HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

451.

The decline of computers as a general-purpose technology (2021) (cacm.acm.org)

242 points by yeesian on Oct 21, 2023 | 231 comments

452.

The fake browser update scam gets a makeover (krebsonsecurity.com)

242 points by feross on Oct 18, 2023 | 190 comments

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Multifault earthquake threat for Seattle region revealed by mass tree mortality (science.org)

242 points by bookofjoe on Oct 11, 2023 | 142 comments

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Razor 1911 (en.wikipedia.org)

242 points by jruohonen on Oct 30, 2023 | 118 comments

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Cleveland launches plan to provide cheap broadband (techdirt.com)

242 points by rntn on Oct 23, 2023 | 80 comments

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NixOS and Flakes Book: An unofficial book for beginners (free) (nixos-and-flakes.thiscute.world)

242 points by beeburrt on Oct 9, 2023 | 70 comments

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Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (whitehouse.gov)

241 points by Mandelmus on Oct 30, 2023 | 334 comments

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Booking.com makes a fortune – so why is it leaving its bills to hotels unpaid? (theguardian.com)

241 points by ksec on Oct 5, 2023 | 231 comments

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How Netflix uses Java (infoq.com)

241 points by ivanche on Oct 10, 2023 | 196 comments

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Pulsars, not dark matter, explain the Milky Way’s antimatter (bigthink.com)

241 points by PaulHoule on Oct 1, 2023 | 128 comments

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Oh-Auth – Abusing OAuth to take over millions of accounts (salt.security)

241 points by skilled on Oct 25, 2023 | 113 comments

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Libre Silicon – Free semiconductors for everyone (libresilicon.com)

241 points by pabs3 on Oct 19, 2023 | 52 comments

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Microsoft reveals IRS notice asking for $28.9B in back taxes (engadget.com)

241 points by shurco on Oct 12, 2023 | 8 comments

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The Pixel 8 Pro's Tensor G3 off-loads all generative AI tasks to the cloud (notebookcheck.net)

240 points by redbell on Oct 21, 2023 | 130 comments

465.

Geany 2.0 – Flyweight IDE (geany.org)

240 points by conductor on Oct 20, 2023 | 101 comments

466.

Beginners guide to building a hardware hacking lab (voidstarsec.com)

239 points by wrongbaud on Oct 22, 2023 | 111 comments

467.

Kidney stone procedure "has the potential to be game changing" (komonews.com)

239 points by elorant on Oct 26, 2023 | 104 comments

468.

Ozone hole goes large again (esa.int)

239 points by geox on Oct 19, 2023 | 98 comments

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Large Balloon Reflector: a potentially game-changing antenna design (nasa.gov)

239 points by foota on Oct 27, 2023 | 77 comments

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US sues eBay for allowing sale of emissions defeat devices (thedrive.com)

238 points by PaulHoule on Oct 10, 2023 | 390 comments

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Reddit mods dumped tokens hours before blockchain program termination (cointelegraph.com)

238 points by paulpauper on Oct 21, 2023 | 153 comments

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India’s pickle people: Decades-old culinary heirlooms, nostalgia (aljazeera.com)

238 points by nkurz on Oct 1, 2023 | 132 comments

473.

Ertdfgcvb (ertdfgcvb.xyz)

238 points by mbostock on Oct 28, 2023 | 60 comments

474.

The white furnace test (lousodrome.net)

238 points by MaximilianEmel on Oct 22, 2023 | 18 comments

475.

New York Times tech workers to strike this afternoon (bloomberg.com)

237 points by bwestergard on Oct 30, 2023 | 218 comments

476.

Bill Gates demonstrates Visual Basic (1991) [video] (youtube.com)

237 points by throwaway71271 on Oct 17, 2023 | 191 comments

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How does macOS manage virtual cores on Apple Silicon? (eclecticlight.co)

237 points by todsacerdoti on Oct 23, 2023 | 168 comments

478.

Superlinear Returns (paulgraham.com)

237 points by jger15 on Oct 17, 2023 | 164 comments

479.

Nonprofit hospitals skimp on charity while CEOs reap millions, report finds (arstechnica.com)

237 points by rntn on Oct 20, 2023 | 140 comments

480.

Safe AI Image Generation (smbc-comics.com)

237 points by dsr_ on Oct 9, 2023 | 137 comments