HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

16741.

A single lock of hair could rewrite what we know about Inca record-keeping (science.org)

79 points by warrenm 5 months ago | 46 comments

16742.

Why do regexes use `$` and `^` as line anchors? (2024) (buttondown.com)

79 points by srijan4 on Jan 21, 2025 | 45 comments

16743.

Steam Censorship of Adult Games Shows How Payment Processors Wield Immense Power (ign.com)

79 points by diggan 4 months ago | 45 comments

16744.

The HP-35: Consumer Electronics, an Origin Story (codex99.com)

79 points by wyclif 11 months ago | 42 comments

16745.

Japan unveils first solar super-panel (japanenergyevent.com)

79 points by elsewhen 9 months ago | 42 comments

16746.

I built an app to backup Live Photos from iPhone to external hard drives

79 points by xmasterdev 7 months ago | 42 comments

16747.

Howdy – Windows Hello style facial authentication for Linux (github.com)

79 points by LorenDB 7 months ago | 42 comments

16748.

Wikipedia says it will use AI, but not to replace human volunteers (wikimediafoundation.org)

79 points by thm 9 months ago | 41 comments

16749.

PyPI in 2025: A Year in Review (blog.pypi.org)

79 points by miketheman 4 weeks ago | 41 comments

16750.

Fiwix: Small Unix-Like Kernel (fiwix.org)

79 points by coolcoder613 11 months ago | 40 comments

16751.

Petition to Remove the Canadian Government from Twitter (ourcommons.ca)

79 points by oalders 11 months ago | 40 comments

16752.

Discredited anti-vaccine advocate will lead CDC study on vaccines and autism (arstechnica.com)

79 points by throw0101c 10 months ago | 40 comments

16753.

An Ode to the Game Boy Advance (brainbaking.com)

79 points by Brajeshwar 10 months ago | 40 comments

16754.

Show HN: What country you would hit if you went straight where you're pointing (apps.apple.com)

79 points by brgross 5 months ago | 39 comments

16755.

Statement or eyesore? Japan's divisive brutalist buildings – in pictures (theguardian.com)

79 points by PaulHoule 11 months ago | 37 comments

16756.

AI focused on brain regions recreates what you're looking at (2024) (newscientist.com)

79 points by openquery 8 months ago | 37 comments

16757.

Learning a foreign language–before you're born (nouvelles.umontreal.ca)

79 points by XzetaU8 3 months ago | 37 comments

16758.

Adding lookbehinds to rust-lang/regex (systemf.epfl.ch)

79 points by emschwartz 6 months ago | 35 comments

16759.

The Absent Silence (2010) (ursulakleguin.com)

79 points by dcminter 1 month ago | 34 comments

16760.

'Three norths' alignment about to end (spatialsource.com.au)

79 points by altilunium 1 month ago | 34 comments

16761.

Mark Zuckerberg's vision for humanity is terrifying (sfgate.com)

79 points by SirLJ 5 months ago | 33 comments

16762.

Hundreds plunge into Chicago River in first open-water swim in nearly a century (chicago.suntimes.com)

79 points by divbzero 4 months ago | 32 comments

16763.

The Chaos (1922) (ncf.idallen.com)

79 points by devvvvvvv on Jan 11, 2025 | 31 comments

16764.

What We Lose When Our Memories Exist in Our Phones (bloomberg.com)

79 points by JumpCrisscross 10 months ago | 31 comments

16765.

Show HN: Torque – A lightweight meta-assembler for any processor (benbridle.com)

79 points by benbridle 9 months ago | 31 comments

16766.

Printegrated Circuits: Merging 3D Printing and Electronics (spectrum.ieee.org)

79 points by rbanffy 7 months ago | 31 comments

16767.

Sunlight-activated material turns PFAS in water into harmless fluoride (phys.org)

79 points by bookofjoe 5 months ago | 30 comments

16768.

Hackers crack Subaru's connected services to access data, door locks and more (jalopnik.com)