HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

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Dallas police lose 8TB of data, impacting criminal cases (theregister.com)

203 points by appleflaxen on Aug 17, 2021 | 76 comments

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Vulnerability in Bumble dating app reveals any user's exact location (robertheaton.com)

203 points by np32 on Aug 25, 2021 | 44 comments

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Bug in Lynx's SSL certificate validation – leaks password in clear text via SNI (openwall.com)

202 points by jwilk on Aug 7, 2021 | 65 comments

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AdObserver Blocked by Facebook (twitter.com)

202 points by vinnyglennon on Aug 4, 2021 | 46 comments

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Open-source intelligence challenges state monopolies on information (economist.com)

202 points by helsinkiandrew on Aug 7, 2021 | 32 comments

636.

Open Source Illustrations Kit (illlustrations.co)

202 points by damir on Aug 29, 2021 | 25 comments

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The mutation that helps Delta spread (nature.com)

201 points by pseudolus on Aug 20, 2021 | 611 comments

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For First Time, Half of Americans Favor Defending Taiwan If China Invades (thechicagocouncil.org)

201 points by jseliger on Aug 27, 2021 | 276 comments

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Hello Yarn 2, Goodbye node_modules (freddixx.medium.com)

201 points by jonas21 on Aug 9, 2021 | 154 comments

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Whoogle Search: A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine (github.com)

201 points by wsc981 on Aug 27, 2021 | 48 comments

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The Wendelstein 7-X concept proves its efficiency (ipp.mpg.de)

201 points by Tomte on Aug 17, 2021 | 39 comments

642.

Some Reasons to Measure (danluu.com)

201 points by cdwhite on Aug 27, 2021 | 17 comments

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Sweden must repay $1.6M in Bitcoin to convicted drug dealer (nypost.com)

200 points by djoldman on Aug 24, 2021 | 161 comments

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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ contaminate indoor air at worrying levels (theguardian.com)

200 points by hiddencache on Aug 31, 2021 | 144 comments

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Launch HN: Turion Space (YC S21) – Space debris removal and satellite servicing

200 points by rwesterdahl on Aug 4, 2021 | 111 comments

646.

Youtube-dl is possibly dead (old.reddit.com)

200 points by decrypt on Aug 24, 2021 | 99 comments

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2,400-year-old baskets still filled with fruit found in submerged Egyptian city (smithsonianmag.com)

200 points by diodorus on Aug 9, 2021 | 44 comments

648.

Xsolla fires 150 employees using analysis of chat and email activity (gameworldobserver.com)

199 points by roussanoff on Aug 5, 2021 | 150 comments

649.

Learning APL (xpqz.github.io)

199 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 6, 2021 | 102 comments

650.

Activision Blizzard Sued Over ‘Frat Boy’ Culture, Harassment (news.bloomberglaw.com)

199 points by bb88 on Aug 3, 2021 | 70 comments

651.

Tikz.net – Graphics with TikZ in LaTeX (tikz.net)

199 points by JohnHammersley on Aug 21, 2021 | 43 comments

652.

Show HN: Open-source A/B testing framework (github.com)

199 points by cheeseblubber on Aug 6, 2021 | 37 comments

653.

Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if they’re stolen (businessinsider.com)

198 points by nbernard on Aug 2, 2021 | 535 comments

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Photography technology has influenced what people consider a good picture (collectorsweekly.com)

198 points by prismatic on Aug 30, 2021 | 176 comments

655.

Guide to cognitive biases (en.shortcogs.com)

198 points by sonnyp on Aug 13, 2021 | 98 comments

656.

Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs found on Google search (theregister.com)

198 points by BlackVanilla on Aug 12, 2021 | 90 comments

657.

Unity to acquire Parsec for $320M (investors.unity.com)

198 points by charlietran on Aug 10, 2021 | 88 comments

658.

Go 1.17 Release Notes (golang.org)

197 points by aofeisheng on Aug 16, 2021 | 218 comments

659.

Who Is Being Monitored? (tutanota.com)

197 points by upofadown on Aug 12, 2021 | 80 comments

660.

Apple call center workers fear AI-powered surveillance cameras in their homes (9to5mac.com)

197 points by heshiebee on Aug 11, 2021 | 67 comments