HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1771.

Student astronomer finds missing galactic matter (phys.org)

61 points by pseudolus on Feb 6, 2021 | 21 comments

1772.

People-Shaped White Rocks (theparisreview.org)

61 points by tptacek on Feb 12, 2021 | 15 comments

1773.

Fastcheck: Property based testing for JavaScript and TypeScript (dubzzz.github.io)

61 points by alokrai on Feb 15, 2021 | 9 comments

1774.

Super simple ray tracer guide after first math semester (github.com)

61 points by dranikpg on Feb 15, 2021 | 6 comments

1775.

Quantitative Economics with Julia (julia.quantecon.org)

61 points by todsacerdoti on Feb 3, 2021 | 3 comments

1776.

Don't Believe the Hype About Hypersonic Missiles (spectrum.ieee.org)

60 points by samizdis on Feb 5, 2021 | 90 comments

1777.

Transhumanism: What's the Plan? (2020) (paulskallas.substack.com)

60 points by haltingproblem on Feb 27, 2021 | 78 comments

1778.

How to issue a central bank digital currency (snb.ch)

60 points by Tomte on Feb 25, 2021 | 64 comments

1779.

Ask HN: Why are monitors matte and laptops glossy and not the other way around?

60 points by marshallbananas on Feb 6, 2021 | 60 comments

1780.

Flowrite: Turn short lists of facts into well-written emails (flowrite.com)

60 points by crazypython on Feb 22, 2021 | 52 comments

1781.

Despite a steadily slipping market share, Firefox is snappy and feature-forward (arstechnica.com)

60 points by alexrustic on Feb 24, 2021 | 43 comments

1782.

Pennsylvania town coal mine has been on fire since 1962 (en.wikipedia.org)

60 points by fireball_blaze on Feb 7, 2021 | 35 comments

1783.

U.S. life expectancy falls by a full year (slate.com)

60 points by prostoalex on Feb 18, 2021 | 30 comments

1784.

Precisely: Better assertions for Python tests (github.com)

60 points by trymas on Feb 18, 2021 | 29 comments

1785.

Unknown Unknowns in Machine Learning (ai.googleblog.com)

60 points by atg_abhishek on Feb 12, 2021 | 20 comments

1786.

Pi from High School Maths (theartofmachinery.com)

60 points by vonadz on Feb 9, 2021 | 19 comments

1787.

CSI-MURDER: Prevent WiFi CSI from being used to survey environment (ans.unibs.it)

60 points by adulau on Feb 7, 2021 | 15 comments

1788.

How to design a motherboard for your electronics project (staycaffeinated.com)

60 points by frenchie4111 on Feb 21, 2021 | 15 comments

1789.

Building in Public Definite Guide: Use Transparency to Win (kevoncheung.com)

60 points by kevonc on Feb 3, 2021 | 13 comments

1790.

“I am dying of a broken heart” (2018) (papyrus-stories.com)

60 points by johnchristopher on Feb 5, 2021 | 13 comments

1791.

2020 at OCamlPro (ocamlpro.com)

60 points by anuragsoni on Feb 4, 2021 | 9 comments

1792.

What is the case against F#? (2009) (stackoverflow.com)

59 points by rfreytag on Feb 15, 2021 | 105 comments

1793.

Female fund manager opposes gender quotas for startup boards (bloomberg.com)

59 points by cwwc on Feb 24, 2021 | 81 comments

1794.

The GameStop stock is part of our national pandemic gambling binge (slate.com)

59 points by prostoalex on Feb 5, 2021 | 65 comments

1795.

How the World's First Computer Was Rescued from the Scrap Heap (2014) (wired.com)

59 points by 8bitsrule on Feb 15, 2021 | 53 comments

1796.

Gemini Earn (gemini.com)

59 points by cylo on Feb 1, 2021 | 47 comments

1797.

Experience synesthesia: Google tool lets you 'hear' colors and shapes (artsandculture.google.com)