HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

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Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] (supremecourt.gov)

4103 points by pdoconnell on Apr 5, 2021 | 932 comments

2.

Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project (intuitiveexplanations.com)

4022 points by raxod502 on Jun 7, 2021 | 1274 comments

3.

How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% (nee.lv)

3883 points by kuroguro on Feb 28, 2021 | 699 comments

4.

A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes modern web design (search.marginalia.nu)

3441 points by Funes- on Sep 16, 2021 | 717 comments

5.

GitHub, fuck your name change (mooseyanon.medium.com)

3353 points by leontrolski on Mar 17, 2021 | 2007 comments

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“Click to subscribe, call to cancel” is illegal, FTC says (niemanlab.org)

3192 points by spzx on Nov 17, 2021 | 860 comments

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“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose” (lore.kernel.org)

3025 points by kdbg on Apr 21, 2021 | 1912 comments

8.

GitHub Copilot (copilot.github.com)

2905 points by todsacerdoti on Jun 29, 2021 | 1272 comments

9.

Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberry, Nokia, and GameStop (twitter.com)

2706 points by Miner49er on Jan 28, 2021 | 1643 comments

10.

A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing (kleinbottle.com)

2682 points by _Robbie on Jun 30, 2021 | 602 comments

11.

The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used (pluralistic.net)

2666 points by samizdis on Sep 21, 2021 | 1407 comments

12.

Facebook-owned sites were down (facebook.com)

2589 points by nabeards on Oct 4, 2021 | 1283 comments

13.

The Framework Laptop (frame.work)

2563 points by bitigchi on Feb 25, 2021 | 991 comments

14.

Valve Steam Deck (steamdeck.com)

2517 points by homarp on Jul 15, 2021 | 1609 comments

15.

An Unbelievable Demo (brendangregg.com)

2339 points by SerCe on Jun 4, 2021 | 463 comments

16.

Internal Combustion Engine (ciechanow.ski)

2333 points by algui91 on Apr 30, 2021 | 392 comments

17.

Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B (wsj.com)

2330 points by DavidWilkinson on Jun 2, 2021 | 846 comments

18.

Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens a backdoor to your life (eff.org)

2260 points by bbatsell on Aug 5, 2021 | 824 comments

19.

WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using app (arstechnica.com)

2254 points by erwinmatijsen on Jan 6, 2021 | 1148 comments

20.

Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps (google.com)

2244 points by edge17 on Dec 20, 2021 | 373 comments

21.

There are no results for tank man (bing.com)

2105 points by rcoveson on Jun 4, 2021 | 534 comments

22.

John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US (bbc.com)

2091 points by ews on Jun 23, 2021 | 1086 comments

23.

The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday (typesense.org)

2075 points by karterk on Jul 14, 2021 | 579 comments

24.

Disclosure of three 0-day iOS vulnerabilities (habr.com)

2049 points by jayhoon on Sep 24, 2021 | 456 comments

25.

Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked (twitter.com)

2023 points by benhurmarcel on Feb 8, 2021 | 1174 comments

26.

Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible?

2022 points by lmueongoqx on Apr 7, 2021 | 1091 comments

27.

Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle (musclewiki.com)