HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

18721.

Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value (bbc.com)

78 points by abhi3 on May 1, 2020 | 122 comments

18722.

Challenging the myth of individual programmer productivity (insights.sei.cmu.edu)

78 points by vo2maxer on Feb 2, 2020 | 121 comments

18723.

Do notation considered harmful (wiki.haskell.org)

78 points by jim-jim-jim on Apr 29, 2020 | 119 comments

18724.

Zoom corrects usage numbers: says it has 300M daily meeting participants (theverge.com)

78 points by ciccionamente on Apr 30, 2020 | 114 comments

18725.

Microsoft admits being 'on the wrong side of history' with regard to open source (theregister.co.uk)

78 points by FlyMoreRockets on May 17, 2020 | 110 comments

18726.

Texas medical masks manufacturer is caught in coronavirus’s supply chain panic (washingtonpost.com)

78 points by danso on Feb 16, 2020 | 102 comments

18727.

The unexpected rule of adjectival ordering in English (2016) (qz.com)

78 points by ColinWright on Dec 12, 2020 | 101 comments

18728.

Casino-like apps have drained people of millions (nbcnews.com)

78 points by danso on Sep 14, 2020 | 99 comments

18729.

Apple’s New Era Has Begun (forbes.com)

78 points by dankul1 on Nov 9, 2020 | 99 comments

18730.

Smartphone cameras struggle to capture San Francisco's orange sky (axios.com)

78 points by rurp on Sep 10, 2020 | 97 comments

18731.

Apple says electronics recycler “illegally” reselling over 100k iPhones, iPads (9to5mac.com)

78 points by fortran77 on Oct 2, 2020 | 95 comments

18732.

'Music is as good as gold or oil': A man spending billions on old hits (theguardian.com)

78 points by codetrotter on Aug 8, 2020 | 93 comments

18733.

Google CEO pledges to investigate exit of top AI ethicist (axios.com)

78 points by akashshah87 on Dec 9, 2020 | 92 comments

18734.

Great North Air Ambulance trials paramedic jet suit (bbc.co.uk)

78 points by timthorn on Sep 29, 2020 | 87 comments

18735.

Ask HN: If you're so smart how come you're not rich?

78 points by SMAAART on Jun 2, 2020 | 82 comments

18736.

You may finally use JSHint for evil (mikepennisi.com)

78 points by catacombs on Aug 4, 2020 | 80 comments

18737.

Programming languages are not languages (2018) (medium.com)

78 points by gyre007 on Apr 14, 2020 | 78 comments

18738.

The major genetic risk factor for severe Covid-19 is inherited from Neanderthals (nature.com)

78 points by georgecmu on Nov 26, 2020 | 75 comments

18739.

Keyboard with Trackpad for iPad Pro (brydge.com)

78 points by cmod on Jan 3, 2020 | 74 comments

18740.

Microservices – Combinatorial Explosion of Versions (worklifenotes.com)

78 points by taleodor on Mar 4, 2020 | 74 comments

18741.

Trump: 'A lot of people' think Edward Snowden 'not being treated fairly' (nypost.com)

78 points by dsr12 on Aug 14, 2020 | 73 comments

18742.

Show HN: Wrote book that builds a SaaS boilerplate. Save weeks on side projects (builderbook.org)

78 points by tima101 on Aug 15, 2020 | 73 comments

18743.

Eli Lilly says its monoclonal antibody cocktail is effective against Covid-19 (statnews.com)

78 points by jseliger on Oct 8, 2020 | 73 comments

18744.

Apple publishes human rights policy, commits to freedom of information (thehill.com)

78 points by evo_9 on Sep 4, 2020 | 70 comments

18745.

“Out of an abundance of caution” – An overused phrase (2015) (bifurcatedneedle.com)

78 points by enos_feedler on Mar 15, 2020 | 69 comments

18746.

Expert overclockers successfully push DOOM Eternal past 1k frames per second (slayersclub.bethesda.net)

78 points by austinprete on Aug 26, 2020 | 67 comments

18747.

I learned 1500 Chinese Characters in a Month (underscorehao.net)

78 points by _hao on May 14, 2020 | 66 comments

18748.

Technical phone screen superforecasters (blog.interviewing.io)

78 points by leeny on Nov 25, 2020 | 66 comments

18749.

George Hotz: Fully Self-Driving Cars Are a Scam and Silicon Valley Needs to Die (youtube.com)

78 points by vasco on Mar 1, 2020 | 65 comments

18750.

The Post Office Is Deactivating Mail Sorting Machines Ahead of the Election (vice.com)

78 points by cryptoz on Aug 13, 2020 | 64 comments