HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1531.

The French Language and Why We Learn It (lareviewofbooks.org)

70 points by ohaikbai on Aug 3, 2018 | 46 comments

1532.

Clear defensive programming with Go using Verifier library (itnext.io)

70 points by kiyanwang on Aug 9, 2018 | 41 comments

1533.

Show HN: Extension to highlight and tag users on Hacker News (github.com)

70 points by eat_veggies on Aug 8, 2018 | 38 comments

1534.

Seiko UC-2000 (1984) – the dawn of wearable computers (inexhibit.com)

70 points by stuuuuuuuuu on Aug 8, 2018 | 28 comments

1535.

M4 (computer language) (en.wikipedia.org)

70 points by laktak on Aug 17, 2018 | 26 comments

1536.

Remote Mac Exploitation via Custom URL Schemes (objective-see.com)

70 points by mef on Aug 31, 2018 | 19 comments

1537.

We are done with “Hacking” (cacm.acm.org)

69 points by jestinjoy1 on Aug 26, 2018 | 95 comments

1538.

New Logo and Identity for Library of Congress (underconsideration.com)

69 points by prismatic on Aug 27, 2018 | 67 comments

1539.

Good thing in PHP nobody talks about (pixeljets.com)

69 points by jetter on Aug 27, 2018 | 67 comments

1540.

Tesla stock sinks after Musk gives tearful NYT interview (reuters.com)

69 points by smaili on Aug 18, 2018 | 59 comments

1541.

How I Recovered Millions of Transactions Using Tcl (2016) (activestate.com)

69 points by gglitch on Aug 14, 2018 | 28 comments

1542.

CharmPy – A high-level parallel and distributed programming framework (charmpy.readthedocs.io)

69 points by lainon on Aug 10, 2018 | 26 comments

1543.

The Communist Cookbook That Defined Prague’s Cuisine (atlasobscura.com)

69 points by UpshotKnothole on Aug 31, 2018 | 25 comments

1544.

When Not to Serialize (hacksoflife.blogspot.com)

69 points by ingve on Aug 9, 2018 | 19 comments

1545.

Mysterious Musical Stones of Ringing Rocks Park in Pennsylvania (strangesounds.org)

69 points by Earth_Change on Aug 11, 2018 | 19 comments

1546.

The truth about ‘breakthrough’ drugs (washingtonpost.com)

69 points by wellokthen on Aug 20, 2018 | 16 comments

1547.

Easing into Modern C++: A lightning talk for the unsure [video] (youtube.com)

69 points by ScottWRobinson on Aug 29, 2018 | 12 comments

1548.

Important Algorithms That Helped Define Math, Computing, Physics (interestingengineering.com)

69 points by tangentspace on Aug 14, 2018 | 6 comments

1549.

Lenses for philosophers (julesh.com)

69 points by jxub on Aug 17, 2018 | 5 comments

1550.

A breakdown of a GIF decoder (2012) (commandlinefanatic.com)

69 points by userbinator on Aug 21, 2018 | 3 comments

1551.

There's No 'Safe' Level of Alcohol Consumption, Global Study Finds (livescience.com)

68 points by elijahparker on Aug 24, 2018 | 97 comments

1552.

She Had a Genius Idea: Air-Conditioned Doghouses, then the City Showed Up (nytimes.com)

68 points by a_w on Aug 12, 2018 | 79 comments

1553.

Auto makers are figuring out how to monetize drivers’ data (wsj.com)

68 points by petethomas on Aug 19, 2018 | 57 comments

1554.

Fully digital valves open up engine possibilities (newatlas.com)

68 points by rmason on Aug 12, 2018 | 56 comments

1555.

Women's Pockets are Inferior (pudding.cool)

68 points by dsr12 on Aug 15, 2018 | 52 comments

1556.

Ask HN: What are some of the best life hacks you use?

68 points by DesHacker on Aug 27, 2018 | 51 comments

1557.

The evolutionary mystery of gigantic human brains (arstechnica.com)

68 points by nnx on Aug 24, 2018 | 42 comments

1558.

South Korea scrambles to avoid going the way of Japan (ozy.com)

68 points by starpilot on Aug 31, 2018 | 28 comments

1559.

A map of London as it was during the era of the Tudor monarchs (ianvisits.co.uk)

68 points by fanf2 on Aug 29, 2018 | 22 comments

1560.

Linus Torvalds on regressions (lkml.org)

68 points by Cmerlyn on Aug 7, 2018 | 18 comments