HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

18511.

Average 10-year-old has eaten 18 years' worth of sugar (theguardian.com)

76 points by pseudolus on Jan 2, 2019 | 127 comments

18512.

Bring Back the Stick Shift (nytimes.com)

76 points by pcl on Mar 24, 2019 | 127 comments

18513.

A $10 Accessory Proves Smartphones Are Too Big (wsj.com)

76 points by forgingahead on Feb 17, 2019 | 124 comments

18514.

A request to drill for lithium near Death Valley (latimes.com)

76 points by jseliger on May 8, 2019 | 123 comments

18515.

The New American Homeless (newrepublic.com)

76 points by mooreds on Aug 24, 2019 | 114 comments

18516.

Ask HN: Work-life balance?

76 points by Anurag8701 on Feb 5, 2019 | 110 comments

18517.

Why Airplane Boarding Got So Ridiculous (nymag.com)

76 points by prostoalex on May 17, 2019 | 110 comments

18518.

YouTube demonetizing videos where LGBTQ keywords are said (boingboing.net)

76 points by pdkl95 on Oct 2, 2019 | 109 comments

18519.

How Did a Nissan Leaf Beat a Tesla Model S in a Race? (cleantechnica.com)

76 points by luu on Sep 7, 2019 | 108 comments

18520.

We Prefer Coding Challenges (gravitational.com)

76 points by ddispaltro on Oct 9, 2019 | 104 comments

18521.

Japan plans to create 10B 14-digit phone numbers with 5G era approaching (japantimes.co.jp)

76 points by Ultramanoid on May 15, 2019 | 103 comments

18522.

New Taxes and Higher Density Aren't Fixing Vancouver's Housing Problem (citylab.com)

76 points by pseudolus on May 8, 2019 | 100 comments

18523.

Do you have a yawning Perception Gap, or are you in sync with American public? (perceptiongap.us)

76 points by ozdave on Jun 24, 2019 | 100 comments

18524.

Zuckerberg Hates Warren’s Plan to Break Up Facebook. She Doesn’t Care (nytimes.com)

76 points by SREinSF on Oct 1, 2019 | 98 comments

18525.

An actress lived for decades in this NYC apartment for $28 a month (2018) (edition.cnn.com)

76 points by paulpauper on Apr 14, 2019 | 95 comments

18526.

It's Gotten Too Hard to Strike It Rich in America (bloomberg.com)

76 points by pseudolus on Aug 14, 2019 | 95 comments

18527.

Why Workers Without College Degrees Are Fleeing Big Cities (nytimes.com)

76 points by pseudolus on May 21, 2019 | 94 comments

18528.

What a Student Loan 'Bubble' Bursting Might Look Like (vice.com)

76 points by elliekelly on Jan 2, 2019 | 93 comments

18529.

VLC developers refuse to consider updates over HTTPS (trac.videolan.org)

76 points by GordonS on Jan 19, 2019 | 91 comments

18530.

Richard Stallman challenges 'misleading' coverage of his comments on Minsky (news.slashdot.org)

76 points by MilnerRoute on Sep 14, 2019 | 90 comments

18531.

Foie Gras, Served in 1k Restaurants in NYC, Is Banned (nytimes.com)

76 points by frutiger on Oct 31, 2019 | 90 comments

18532.

Math Looks the Same in the Brains of Boys and Girls, Study Finds (npr.org)

76 points by pseudolus on Nov 8, 2019 | 90 comments

18533.

‘We were sold off’: WeWork’s staff face uncertain future as company collapses (theguardian.com)

76 points by vanusa on Nov 22, 2019 | 87 comments

18534.

The Era of Easy Recycling May Be Coming to an End (fivethirtyeight.com)

76 points by SteveNuts on Jan 12, 2019 | 84 comments

18535.

Modern JavaScript tooling is too complicated? (changelog.com)

76 points by praveenscience on Aug 21, 2019 | 84 comments

18536.

A class-action suit imperils California freelancers (cjr.org)

76 points by gok on May 31, 2019 | 82 comments

18537.

CRISPR-baby scientist fired by university (nature.com)

76 points by jbsimpson on Jan 23, 2019 | 81 comments

18538.

Find Files (Ff) – File Search Utility in Rust (github.com)

76 points by pvsukale3 on Feb 27, 2019 | 78 comments

18539.

A new book on cannibalism in the 1921 Russian famine (airmail.news)

76 points by the-enemy on Nov 4, 2019 | 78 comments

18540.

Epstein’s Links to Scientists Are More Extensive Than Previously Thought (buzzfeednews.com)

76 points by msghacq on Aug 27, 2019 | 77 comments