HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

54031.

Lies, intrigue, lawsuits: The last battle for a 'cursed' giant emerald (washingtonpost.com)

10 points by Thevet on Oct 25, 2024 | 7 comments

54032.

UK: Will new battery-powered trains replace diesel, and are they safe? (bbc.co.uk)

10 points by zeristor on Nov 11, 2024 | 7 comments

54033.

Lockheed Martin challenges narrative on GPS vulnerability – SpaceNews (spacenews.com)

10 points by rbanffy on Dec 3, 2024 | 7 comments

54034.

Alleged CEO Shooter Luigi Mangione Was Radicalized by Pain (shatterzone.substack.com)

10 points by matthewsinclair on Dec 10, 2024 | 7 comments

54035.

The End of Front-End Development (joshwcomeau.com)

10 points by matthewsinclair on Dec 10, 2024 | 7 comments

54036.

OpenAI, GoogleDeepMind, and Meta Get Bad Grades on AI Safety (spectrum.ieee.org)

10 points by jnord on Dec 14, 2024 | 7 comments

54037.

Global thermal coal exports and power use to hit new highs in 2024 (reuters.com)

10 points by passwordoops on Dec 16, 2024 | 7 comments

54038.

Does Morality Do Us Any Good? (newyorker.com)

10 points by vo2maxer on Dec 26, 2024 | 7 comments

54039.

The global panic over the millennium bug, 25 years on (theguardian.com)

10 points by sandebert on Dec 28, 2024 | 7 comments

54040.

The rise of Sweden's super rich (bbc.com)

10 points by ranit on May 6, 2024 | 6 comments

54041.

Anki can feel like punishment (blog.memothon.com)

10 points by memothon on May 24, 2024 | 6 comments

54042.

New breakthrough may let us charge smartphones in 60 seconds (bgr.com)

10 points by alsetmusic on Jun 3, 2024 | 6 comments

54043.

Why don't they compose music like Bach any more? (marginalrevolution.com)

10 points by paulpauper on Jul 19, 2024 | 6 comments

54044.

LinkedIn becoming an unexpected dating site (businessinsider.com)

10 points by boredemployee on Jan 6, 2024 | 6 comments

54045.

"Millennium Camera" to take a 1k-year long-exposure photo (newatlas.com)

10 points by ashitlerferad on Jan 11, 2024 | 6 comments

54046.

Wall Street greed led to Boeing's 737 MAX crisis (thetimes.co.uk)

10 points by moose_man on Jan 14, 2024 | 6 comments

54047.

Windows for Warships (schneier.com)

10 points by bane on Jan 16, 2024 | 6 comments

54048.

Newer generations have bigger brains, more gray matter, and larger hippocampi (twitter.com)

10 points by toomuchtodo on Jan 18, 2024 | 6 comments

54049.

Linus Torvalds Speaks: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Programming [video] (youtube.com)

10 points by ent101 on Jan 19, 2024 | 6 comments

54050.

Has there ever been an attempt to create a high/low level language pair? (old.reddit.com)

10 points by Decabytes on Jan 26, 2024 | 6 comments

54051.

Ask HN: Best thread you've found on HN

10 points by sujayk_33 on Feb 3, 2024 | 6 comments

54052.

Amazon 'censored' Covid vaccine books after 'feeling pressure' from White House (nypost.com)

10 points by HiroProtagonist on Feb 6, 2024 | 6 comments

54053.

A Pursuit of Simplicity (quiltro.org)

10 points by luu on Feb 13, 2024 | 6 comments

54054.

Companies causing 'massive disruption' by mandating office return, says expert (businessinsider.com)

10 points by robtherobber on Feb 15, 2024 | 6 comments

54055.

Tell HN: I'm Disillusioned

10 points by throwmenow on Feb 20, 2024 | 6 comments

54056.

Ask HN: How do you document complex software systems?

10 points by el_benhameen on Feb 20, 2024 | 6 comments

54057.

How do startups building to detect deepfakes even compete?

10 points by uma08 on Feb 25, 2024 | 6 comments

54058.

Has the tech industry still not recovered or am I that bad? (old.reddit.com)

10 points by outrun86 on Feb 27, 2024 | 6 comments

54059.

White House urges developers to avoid C and C++ (tomshardware.com)

10 points by axiomdata316 on Feb 29, 2024 | 6 comments

54060.

Tata Institute claims only Rs 100 tablet can prevent recurrent of cancer (economictimes.indiatimes.com)

10 points by ksasi on Mar 1, 2024 | 6 comments