HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

121.

Google Blocking Web Privacy Proposals at W3C (2019) (cpomagazine.com)

592 points by crazypython on Jan 21, 2021 | 173 comments

122.

Context switching costs more than we give it credit for (thinkingthrough.substack.com)

590 points by maddynator on Jan 18, 2021 | 352 comments

123.

Aquafaba (aquafaba.com)

586 points by david-given on Jan 14, 2021 | 295 comments

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PGM Indexes: Learned indexes that match B-tree performance with 83x less space (pgm.di.unipi.it)

583 points by hbrundage on Jan 25, 2021 | 123 comments

125.

GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si (github.com)

580 points by livueta on Jan 19, 2021 | 310 comments

126.

Losing faith in UX (creativegood.com)

576 points by duck on Jan 28, 2021 | 321 comments

127.

Anthony Levandowski Pardoned (trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov)

574 points by aresant on Jan 20, 2021 | 942 comments

128.

Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, Part II (rosenzweig.io)

574 points by dddddaviddddd on Jan 22, 2021 | 188 comments

129.

Intel CEO Bob Swan to step down, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger to replace him (cnbc.com)

572 points by totalZero on Jan 13, 2021 | 325 comments

130.

Statement of SEC Regarding Recent Market Volatility (sec.gov)

571 points by TeMPOraL on Jan 29, 2021 | 855 comments

131.

BitLocker Lockscreen Bypass (secret.club)

571 points by rdpintqogeogsaa on Jan 17, 2021 | 124 comments

132.

Intel Problems (stratechery.com)

569 points by camillovisini on Jan 19, 2021 | 426 comments

133.

Slack is down (status.slack.com)

563 points by oblio on Jan 4, 2021 | 1 comments

134.

Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide (reuters.com)

561 points by spzb on Jan 8, 2021 | 696 comments

135.

Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner (landreport.com)

561 points by jelliclesfarm on Jan 14, 2021 | 445 comments

136.

Upvote to encourage more people to visit New Links on Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com)

557 points by crazypython on Jan 25, 2021 | 90 comments

137.

US passes anti-corruption law that effectively bans anonymous shell companies (independent.co.uk)

554 points by gscott on Jan 2, 2021 | 305 comments

138.

Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, part I (rosenzweig.io)

552 points by caution on Jan 7, 2021 | 142 comments

139.

Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub (sciencemag.org)

551 points by amrrs on Jan 14, 2021 | 315 comments

140.

Cab Ride: Drive a train, forever, through a dreamlike land (powersaurus.itch.io)

549 points by polm23 on Jan 31, 2021 | 95 comments

141.

Facebook confirms data-sharing agreements with Chinese firms, including Huawei (2018) (bbc.com)

549 points by z3t111 on Jan 12, 2021 | 60 comments

142.

Traffic Simulator (traffic-simulation.de)

542 points by eecc on Jan 7, 2021 | 140 comments

143.

Myopia treatment 'smart glasses' from Japan to be sold in Asia (asia.nikkei.com)

541 points by isof4ult on Jan 25, 2021 | 319 comments

144.

Teamspeak 5 to be based on the Matrix protocol (community.teamspeak.com)

541 points by circularfoyers on Jan 12, 2021 | 224 comments

145.

Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shares out from under its traders (theverge.com)

539 points by Alupis on Jan 29, 2021 | 707 comments

146.

We are sending more foster kids to prison than to college (kansascity.com)

539 points by amin on Jan 18, 2021 | 396 comments

147.

Most of what you read on the internet is written by insane people (2018) (reddit.com)