HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

181.

“The books will stop working.” (twitter.com)

1044 points by _Microft on Jun 27, 2019 | 439 comments

182.

The Great Cannon has been deployed again (cybersecurity.att.com)

1043 points by robbya on Dec 6, 2019 | 431 comments

183.

What happens when you launch Google Chrome for the first time? (twitter.com)

1041 points by ingve on Aug 25, 2019 | 320 comments

184.

China lands Chang'e-4 on far side of Moon (planetary.org)

1040 points by docbrown on Jan 3, 2019 | 226 comments

185.

Post-surgical deaths in Scotland drop by a third, attributed to a checklist (bbc.co.uk)

1036 points by fanf2 on Apr 17, 2019 | 366 comments

186.

Congress Is About to Ban the US Government from Offering Free Online Tax Filing (propublica.org)

1034 points by el_duderino on Apr 9, 2019 | 696 comments

187.

MIT Hacker Tools: a lecture series on programmer tools (hacker-tools.github.io)

1028 points by anishathalye on Feb 4, 2019 | 79 comments

188.

The cognitive costs of air pollution (patrickcollison.com)

1020 points by jseliger on Nov 18, 2019 | 285 comments

189.

Apple has locked me out of my developer account (rambo.codes)

1019 points by rwc on Nov 20, 2019 | 463 comments

190.

How to Build Good Software (csc.gov.sg)

1016 points by jingwen on Aug 19, 2019 | 239 comments

191.

Facebook moderators break NDAs to expose working conditions (theverge.com)

1014 points by notinversed on Jun 19, 2019 | 590 comments

192.

I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in six days (blog.usejournal.com)

1012 points by voroninman on Jan 18, 2019 | 692 comments

193.

Leukemia Has Won (alex.blog)

1012 points by yagodragon on Feb 19, 2019 | 184 comments

194.

We Need Chrome No More (redalemeden.com)

1011 points by kaishin on Feb 27, 2019 | 518 comments

195.

Css-only-chat: A truly monstrous async web chat using no JS on the front end (github.com)

1010 points by bennylope on May 7, 2019 | 148 comments

196.

Brave launches 1.0 (brave.com)

1008 points by etr71115 on Nov 13, 2019 | 630 comments

197.

Tell HN: Google should drop Quora from search results

1007 points by babuskov on Nov 24, 2019 | 346 comments

198.

Thinkpad X210 (geoff.greer.fm)

1005 points by MYEUHD on Mar 17, 2019 | 477 comments

199.

PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by former Israeli spy (telegra.ph)

1004 points by ArcVRArthur on Dec 2, 2019 | 359 comments

200.

Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box? (quora.com)

1002 points by grzm on Feb 13, 2019 | 618 comments

201.

NULL license plate not such a bright idea (knrs.iheart.com)

999 points by dublin on Aug 12, 2019 | 467 comments

202.

Adobe deactivates all Venezuelan accounts (helpx.adobe.com)

998 points by sndpsy on Oct 7, 2019 | 519 comments

203.

uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking (github.com)

996 points by hokkos on Nov 20, 2019 | 581 comments

204.

ISOC sold the .org registry to Ethos Capital for $1.1B (keypointsabout.org)

994 points by dano on Nov 29, 2019 | 247 comments

205.

Assange Indicted Under Espionage Act, Raising First Amendment Issues (nytimes.com)

993 points by tysone on May 23, 2019 | 593 comments

206.

How to assess the quality of garments (2014) (anuschkarees.com)

991 points by bookofjoe on Jul 22, 2019 | 287 comments

207.

Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris (bbc.co.uk)

989 points by kragniz on Apr 15, 2019 | 521 comments

208.

Going Critical (meltingasphalt.com)

989 points by bkudria on May 14, 2019 | 70 comments

209.

What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type? (nsaphra.github.io)

986 points by panic on Aug 10, 2019 | 385 comments

210.

Ask HN: How did you decide what problems to solve in your lifetime?

985 points by amadk on Jan 6, 2019 | 439 comments