HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

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Asimov’s Empire, Asimov’s Wall (publicbooks.org)

251 points by smacktoward on Jan 9, 2020 | 256 comments

452.

I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raided (2015) (blog.haschek.at)

251 points by geek_at on Jan 8, 2020 | 170 comments

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Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" (twitter.com)

251 points by DyslexicAtheist on Jan 8, 2020 | 115 comments

454.

Cello – High Level C (libcello.org)

251 points by thisisastopsign on Jan 20, 2020 | 77 comments

455.

Show HN: Pure C WebRTC implementation for embedded devices (github.com)

251 points by Sean-Der on Jan 4, 2020 | 47 comments

456.

Master of Orion (filfre.net)

250 points by doppp on Jan 24, 2020 | 159 comments

457.

Ask HN: How do you manage logs for your backend services?

250 points by tusharsoni on Jan 3, 2020 | 139 comments

458.

Ways of Implementing a System Call (x86.lol)

250 points by lelf on Jan 15, 2020 | 56 comments

459.

Show HN: Thinc, a new deep learning library by the makers of spaCy and FastAPI (thinc.ai)

250 points by tiangolo on Jan 28, 2020 | 17 comments

460.

The spine of San Francisco is now car-free (citylab.com)

249 points by mooreds on Jan 30, 2020 | 318 comments

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Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor force (bloomberg.com)

249 points by hhs on Jan 10, 2020 | 287 comments

462.

Blackout Bug: Boeing 737 cockpit screens go blank if lands on specific runways (theregister.co.uk)

249 points by DemiGuru on Jan 8, 2020 | 129 comments

463.

Retiring Internet Explorer (textslashplain.com)

249 points by manigandham on Jan 21, 2020 | 117 comments

464.

Threads Are a Bad Idea for Most Purposes (1995) [pdf] (web.stanford.edu)

248 points by ptx on Jan 28, 2020 | 234 comments

465.

It costs $10k to ‘own’ a Chick-fil-A franchise (thehustle.co)

248 points by rmason on Jan 19, 2020 | 214 comments

466.

Yukihiro Matsumoto: “Ruby is designed for humans, not machines” (evrone.com)

248 points by Evrone on Jan 19, 2020 | 174 comments

467.

How Canada's military reacted to seeing Pokemon Go players trespassing (cbc.ca)

248 points by planetjones on Jan 2, 2020 | 95 comments

468.

Black boys don’t need more discipline, they need mentors (2018) (educationpost.org)

247 points by rmason on Jan 4, 2020 | 342 comments

469.

OpenBSD won't update Firefox, advises users to switch to ESR (undeadly.org)

247 points by jackhalford on Jan 11, 2020 | 335 comments

470.

How the CIA Overthrew Iran's Democracy in Four Days in 1953 (2019) (npr.org)

247 points by pilsner on Jan 4, 2020 | 168 comments

471.

Scotland to use 100% renewables on time to host 2020 climate summit (reneweconomy.com.au)

247 points by solarengineer on Jan 28, 2020 | 151 comments

472.

Climate Change Is Killing Alpine Skiing as We Know It (bloomberg.com)

246 points by pseudolus on Jan 16, 2020 | 319 comments

473.

Grindr and OKCupid Sell Your Data, but Twitter’s MoPub Is the Real Problem (eff.org)

246 points by jrepinc on Jan 28, 2020 | 73 comments

474.

Machine keeps human livers alive for one week outside of the body (media.uzh.ch)

246 points by sschueller on Jan 14, 2020 | 44 comments

475.

How The New York Times Verified the Iran Missile-Strike Footage (cjr.org)

245 points by danso on Jan 16, 2020 | 166 comments

476.

Ask HN: How do you process payments?

245 points by c0restraint on Jan 29, 2020 | 158 comments

477.

A calculator for the Terminal that renders beautiful math (kary.us)

245 points by pmkary on Jan 11, 2020 | 84 comments

478.

The Edge of Emulation (byuu.org)

245 points by NieDzejkob on Jan 20, 2020 | 34 comments

479.

SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation’ threat to astronomy (nature.com)

244 points by pseudolus on Jan 16, 2020 | 363 comments

480.

How to stay private when using Android (protonmail.com)

244 points by amorfati on Jan 1, 2020 | 170 comments