HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1111.

Reverse engineering programs with unknown instruction sets (2012) [pdf] (recon.cx)

141 points by lauriewired on Jan 27, 2023 | 25 comments

1112.

There’s no such thing as affordable housing (strongtowns.org)

140 points by warning26 on Jan 26, 2023 | 193 comments

1113.

Loneliness is a measure of self-understanding (stan.bar)

140 points by stasbar on Jan 18, 2023 | 139 comments

1114.

Chess is booming and our servers are struggling (chess.com)

140 points by dsr12 on Jan 23, 2023 | 129 comments

1115.

Ask HN: Is programming culture immature?

140 points by mattwilsonn888 on Jan 1, 2023 | 122 comments

1116.

Making sense of TypeScript using set theory (blog.thoughtspile.tech)

140 points by hrafnstrom on Jan 24, 2023 | 91 comments

1117.

Researchers develop a light source that produces two entangled light beams (phys.org)

140 points by bookofjoe on Jan 4, 2023 | 62 comments

1118.

Londoner solves 20k-year Ice Age drawings mystery (bbc.co.uk)

140 points by cmsefton on Jan 5, 2023 | 59 comments

1119.

Launch HN: Matano (YC W23) – Open-Source Security Lake Platform (SIEM) for AWS

140 points by wizwit999 on Jan 24, 2023 | 53 comments

1120.

Cistercian Numerals (kottke.org)

140 points by maxutility on Jan 31, 2023 | 51 comments

1121.

How to beat lag when developing a multiplayer RTS game (construct.net)

140 points by AshleysBrain on Jan 15, 2023 | 45 comments

1122.

C++ Neural Network in a Weekend (2020) (jeremyong.com)

140 points by cpp_frog on Jan 31, 2023 | 16 comments

1123.

Woman ordered to repay $2k after her employer used software to track her time (npr.org)

139 points by gnicholas on Jan 13, 2023 | 150 comments

1124.

Two research teams reverse signs of aging in mice (science.org)

139 points by bookofjoe on Jan 15, 2023 | 96 comments

1125.

Google Fuchsia OS team affected by layoffs (9to5google.com)

139 points by SanjayMehta on Jan 22, 2023 | 91 comments

1126.

WAN router IP address change blamed for global Microsoft 365 outage (theregister.com)

139 points by mikece on Jan 30, 2023 | 67 comments

1127.

Intercepting t.co links using DNS rewrites (djharper.dev)

139 points by todsacerdoti on Jan 29, 2023 | 55 comments

1128.

Effects on the lips of horn players seated too close to the timpani (2014) (newt.phys.unsw.edu.au)

139 points by camtarn on Jan 8, 2023 | 50 comments

1129.

“A Handbook of Integer Sequences” Fifty Years Later (arxiv.org)

139 points by zeebeecee on Jan 11, 2023 | 45 comments

1130.

Berkeley Lab scientists develop a new method of refrigeration (newscenter.lbl.gov)

139 points by gmays on Jan 5, 2023 | 40 comments

1131.

The insane biology of the dragonfly (2021) [video] (youtube.com)

139 points by zeristor on Jan 2, 2023 | 27 comments

1132.

Endemic pathogens are causing psychiatric illnesses and shortening lives (return.life)

138 points by sebg on Jan 13, 2023 | 170 comments

1133.

Safe deposit boxes aren’t safe (2019) (nytimes.com)

138 points by Tomte on Jan 5, 2023 | 148 comments

1134.

I deleted all my social media 3 yrs ago and I hardcore regret it everyday (old.reddit.com)

138 points by amin on Jan 13, 2023 | 134 comments

1135.

“Expect tests” make test-writing feel like a REPL session (blog.janestreet.com)

138 points by jsomers on Jan 11, 2023 | 92 comments

1136.

NYPD can use more than 15,000 cameras to track people using facial recognition (amnesty.org)

138 points by raybb on Jan 15, 2023 | 88 comments

1137.

Tell HN: Oculus will delete purchases if you don’t switch to a meta account

138 points by galoisscobi on Jan 6, 2023 | 44 comments

1138.

SQLite 2022 Recap (sqlite.org)

138 points by nalgeon on Jan 1, 2023 | 40 comments

1139.

The Night Watch (2013) [pdf] (usenix.org)

138 points by kaycebasques on Jan 25, 2023 | 35 comments

1140.

PagerDuty to Lay Off 7% of Staff; Revenue Officer to Exit (marketwatch.com)

137 points by bratao on Jan 24, 2023 | 172 comments