HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

18001.

Why FreeBSD should not adopt launchd (blog.darknedgy.net)

51 points by vezzy-fnord on Aug 27, 2015 | 13 comments

18002.

A new model, “The Big Splat”, explains the strange asymmetry of the moon (nautil.us)

51 points by dnetesn on Oct 25, 2015 | 13 comments

18003.

Is the Theory of Disruption Wrong? (bloomberg.com)

51 points by jweir on Oct 6, 2015 | 12 comments

18004.

Five Minute Rule (en.wikipedia.org)

51 points by brudgers on Oct 6, 2015 | 12 comments

18005.

OpenWorm – Create a virtual C. elegans nematode (openworm.org)

51 points by emgeee on Jan 26, 2015 | 12 comments

18006.

SuPPort: Evented Python servers (paypal-engineering.com)

51 points by mhashemi on Mar 17, 2015 | 12 comments

18007.

Breaking the communication barrier between dolphins and humans (on.natgeo.com)

51 points by sergeant3 on Apr 19, 2015 | 12 comments

18008.

Singapore's Smart Nation Minister (futuregov.asia)

51 points by ValentineC on Apr 30, 2015 | 12 comments

18009.

Beyond the PDP-11: Processor support for a memory-safe C abstract machine [pdf] (cl.cam.ac.uk)

51 points by jsnell on May 10, 2015 | 12 comments

18010.

Geomagnetic Storm Hits Earth (weather.com)

51 points by Brendinooo on Jun 23, 2015 | 12 comments

18011.

Designing a CPU in VHDL, Part 2: Xilinx ISE Suite, Register File, Testing (labs.domipheus.com)

51 points by skywalker_ on Jun 24, 2015 | 12 comments

18012.

External microwave propulsion technology for single-stage-to-orbit space flight [pdf] (escapedynamics.com)

51 points by curtis on Jul 20, 2015 | 12 comments

18013.

Brontosaurus dino name is revived (bbc.com)

51 points by tellarin on Nov 25, 2015 | 12 comments

18014.

The Frink programming language (ncreep.github.io)

51 points by mamcx on Jan 15, 2015 | 11 comments

18015.

SymbolHound (symbolhound.com)

51 points by geoka9 on Apr 25, 2015 | 11 comments

18016.

The Problem With Single-threaded Shared Mutability (manishearth.github.io)

51 points by Manishearth on May 17, 2015 | 11 comments

18017.

The Sun's New Trans-Neptunian Planet (1930) (sciencenews.org)

51 points by Petiver on Jul 12, 2015 | 11 comments

18018.

Real-Time Expression Transfer for Facial Reenactment (graphics.stanford.edu)

51 points by herendin on Oct 16, 2015 | 11 comments

18019.

The Ideal Mathematician (1998) [pdf] (users-cs.au.dk)

51 points by anatoly on Oct 6, 2015 | 10 comments

18020.

Finding the distance from camera to object in image (pyimagesearch.com)

51 points by zionsrogue on Jan 19, 2015 | 10 comments

18021.

A window on Chaucer’s cramped, scary, smelly world (spectator.co.uk)

51 points by Vigier on Jan 20, 2015 | 10 comments

18022.

Build and Customize Your Own Hacker News, Reddit, or Product Hunt (telescopeapp.org)

51 points by mkaroumi on Mar 15, 2015 | 10 comments

18023.

Solar Impulse forced to land in Japan (bbc.com)

51 points by Libertatea on Jun 1, 2015 | 10 comments

18024.

Mongolian shipwreck from 13th century invasion of Japan discovered (telegraph.co.uk)

51 points by diodorus on Jul 5, 2015 | 10 comments

18025.

The Invention of the Wah-Wah pedal (priceonomics.com)

51 points by calebgarling on Nov 5, 2015 | 10 comments

18026.

Progressive Apps: Escaping Tabs Without Losing Our Soul (infrequently.org)

51 points by cpeterso on Jun 16, 2015 | 9 comments

18027.

C++ Hints (cpphints.com)

51 points by PVS-Studio on Aug 24, 2015 | 9 comments

18028.

Eye Drops Could Clear Up Cataracts Using Newly Identified Chemical (ucsf.edu)

51 points by DrScump on Nov 6, 2015 | 9 comments

18029.

Curtain Antenna (antenna.be)

51 points by jhallenworld on Oct 11, 2015 | 8 comments

18030.

The Admiral of the Atom (city-journal.org)

51 points by calpaterson on Jan 3, 2015 | 8 comments