HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

781.

The quadratic formula and low-precision arithmetic (johndcook.com)

147 points by ingve on Apr 28, 2018 | 41 comments

782.

AWS EC2 T2 Instances Demystified: Don’t Learn the Hard Way (roberttisdale.com)

147 points by rtisdale on Apr 26, 2018 | 38 comments

783.

Haxing Minesweeper (osandamalith.com)

147 points by perch56 on Apr 8, 2018 | 21 comments

784.

Turn a MacBook into a Touchscreen with $1 of Hardware (github.com)

147 points by globuous on Apr 7, 2018 | 13 comments

785.

Tiny Steps Towards Liberating Bootloaders and Modem Firmware of MediaTek Phones (postmarketos.org)

147 points by ollieparanoid on Apr 14, 2018 | 13 comments

786.

Bulgaria played a vital role in introducing yogurt to the West (bbc.com)

146 points by ohjeez on Apr 13, 2018 | 92 comments

787.

The joy of index cards (2009) (nickpage.co.uk)

146 points by Tomte on Apr 8, 2018 | 65 comments

788.

A look at VDO, the new Linux compression layer (redhat.com)

146 points by lima on Apr 18, 2018 | 63 comments

789.

A more privacy-friendly blog (vincent.bernat.im)

146 points by vbernat on Apr 24, 2018 | 50 comments

790.

Reverse engineering the Notability file format (jvns.ca)

146 points by zdw on Apr 1, 2018 | 14 comments

791.

DNA linked to Golden State Killer arrest came from a genealogy website (ktvu.com)

146 points by pain_perdu on Apr 26, 2018 | 2 comments

792.

Why Invest in Cities? There's Always Another Boise (bloomberg.com)

145 points by jseliger on Apr 22, 2018 | 246 comments

793.

Microsoft helped imprison a man for ‘counterfeiting’ software it gives away free (techcrunch.com)

145 points by iamjeff on Apr 30, 2018 | 121 comments

794.

Bill Joy: Why the Future Doesn't Need Us (2000) (wired.com)

145 points by miobrien on Apr 16, 2018 | 60 comments

795.

Evolution of the English Alphabet (usefulcharts.com)

145 points by sohkamyung on Apr 8, 2018 | 53 comments

796.

Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Prepare for an I.P.O. Wave (nytimes.com)

144 points by raleighm on Apr 15, 2018 | 158 comments

797.

Uber is launching Uber Rent, a rental car service with Getaround (qz.com)

144 points by prostoalex on Apr 11, 2018 | 96 comments

798.

A US millionaire who buried treasure in the Rockies has offered one main clue (scmp.com)

144 points by DanBC on Apr 27, 2018 | 85 comments

799.

Yes, You Should Delete Facebook (medium.com)

144 points by submeta on Apr 21, 2018 | 82 comments

800.

Why Whales Got So Big (theatlantic.com)

144 points by ALee on Apr 6, 2018 | 46 comments

801.

People Are Turning Their Instagram Accounts into Bots (buzzfeed.com)

144 points by marban on Apr 28, 2018 | 42 comments

802.

Mythology About Security (gettys.wordpress.com)

144 points by dsr_ on Apr 9, 2018 | 41 comments

803.

Want airline food? Take Amtrak (railwayage.com)

143 points by gok on Apr 20, 2018 | 220 comments

804.

Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online (forbes.com)

143 points by cpeterso on Apr 12, 2018 | 181 comments

805.

Tell HN: Rejected from Y Combinator? Don't be upset or quit

143 points by mrburton on Apr 18, 2018 | 80 comments

806.

1 in 10 Americans in survey say they deleted their Facebook account over privacy (businessinsider.com)

143 points by spking on Apr 14, 2018 | 79 comments

807.

The Crystal Programming Language (crystal-lang.org)

143 points by type0 on Apr 15, 2018 | 73 comments

808.

ICE held an American man in custody for 1,273 days. He’s not the only one (latimes.com)

143 points by pm24601 on Apr 27, 2018 | 62 comments

809.

FTC Warns It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty on Use of Specified Parts/Services (ftc.gov)

143 points by Deinos on Apr 11, 2018 | 54 comments

810.

Kubrick found what he wanted by trying things out (wsj.com)

143 points by jkuria on Apr 15, 2018 | 47 comments