com)

59 points by drdee on Jul 8, 2021 | 20 comments

2035.

Chisel/FIRRTL Hardware Compiler Framework (chisel-lang.org)

59 points by lnyan on Jul 5, 2021 | 16 comments

2036.

Fluvio: A programmable data platform (infinyon.com)

59 points by lukastyrychtr on Jul 9, 2021 | 15 comments

2037.

How we built EGo (blog.edgeless.systems)

59 points by m1ghtym0 on Jul 21, 2021 | 9 comments

2038.

California’s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by legislature (arstechnica.com)

59 points by LinuxBender on Jul 16, 2021 | 7 comments

2039.

Bank of America using intelligence firms to attack WikiLeaks (2011) (computerworld.com)

59 points by ttctciyf on Jul 26, 2021 | 4 comments

2040.

The Array Cast: A podcast about the array programming languages (arraycast.com)

59 points by max_ on Jul 29, 2021 | 4 comments