HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

26101.

Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux (theregister.com)

52 points by lproven on May 31, 2022 | 136 comments

26102.

Knowledge overconfidence is associated with anti-consensus views (science.org)

52 points by IfOnlyYouKnew on Aug 7, 2022 | 125 comments

26103.

Ask HN: What is the most compelling reason young people should learn to program?

52 points by JonathanBuchh on May 9, 2022 | 119 comments

26104.

Ask HN: How to build a light weight personal blog?

52 points by rishikeshs on Jan 4, 2022 | 115 comments

26105.

The energy historian who says rapid decarbonization is a fantasy (latimes.com)

52 points by mxschumacher on Sep 6, 2022 | 109 comments

26106.

Turbine “torture” for Greek islanders as wind farms proliferate (channelnewsasia.com)

52 points by mdp2021 on Feb 11, 2022 | 108 comments

26107.

Ask HN: Why does WWDC get 10x more views than Google I/O?

52 points by carlycue on Jun 12, 2022 | 106 comments

26108.

Available today: The Windows 11 2022 Update (blogs.windows.com)

52 points by varun_ch on Sep 20, 2022 | 106 comments

26109.

Was Vincent van Gogh color blind? (2012) (smithsonianmag.com)

52 points by stoeckley on Sep 4, 2022 | 104 comments

26110.

Porn sites will be legally required to verify users' age using credit card (bbc.com)

52 points by notRobot on Feb 8, 2022 | 101 comments

26111.

Ask HN: Why Hasn't the Doomsday Clock Advanced?

52 points by soheil on Oct 11, 2022 | 100 comments

26112.

Ask HN: Cloud vs. Dedicated Hosting

52 points by jack_pp on May 16, 2022 | 97 comments

26113.

Senate Bill S6486D Establishes a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining (nysenate.gov)

52 points by ianai on Jun 3, 2022 | 96 comments

26114.

The free YouTube tier is about to become unbearable with even more ads (androidpolice.com)

52 points by raybb on Sep 16, 2022 | 96 comments

26115.

Simone Biles, Aly Raisman Suing FBI for $1B over Larry Nassar Investigation (cbsnews.com)

52 points by jonwachob91 on Jun 8, 2022 | 95 comments

26116.

Bank of England warns the UK will fall into recession this year (bbc.co.uk)

52 points by saos on Aug 4, 2022 | 95 comments

26117.

Channel 4 privatisation to go ahead (bbc.co.uk)

52 points by jonjomckay on Apr 5, 2022 | 94 comments

26118.

The new tech worldview (economist.com)

52 points by axiomdata316 on Dec 28, 2022 | 94 comments

26119.

The disappearance of Japan’s “third gender” (daily.jstor.org)

52 points by Thevet on Jan 29, 2022 | 93 comments

26120.

Ask HN: Why isn't GWT or Vaadin more popular among Java developers?

52 points by oldjavacoder on Jul 12, 2022 | 90 comments

26121.

Are tech stocks now good value? (economist.com)

52 points by yamrzou on Nov 22, 2022 | 88 comments

26122.

Trump's Truth Social tops downloads on Apple App Store; many waitlisted (reuters.com)

52 points by tlogan on Feb 21, 2022 | 86 comments

26123.

France's Bogdanoff Twins Die Days Apart (bbc.co.uk)

52 points by GEBBL on Jan 4, 2022 | 85 comments

26124.

Petty Thieves Plague San Francisco. ‘These Last Two Years Have Been Insane.’ (wsj.com)

52 points by erehweb on Mar 20, 2022 | 85 comments

26125.

Ask HN: Why isn't computer programming a major part of the arts?

52 points by amichail on Feb 5, 2022 | 84 comments

26126.

Rethinking Hierarchy in the Workplace (2017) (gsb.stanford.edu)

52 points by andsoitis on Jun 29, 2022 | 84 comments

26127.

New third-generation Formula E car is fastest ever electric racer (autocar.co.uk)

52 points by clouddrover on Jul 31, 2022 | 84 comments

26128.

Help I can't become a digital nomad, I have too much stuff (fireshouter.substack.com)