HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1951.

Electric scooters are illegal in the UK because of 1835 law (businessinsider.com)

48 points by lnguyen on Aug 11, 2018 | 68 comments

1952.

Ask HN: Why are there no public social networks?

48 points by nrvslghtnng on Aug 14, 2018 | 68 comments

1953.

Twitter company email addresses why it’s #BreakingMyTwitter (techcrunch.com)

48 points by coloneltcb on Aug 16, 2018 | 67 comments

1954.

Ryanair strike hits 55,000 customers across Europe (cnbc.com)

48 points by craigferg501 on Aug 10, 2018 | 64 comments

1955.

The Humanities Are in Crisis (theatlantic.com)

48 points by nikbackm on Aug 25, 2018 | 57 comments

1956.

Theranos: Blitzscaling, Blitzfailing, or Blitzfrauding? (linkedin.com)

48 points by kaboro on Aug 31, 2018 | 47 comments

1957.

Black cowboys (en.wikipedia.org)

48 points by curtis on Aug 11, 2018 | 40 comments

1958.

Anyway, stop recommending bazookas to kill flies in programming (itnext.io)

48 points by kiyanwang on Aug 25, 2018 | 31 comments

1959.

The Chinese Typewriter: A History (lrb.co.uk)

48 points by forapurpose on Aug 8, 2018 | 27 comments

1960.

The science of ultra pure silicon (wired.com)

48 points by sajid on Aug 10, 2018 | 25 comments

1961.

The Functional Programmer – Keeping Repetitive Strain Injury at Bay [video] (blog.lunarlogic.io)

48 points by ArturT on Aug 31, 2018 | 20 comments

1962.

A quantum computing startup tries to live up to the hype (japantimes.co.jp)

48 points by pmoriarty on Aug 8, 2018 | 13 comments

1963.

The Computer Chronicles – Microchip Technology (1983) [video] (youtube.com)

48 points by bane on Aug 5, 2018 | 9 comments

1964.

Sugar: Secure GPU Acceleration in Web Browsers [pdf] (ics.uci.edu)

48 points by lainon on Aug 20, 2018 | 7 comments

1965.

Byteconf React – free React.js conf streamed on Twitch, live right now (byteconf.com)

48 points by kmf on Aug 31, 2018 | 6 comments

1966.

The Unlikely Activists Who Took on Silicon Valley – And Won (nytimes.com)

48 points by ProAm on Aug 14, 2018 | 4 comments

1967.

Silver Coins Lead to One of the Earliest Roman Sites in Yorkshire (smithsonianmag.com)

48 points by diodorus on Aug 28, 2018 | 3 comments

1968.

Flash 101: The NOR Flash electrical interface (embedded.com)

48 points by rbanffy on Aug 10, 2018 | 2 comments

1969.

Program Induction and Synthesis at ICML 18 (gfrison.com)

48 points by gfrison1 on Aug 16, 2018 | 2 comments

1970.

Watching neurons in action (medicalxpress.com)

48 points by dnetesn on Aug 23, 2018 | 2 comments

1971.

Visual UI Regression Testing with WebAssembly and the Kantu Selenium IDE (a9t9.com)

48 points by stevechu on Aug 23, 2018 | 2 comments

1972.

Adding a Back Light to a Neo Geo Pocket (igorkromin.net)

48 points by ikromin on Aug 12, 2018 | 0 comments

1973.

It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts explain why (vox.com)

47 points by pmcpinto on Aug 10, 2018 | 98 comments

1974.

How can you treat someone who doesn’t accept they are ill? (mosaicscience.com)

47 points by okket on Aug 13, 2018 | 63 comments

1975.

Ask HN: I want to be a 40h/week intermediate developer.How do I stay employable?

47 points by firestri on Aug 31, 2018 | 63 comments

1976.

Uber and Lyft offered to bail out taxi drivers; New York said no (theverge.com)

47 points by JumpCrisscross on Aug 1, 2018 | 62 comments

1977.

Microservices from a Startup Perspective (infoq.com)

47 points by andima on Aug 21, 2018 | 47 comments

1978.

Facebook Is Now Rating Users Black Mirror Style (medium.com)

47 points by MichaelKSpencer on Aug 22, 2018 | 33 comments

1979.

Tips on using the Curl Command in Linux (tecmint.com)

47 points by axiomdata316 on Aug 18, 2018 | 32 comments

1980.

Palestine's unique stretchy ice cream [video] (bbc.com)

47 points by MiriamWeiner on Aug 16, 2018 | 31 comments