HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

511.

Eating less and more than needed on alternate days prolongs life (2006) (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

220 points by alderz on Mar 9, 2017 | 123 comments

512.

Unsealed documents show Monsanto ghost wrote research papers on RoundUp (nytimes.com)

220 points by Preemo on Mar 15, 2017 | 2 comments

513.

Ask HN: Is there a powerful open-source Google Calendar replacement?

219 points by kfrzcode on Mar 31, 2017 | 101 comments

514.

The CIA's “Development Tradecraft Do's and Dont's” (schneier.com)

219 points by loop22 on Mar 13, 2017 | 44 comments

515.

Complexity and Strategy (hackernoon.com)

219 points by mgdo on Mar 25, 2017 | 30 comments

516.

Ask HN: Have you created a programming language and why?

218 points by jcoffland on Mar 6, 2017 | 237 comments

517.

Understanding Git Filter-Branch and the Git Storage Model (manishearth.github.io)

218 points by dimfeld on Mar 6, 2017 | 8 comments

518.

The 10,000-hour rule is wrong and perpetuates a cruel myth (businessinsider.com)

217 points by dannylandau on Mar 13, 2017 | 114 comments

519.

Alpaca – Functional programming inspired by ML for the Erlang VM (github.com)

217 points by knv on Mar 24, 2017 | 96 comments

520.

Usql – A universal command-line interface for SQL databases (github.com)

217 points by kenshaw on Mar 3, 2017 | 52 comments

521.

The SELinux coloring book [pdf] (people.redhat.com)

216 points by mromnia on Mar 3, 2017 | 51 comments

522.

The Mathematics Autodidact’s Aid (2005) [pdf] (ams.org)

216 points by kercker on Mar 23, 2017 | 47 comments

523.

A step-by-step guide to building a simple chess AI (medium.com)

216 points by vinny12 on Mar 31, 2017 | 41 comments

524.

Genius laid off a bunch of its engineers (theverge.com)

215 points by artsandsci on Mar 15, 2017 | 164 comments

525.

I had an autoimmune disease, then the disease had me (2013) (newyorker.com)

215 points by daegloe on Mar 12, 2017 | 138 comments

526.

How to Write Portable C Without Complicating Your Build (nullprogram.com)

215 points by ingve on Mar 30, 2017 | 105 comments

527.

HTTPS Interception Weakens TLS Security (us-cert.gov)

215 points by mlindner on Mar 17, 2017 | 98 comments

528.

An ancient memorization strategy might cause lasting changes to the brain (theverge.com)

215 points by jaboutboul on Mar 19, 2017 | 67 comments

529.

The Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices (prospect.org)

214 points by frgtpsswrdlame on Mar 30, 2017 | 190 comments

530.

Google Cloud Platform’s Pi API – With access to 750B digits of Pi (pi.delivery)

214 points by alpb on Mar 15, 2017 | 87 comments

531.

Amazon Connect – Simple to use, cloud-based contact center (aws.amazon.com)

214 points by kjw on Mar 28, 2017 | 82 comments

532.

An Introduction to Probabilistic Graphical Models (2003) [pdf] (people.eecs.berkeley.edu)

214 points by scvalencia on Mar 29, 2017 | 35 comments

533.

Too Much Experience to Be Hired? Some Older Americans Face Age Bias (npr.org)

213 points by happy-go-lucky on Mar 25, 2017 | 233 comments

534.

Palmer Luckey Leaves Facebook (techcrunch.com)

213 points by petergatsby on Mar 30, 2017 | 191 comments

535.

Comcast says it will not sell customer browsing histories (reuters.com)

212 points by jgrahamc on Mar 31, 2017 | 146 comments

536.

Partial WebAssembly backend for the GNU toolchain (sourceware.org)

211 points by ingve on Mar 4, 2017 | 101 comments

537.

Teenager's sickle cell reversed using a treatment to change his DNA (bbc.com)

211 points by _nh_ on Mar 3, 2017 | 75 comments

538.

Breaks Observed in Rover Wheel Treads (jpl.nasa.gov)

210 points by andyjohnson0 on Mar 22, 2017 | 183 comments

539.

Failures of Deep Learning (arxiv.org)

210 points by stochastician on Mar 24, 2017 | 44 comments

540.

The end of smartphone innovation (ben-evans.com)

209 points by allenleein on Mar 25, 2017 | 277 comments