HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

25471.

Peter Thiel Gamed Silicon Valley,Trump, and Democracy to Make Billions, Tax-Free (bloomberg.com)

54 points by rmason on Sep 16, 2021 | 0 comments

25472.

Ask HN: Why would a city on Mars avoid Armageddon?

53 points by amichail on Nov 28, 2021 | 134 comments

25473.

83% of Americans Are Belt Tightening Due to Inflation Pressures (forbes.com)

53 points by whack on May 26, 2021 | 130 comments

25474.

Why Facebook is spending billions on the metaverse (johncoogan.com)

53 points by MKTSPCLST on Nov 1, 2021 | 128 comments

25475.

Magpie Driven Development (MDD) (nichesoftware.co.nz)

53 points by DeathArrow on Oct 12, 2021 | 124 comments

25476.

Apple’s Gaming Revenue Reportedly Exceeds Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo Combined (hypebeast.com)

53 points by quyleanh on Oct 19, 2021 | 124 comments

25477.

Its the Sugar, Folks (2013) (opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)

53 points by ddtaylor on Mar 9, 2021 | 119 comments

25478.

U.S. Population Growth, an Economic Driver, Grinds to a Halt (wsj.com)

53 points by NiceWayToDoIT on Jul 27, 2021 | 115 comments

25479.

On Ransomware and Cryptocurrency (twitter.com)

53 points by tosh on May 21, 2021 | 105 comments

25480.

Do not compare EU salaries with the US (twitter.com)

53 points by FeatureIncomple on Jan 2, 2021 | 102 comments

25481.

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2021)

53 points by whoishiring on May 3, 2021 | 100 comments

25482.

High-Speed Internet at a Crossroads (news.harvard.edu)

53 points by fortran77 on May 21, 2021 | 100 comments

25483.

Half a Billion in Bitcoin, Lost in the Dump (newyorker.com)

53 points by doe88 on Dec 6, 2021 | 97 comments

25484.

I sent over 10k personal thank you videos to my customers (marshallhaas.com)

53 points by pranaygp on Aug 11, 2021 | 93 comments

25485.

Go generics proposal moves to “likely accept” (github.com)

53 points by srathi on Feb 3, 2021 | 92 comments

25486.

Ask HN: What programming tutorial/course/article/blog would you like to see?

53 points by bartq on Dec 12, 2021 | 92 comments

25487.

Golang: Code of Conduct Updates (go.dev)

53 points by 0xedb on Sep 16, 2021 | 91 comments

25488.

Federal judge blocks Florida law aimed at punishing social media companies (cbsnews.com)

53 points by throwawaysea on Jul 1, 2021 | 86 comments

25489.

Dear Mom, I'm Dropping Out (simonberens.me)

53 points by sberens on Sep 17, 2021 | 86 comments

25490.

Why Do We Keep Reading the Great Gatsby? (theparisreview.org)

53 points by samclemens on Jan 18, 2021 | 85 comments

25491.

Ask HN: Which tools/services have your favorite UI/UX?

53 points by Bridgeburner4 on May 25, 2021 | 85 comments

25492.

I swapped my iPhone for an Apple Watch to live in an audio-first future (franzschrepf.medium.com)

53 points by Franz23 on Feb 7, 2021 | 84 comments

25493.

Gnome 40 – The anti-desktop desktop (dedoimedo.com)

53 points by signa11 on Apr 19, 2021 | 83 comments

25494.

Why does iPhone 13 screen replacement disable Face ID (icorrect.co.uk)

53 points by judge2020 on Oct 2, 2021 | 81 comments

25495.

‘I hope you die’: how the Covid pandemic unleashed attacks on scientists (nature.com)

53 points by pseudolus on Oct 15, 2021 | 81 comments

25496.

Tesla FSD Beta Barely Avoids Crashing into Pole (twitter.com)

53 points by camjohnson26 on Oct 17, 2021 | 79 comments

25497.

The end of phone calls: why young people have silenced their ringtones (theguardian.com)

53 points by pseudolus on Aug 30, 2021 | 78 comments

25498.

Out of control and rising: why Bitcoin has Nigeria’s government in a panic (theguardian.com)

53 points by dsr12 on Aug 7, 2021 | 77 comments

25499.

Our main problem in health policy is overemphasis on medicine (2007) (cato-unbound.org)

53 points by orborde on Dec 3, 2021 | 76 comments

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Blizzard Recruiters Asked Hacker If She ‘Liked Being Penetrated’ at Job Fair (vice.com)

53 points by billyharris on Jul 30, 2021 | 74 comments