HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

961.

‘We Shall Overcome’ Is Put in Public Domain in a Copyright Settlement (nytimes.com)

132 points by denzil_correa on Jan 27, 2018 | 35 comments

962.

The accidental HFT firm (meanderful.blogspot.com)

132 points by profquail on Jan 24, 2018 | 32 comments

963.

Like an AI Could Ever Spot Sarcasm (blogs.nvidia.com)

131 points by bcaulfield on Jan 31, 2018 | 106 comments

964.

Decentralization in Bitcoin and Ethereum (hackingdistributed.com)

131 points by erwan on Jan 15, 2018 | 48 comments

965.

I Was a Bank Robber Until I Read Kant (thewalrus.ca)

131 points by lermontov on Jan 20, 2018 | 46 comments

966.

Show HN: Genact – A nonsense activity generator (github.com)

131 points by Svenstaro on Jan 17, 2018 | 25 comments

967.

Resources for Learning about .NET Internals (mattwarren.org)

131 points by matthewwarren on Jan 23, 2018 | 9 comments

968.

Ex-CIA Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informants Is Arrested (nytimes.com)

130 points by ryanlol on Jan 17, 2018 | 130 comments

969.

Alibaba’s UC Browser is dominating in Asian markets with lower-end smartphones (wsj.com)

130 points by olivermarks on Jan 1, 2018 | 125 comments

970.

HTC’s Vive Pro will add more pixels to an otherwise familiar-looking VR system (arstechnica.com)

130 points by T-A on Jan 8, 2018 | 76 comments

971.

Optimizing hash tables: hiding the hash code (v8project.blogspot.com)

130 points by signa11 on Jan 30, 2018 | 70 comments

972.

Show HN: CodeOwl – Organize your notes, todos, and code snippets in one place (codeowl.io)

130 points by charbz on Jan 10, 2018 | 64 comments

973.

N64 object software renderer in 512 lines (github.com)

130 points by _cwolf on Jan 13, 2018 | 57 comments

974.

Show HN: An illustration of Web Developer tools in 2018 (github.com)

130 points by kamranahmed_se on Jan 4, 2018 | 38 comments

975.

When F00F bug hit 20 years ago, Intel reacted the same way (itwire.com)

130 points by sharjeelsayed on Jan 5, 2018 | 19 comments

976.

Building a Distributed Log from Scratch: Scaling Message Delivery (bravenewgeek.com)

130 points by tylertreat on Jan 8, 2018 | 1 comments

977.

Google managers kept blacklists of conservative employees (businessinsider.com.au)

129 points by DeusExMachina on Jan 11, 2018 | 126 comments

978.

In China, consumers are becoming more anxious about data privacy (economist.com)

129 points by subsubsub on Jan 26, 2018 | 65 comments

979.

Chat app for use when your battery is less than 5% (diewithme.online)

129 points by salgernon on Jan 19, 2018 | 59 comments

980.

Mobile Devices Compromised by Fake Secure Messaging Clients (eff.org)

129 points by Dowwie on Jan 19, 2018 | 43 comments

981.

The No More Ransom Project (nomoreransom.org)

129 points by kawera on Jan 15, 2018 | 37 comments

982.

Linear regression by hand (dsgazette.com)

129 points by tarheeljason on Jan 20, 2018 | 34 comments

983.

Printing and binding your own books and manuals (2003) (uazu.net)

129 points by clishem on Jan 23, 2018 | 31 comments

984.

A Gym Chain Is Banning Cable News (nytimes.com)

128 points by artur_makly on Jan 10, 2018 | 119 comments

985.

Kotlin: The Problem with null (arturdryomov.online)

128 points by bmc7505 on Jan 12, 2018 | 107 comments

986.

Glassdoor and its effect on workplace culture (newyorker.com)

128 points by PascLeRasc on Jan 25, 2018 | 106 comments

987.

Becoming a Lawyer Without Going to Law School (2015) (priceonomics.com)

128 points by brudgers on Jan 29, 2018 | 92 comments

988.

Apple health data used in murder trial (bbc.com)

128 points by erentz on Jan 15, 2018 | 87 comments

989.

Things I did wrong as a professor (2016) (matt-welsh.blogspot.com)

128 points by troydavis on Jan 8, 2018 | 77 comments

990.

A Turkish physicist wrote research papers in prison (nature.com)

128 points by mbaytas on Jan 31, 2018 | 37 comments