HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

17131.

'All lies': how the US military covered up gunning down two journalists in Iraq (theguardian.com)

90 points by throwaway888abc on Jun 15, 2020 | 0 comments

17132.

Zoom towns and the new housing market for the two Americas (npr.org)

89 points by jelliclesfarm on Sep 12, 2020 | 183 comments

17133.

The Rise and Rise of JSON (2017) (twobithistory.org)

89 points by mariuz on Jul 22, 2020 | 167 comments

17134.

Apparent absence of covid transmission at hair salon with face covering policy (cdc.gov)

89 points by AlphaWeaver on Jul 15, 2020 | 166 comments

17135.

Why C# coders should shut up about Delphi (2016) (jonlennartaasenden.wordpress.com)

89 points by tones411 on May 27, 2020 | 157 comments

17136.

Measuring "efficiency" in document prepration: Microsoft Word vs. LaTex (blog.cr.yp.to)

89 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Dec 8, 2020 | 157 comments

17137.

As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear showing up at work (washingtonpost.com)

89 points by turtlegrids on Apr 13, 2020 | 141 comments

17138.

New Zealand PM: No open borders for 'a long time' (bbc.com)

89 points by Reedx on May 6, 2020 | 130 comments

17139.

On the cruelty of really teaching computing science (1988) [pdf] (psy.gla.ac.uk)

89 points by teawhoyou on Dec 16, 2020 | 120 comments

17140.

Plan the Sprint, Not the Project (critter.blog)

89 points by mcrittenden on Aug 20, 2020 | 119 comments

17141.

What Is the Small Web? (ar.al)

89 points by tbassetto on Aug 25, 2020 | 118 comments

17142.

Beg the Question (begthequestion.info)

89 points by tosh on Oct 13, 2020 | 118 comments

17143.

A New Problem Is Brewing in the Beer Industry: One Million Kegs Are Going Stale (wsj.com)

89 points by prostoalex on Apr 25, 2020 | 117 comments

17144.

The transformation of the porn industry under coronavirus (buzzfeednews.com)

89 points by paulpauper on May 23, 2020 | 116 comments

17145.

Animals killed since opening this page (justone.earth)

89 points by mavsman on May 5, 2020 | 113 comments

17146.

Should social networks tell you if you’ve been following a fake account? (shkspr.mobi)

89 points by edent on Sep 23, 2020 | 111 comments

17147.

A modular, extensible DIY NAS (blog.georgovassilis.com)

89 points by ggeorgovassilis on Oct 4, 2020 | 108 comments

17148.

Ask HN: Where does one search development advice these days?

89 points by fortnum on Dec 20, 2020 | 107 comments

17149.

CSVs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (alexgaynor.net)

89 points by goranmoomin on Nov 7, 2020 | 104 comments

17150.

You Probably Should Be Wearing a Face Mask If You Can (kottke.org)

89 points by miles on Mar 30, 2020 | 101 comments

17151.

Astronomers want public funds for intelligent life search (bbc.co.uk)

89 points by aluket on Feb 15, 2020 | 100 comments

17152.

Netgpu and the hazards of proprietary kernel modules (lwn.net)

89 points by rbanffy on Aug 14, 2020 | 100 comments

17153.

The comfortable life is killing us (medium.com)

89 points by arbhassan on Feb 8, 2020 | 97 comments

17154.

Call to arms: Sweden raises defense spending by 40% in 5 years (economist.com)

89 points by cwwc on Oct 22, 2020 | 96 comments

17155.

Scientists warn of potential wave of Covid-linked brain damage (reuters.com)

89 points by stevenjgarner on Jul 11, 2020 | 92 comments

17156.

Former Israeli space security chief says aliens exist, humanity not ready (jpost.com)

89 points by breck on Dec 7, 2020 | 92 comments

17157.

Regular cannabis use were associated with poorer cognitive performance (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)