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

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

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

3.

Internal Combustion Engine (ciechanow.ski)

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

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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

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Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer (signal.org)

1897 points by derekerdmann on Apr 21, 2021 | 332 comments

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Linux bans University of Minnesota for sending buggy patches in name of research (neowin.net)

1883 points by prsutherland on Apr 21, 2021 | 8 comments

7.

Just Be Rich (keenen.xyz)

1875 points by kjcharles on Apr 13, 2021 | 1084 comments

8.

uBlock Origin works best on Firefox (github.com)

1595 points by anonymfus on Apr 9, 2021 | 509 comments

9.

Microsoft Coffee (microsoftcoffee.org)

1558 points by todsacerdoti on Apr 2, 2021 | 371 comments

10.

Why Lichess will always be free (lichess.org)

1524 points by hydroxideOH- on Apr 23, 2021 | 446 comments

11.

Dan Kaminsky has died (twitter.com)

1414 points by rincebrain on Apr 24, 2021 | 176 comments

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“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today” (twitter.com)

1366 points by minimaxir on Apr 30, 2021 | 1965 comments

13.

The architecture behind a one-person tech startup (anthonynsimon.com)

1330 points by ksahin on Apr 8, 2021 | 320 comments

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533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online (businessinsider.com)

1296 points by cjbprime on Apr 3, 2021 | 496 comments

15.

Yayagram (twitter.com)

1265 points by paulhart on Apr 29, 2021 | 175 comments

16.

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, has died (npr.org)

1252 points by edwinbalani on Apr 28, 2021 | 180 comments

17.

Thanks for the Bonus, I Quit (madned.substack.com)

1245 points by todsacerdoti on Apr 17, 2021 | 656 comments

18.

Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years (blog.google)

1209 points by braymundo on Apr 15, 2021 | 415 comments

19.

I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put me on the no fly list (aclu.org)

1206 points by jbegley on Apr 6, 2021 | 487 comments

20.

My Current HTML Boilerplate (matuzo.at)

1194 points by adrian_mrd on Apr 27, 2021 | 276 comments

21.

Show HN: Lofi.cafe (lofi.cafe)

1192 points by linuz90 on Apr 14, 2021 | 230 comments

22.

Google have declared Droidscript is malware (groups.google.com)

1176 points by croes on Apr 27, 2021 | 647 comments

23.

Embrace the Grind (jacobian.org)

1167 points by karl42 on Apr 9, 2021 | 310 comments

24.

The Endless Acid Banger: algorithmic self-composing acid techno music (vitling.xyz)

1109 points by clomond on Apr 20, 2021 | 255 comments

25.

Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clicked on your own ads (danfabulich.medium.com)

1049 points by dfabulich on Apr 28, 2021 | 393 comments

26.

Screw it, I’ll host it myself (markozivanovic.com)

1019 points by markozivanovic on Apr 7, 2021 | 476 comments

27.

Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress (unusualwhales.com)

1017 points by seriousquestion on Apr 15, 2021 | 474 comments

28.

Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong (paulosyibelo.com)

986 points by hyperpape on Apr 2, 2021 | 304 comments

29.

Apple Introduces AirTag (apple.com)

947 points by davidbarker on Apr 20, 2021 | 923 comments

30.

Yamauchi No.10 Family Office (y-n10.com)

946 points by cmod on Apr 14, 2021 | 276 comments