HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

15511.

Why can't Ivies cope with losing a few hundred million? (economist.com)

88 points by sneakerblack on Apr 30, 2025 | 290 comments

15512.

Over $70T of inherited wealth over next decade will widen inequality, economists (theguardian.com)

88 points by prmph 6 months ago | 227 comments

15513.

The uncertain future of coding careers and why I'm still hopeful (jonmagic.com)

88 points by mooreds 10 months ago | 198 comments

15514.

Waiting 100 years for a home isn't a housing crisis, it's a moral collapse (architectsjournal.co.uk)

88 points by microflash on Apr 18, 2025 | 196 comments

15515.

Microsoft Bob: Microsoft's biggest flop of the 1990s (dfarq.homeip.net)

88 points by rbanffy on Jan 12, 2025 | 165 comments

15516.

Tech megacaps lose $770B in value as Nasdaq suffers steepest drop since April (cnbc.com)

88 points by rntn 6 months ago | 159 comments

15517.

You Do Not Need Blockchain: Popular Use Cases and Why They Do Not Work (2019) (blog.smartdec.net)

88 points by Tomte on Mar 18, 2025 | 145 comments

15518.

RTO: WTAF (wordsrightman.beehiiv.com)

88 points by tags2k 7 months ago | 144 comments

15519.

The sisters “paradox” – counter-intuitive probability (blog.engora.com)

88 points by Vermin2000 8 months ago | 142 comments

15520.

Nine households control 15% of wealth in Silicon Valley as inequality widens (theguardian.com)

88 points by c420 9 months ago | 136 comments

15521.

AI Broke Interviews (yusufaytas.com)

88 points by yusufaytas 6 months ago | 126 comments

15522.

Freight rail fueled a new luxury overnight train startup (freightwaves.com)

88 points by Ozarkian 11 months ago | 122 comments

15523.

What does connecting with someone mean? (talk.bradwoods.io)

88 points by bradwoodsio 9 months ago | 110 comments

15524.

Glasses-free 3D using webcam head tracking (assetstore.unity.com)

88 points by il_nets 6 months ago | 108 comments

15525.

Java was not underhyped in 1997 (2021) (dylanbeattie.net)

88 points by SerCe 9 months ago | 104 comments

15526.

From XML to JSON to CBOR (cborbook.com)

88 points by GarethX 9 months ago | 103 comments

15527.

To make electricity cheaper and greener, connect the world's grids (economist.com)

88 points by bookofjoe on Jan 25, 2025 | 98 comments

15528.

The Ozempocalypse Is Nigh (astralcodexten.com)

88 points by impish9208 on Mar 15, 2025 | 94 comments

15529.

How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time (technologyreview.com)

88 points by samuel2 6 months ago | 94 comments

15530.

What Hallucinogens Will Make You See (2023) (nautil.us)

88 points by simonebrunozzi 6 months ago | 89 comments

15531.

Voters were right about the economy (politico.com)

88 points by cwwc on Feb 11, 2025 | 88 comments

15532.

Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users (ofcom.org.uk)

88 points by HatchedLake721 8 months ago | 85 comments

15533.

Librarians tired of being accused of hiding secret books that were made up by AI (gizmodo.com)

88 points by vitalnodo 4 months ago | 83 comments

15534.

What happens to SaaS in a world with computer-using agents? (docs.google.com)

88 points by stephencoyner on Feb 10, 2025 | 82 comments

15535.

Fungus in Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone has mutated to 'feed' on radiation (2024) (unilad.com)

88 points by thunderbong 5 months ago | 82 comments

15536.

Crushing Jira tickets is a party trick, not a path to impact (seangoedecke.com)

88 points by scarface_74 on Jan 25, 2025 | 81 comments

15537.

Show HN: I built a local-first daily planner for iOS (apps.apple.com)

88 points by zesfy 6 months ago | 81 comments

15538.

Why CUDA translation wont unlock AMD (eliovp.com)

88 points by JonChesterfield 5 months ago | 81 comments

15539.

Zed for Windows: What's Taking So Long? (zed.dev)

88 points by janjones 8 months ago | 80 comments

15540.

We investigated Amsterdam's attempt to build a 'fair' fraud detection model (lighthousereports.com)

88 points by troelsSteegin 10 months ago | 78 comments