HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

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Netflix confirms it is blocking rooted/unlocked Android devices (androidpolice.com)

212 points by msq on May 14, 2017 | 219 comments

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French election: Macron defeats Le Pen (bbc.com)

212 points by galvin on May 7, 2017 | 189 comments

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Key differences between Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x (2014) (sebastianraschka.com)

212 points by Tomte on May 7, 2017 | 168 comments

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Oculus Research to Present Focal Surface Display Discovery at SIGGRAPH (oculus.com)

212 points by srinathrajaram on May 17, 2017 | 101 comments

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Q – Initiative to build commercially available universal quantum computers (research.ibm.com)

212 points by davidyapdy on May 21, 2017 | 63 comments

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As Computer Coding Classes Swell, So Does Cheating (nytimes.com)

211 points by danso on May 30, 2017 | 293 comments

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Apple has damaged the perceived value of software (mattgemmell.com)

211 points by prawn on May 4, 2017 | 212 comments

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GM accused of installing devices in diesel trucks to beat emissions tests (cbc.ca)

211 points by breitling on May 25, 2017 | 164 comments

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Nearly 1 in 3 drugs have a significant safety issue after FDA approval (latimes.com)

211 points by ohaikbai on May 15, 2017 | 159 comments

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Career Monogamy: The Awkward Tech Sin of Longevity (nemhouse.com)

211 points by gukov on May 31, 2017 | 57 comments

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Data Science Workflow: Overview and Challenges (cacm.acm.org)

211 points by azizsaya on May 14, 2017 | 31 comments

432.

Writing a Very Fast Hash Table with Tiny Memory Footprints (idryman.org)

210 points by ingve on May 8, 2017 | 51 comments

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The US Library of Congress has put 25M items free online (sciencealert.com)

210 points by leephillips on May 28, 2017 | 40 comments

434.

CEOs Want Their Offices Back (wsj.com)

209 points by frgtpsswrdlame on May 22, 2017 | 396 comments

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Antarctica’s potential collapse could damage coastal cities across the globe (nytimes.com)

209 points by pratap103 on May 22, 2017 | 224 comments

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On Campuses Far From China, Still Under Beijing’s Watchful Eye (nytimes.com)

209 points by terri_cat on May 6, 2017 | 175 comments

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Carbonated beverages induce increased food consumption in rats (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

209 points by vmarsy on May 16, 2017 | 123 comments

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Microsoft to Deliver Microsoft Cloud from Datacenters in Africa (blogs.microsoft.com)

208 points by el_duderino on May 18, 2017 | 110 comments

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The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse than anyone thought (arstechnica.com)

208 points by podiki on May 7, 2017 | 95 comments

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Where oil rigs go to die (theguardian.com)

208 points by camtarn on May 2, 2017 | 44 comments

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Using Programming Language Concepts to Teach General Thinking Skills (2008) [pdf] (people.csail.mit.edu)

208 points by lainon on May 24, 2017 | 30 comments

442.

How much do hedge fund traders earn? (80000hours.org)

207 points by robertwiblin on May 10, 2017 | 186 comments

443.

Angie's List Acquired for $500M by IAC (bloomberg.com)

207 points by rayuela on May 1, 2017 | 120 comments

444.

Dangerous Skyscrapers Channel Wind and Sun, Topple Pedestrians and Start Fires (99percentinvisible.org)

207 points by matthberg on May 15, 2017 | 88 comments

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Apple acquires sleep tracking company Beddit (techcrunch.com)

206 points by sidcool on May 10, 2017 | 171 comments

446.

Tulips, Myths, and Cryptocurrencies (stratechery.com)

206 points by darwhy on May 23, 2017 | 166 comments

447.

Carnegie Mellon Offers New Master's Degree in Product Management (cs.cmu.edu)

206 points by melqdusy on May 17, 2017 | 135 comments

448.

How Scratch teaches kids to follow the hacker ethic (backchannel.com)

206 points by steven on May 5, 2017 | 115 comments

449.

A 16th-century engineer whose work almost defeated the Ottomans (arstechnica.com)

206 points by petethomas on May 28, 2017 | 48 comments

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China Can’t Sustain Its Debt-Fueled Binge, Moody’s Says (nytimes.com)

205 points by JumpCrisscross on May 24, 2017 | 253 comments