HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

20251.

The Man Who Studies the Spread of Ignorance (bbc.com)

50 points by bpolania on Jan 17, 2016 | 31 comments

20252.

Why Cruise Ships Are My Favorite Remote Work Location (2013) (tynan.com)

50 points by syncopatience on May 22, 2016 | 31 comments

20253.

‘I am utterly disgusted’: Legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki takes AI down a peg (recode.net)

50 points by Gaessaki on Dec 11, 2016 | 31 comments

20254.

A Small, Nice Thing (codahale.com)

50 points by mycodebreaks on Jan 31, 2016 | 30 comments

20255.

YouTube 500 Sever Error (youtube.com)

50 points by pi-squared on Jun 22, 2016 | 30 comments

20256.

The Price of a Child (2013) (priceonomics.com)

50 points by oli5679 on Jul 3, 2016 | 30 comments

20257.

A Comprehensive Study on the Energy Efficiency of Java Thread-Safe Collections [pdf] (gustavopinto.github.io)

50 points by ghlp on Aug 9, 2016 | 30 comments

20258.

Broken features aren't used (tedunangst.com)

50 points by vog on Aug 10, 2016 | 30 comments

20259.

A Voice Cuts Through, and Adds to, the Intrigue of Russia’s Cyberattacks (nytimes.com)

50 points by ChrisArchitect on Sep 29, 2016 | 30 comments

20260.

Amazon is preparing to launch streaming music service – sources (reuters.com)

50 points by sazibtg on Jun 18, 2016 | 29 comments

20261.

Artificial Intelligence Is Setting Up the Internet for a Huge Clash with Europe (wired.com)

50 points by jonbaer on Jul 12, 2016 | 29 comments

20262.

The new Westworld: Humanizing the un-human, or dehumanizing humankind? (robohub.org)

50 points by sammyjr1 on Oct 18, 2016 | 29 comments

20263.

Promises and pitfalls of applying computational models to mental disorders (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

50 points by okket on Aug 21, 2016 | 27 comments

20264.

To Test a Powerful Computer, Play an Ancient Game (1997) (nytimes.com)

50 points by luso_brazilian on Mar 20, 2016 | 26 comments

20265.

How to bring science publishing into the 21st century (blogs.scientificamerican.com)

50 points by dban on Aug 10, 2016 | 26 comments

20266.

Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump (mobile.nytimes.com)

50 points by jp8000 on Oct 16, 2016 | 26 comments

20267.

China battles to shore up stocks, yuan after globe-shaking slide (reuters.com)

50 points by tokenadult on Jan 5, 2016 | 25 comments

20268.

Unicode in SML (blogful.me)

50 points by eatonphil on Feb 20, 2016 | 25 comments

20269.

Imagination Solution to FCC Rules: Run OpenWrt and WiFi Driver in Separate VM's (cnx-software.com)

50 points by zdw on Jun 11, 2016 | 25 comments

20270.

It's time to publicly shame United Airlines' so-called online security (techcrunch.com)

50 points by galazzah on Aug 14, 2016 | 25 comments

20271.

The Readability bookmarking service will shut down on September 30, 2016 (medium.com)

50 points by ashleyblackmore on Aug 31, 2016 | 25 comments

20272.

A Doctor Trying to Stop Heart Attacks (npr.org)

50 points by helloworld on Sep 26, 2016 | 23 comments

20273.

Amazon launches its newest private label, Wickedly Prime (techcrunch.com)

50 points by prostoalex on Dec 23, 2016 | 23 comments

20274.

A Break for Small Business (bloombergview.com)

50 points by MaysonL on Jan 5, 2016 | 22 comments

20275.

Chkboot (github.com)

50 points by jakobdabo on Mar 19, 2016 | 22 comments

20276.

“Please enter information associated with your online presence” (federalregister.gov)

50 points by eplanit on Jun 24, 2016 | 22 comments

20277.

Contributors do not save time (drmaciver.com)

50 points by pferde on Jul 16, 2016 | 22 comments

20278.

Ask HN: What has been your experience with TopTal (and other similar agencies)?

50 points by baccheion on Aug 17, 2016 | 22 comments

20279.

Tekserve auctions their vintage Mac collection (new.liveauctioneers.com)

50 points by talos on Aug 19, 2016 | 22 comments

20280.

Where Have You Gone, Peter Norton? (2014) (technologizer.com)

50 points by ohjeez on Mar 2, 2016 | 21 comments