HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1441.

I disagree with Linus Torvalds about C++ (2009) (johndcook.com)

72 points by piyush_soni on Dec 24, 2018 | 92 comments

1442.

Backplane is shutting down (backplane.io)

72 points by zalmoxes on Dec 14, 2018 | 72 comments

1443.

An experiment in controlling how much of Scrabble is luck (nautil.us)

72 points by dnetesn on Dec 14, 2018 | 59 comments

1444.

Swedish startup Rdot is trying to take on E Ink (goodereader.com)

72 points by danielam on Dec 27, 2018 | 52 comments

1445.

China takes surveillance to new heights with flock of robotic doves (scmp.com)

72 points by known on Dec 30, 2018 | 51 comments

1446.

When Shoes Were Fit with X-Rays (daily.jstor.org)

72 points by toufiqbarhamov on Dec 31, 2018 | 49 comments

1447.

Orphaned currency: the odd case of Somali shillings (2013) (jpkoning.blogspot.com)

72 points by rargulati on Dec 27, 2018 | 48 comments

1448.

How much less efficient are north-facing solar modules? (2016) (solarpowerworldonline.com)

72 points by curtis on Dec 31, 2018 | 41 comments

1449.

Refactoring Large Functions (robert.muth.org)

72 points by muth02446 on Dec 16, 2018 | 38 comments

1450.

Can We Really Inherit Trauma? (nytimes.com)

72 points by DoreenMichele on Dec 23, 2018 | 36 comments

1451.

Locking in WebKit (2016) (webkit.org)

72 points by mpweiher on Dec 17, 2018 | 34 comments

1452.

The MAD Computer Program (meatfighter.com)

72 points by pplonski86 on Dec 11, 2018 | 22 comments

1453.

NetSurf Web Browser (netsurf-browser.org)

72 points by tosh on Dec 16, 2018 | 22 comments

1454.

Chess, a Drosophila of reasoning (science.sciencemag.org)

72 points by prostoalex on Dec 9, 2018 | 20 comments

1455.

What Can We Learn from the Intel SPMD Program Compiler? (software.intel.com)

72 points by matt_d on Dec 24, 2018 | 18 comments

1456.

Stellar Consensus Protocol and Federated Byzantine Agreement (achainofblocks.com)

72 points by acob on Dec 15, 2018 | 17 comments

1457.

Four Mentorship Archetypes (g-rand.com)

72 points by catchmeifyoucan on Dec 10, 2018 | 12 comments

1458.

Can Users Control and Understand a UI Driven by Machine Learning? (nngroup.com)

72 points by camlinke on Dec 22, 2018 | 11 comments

1459.

Show HN: A new annotation tool for information extraction with Mechanical Turk (github.com)

72 points by varal7 on Dec 19, 2018 | 10 comments

1460.

What Foods Are Banned in Europe but Not Banned in the U.S.? (nytimes.com)

71 points by NinjaX on Dec 29, 2018 | 122 comments

1461.

China introduces ‘social’ punishments for scientific misconduct (nature.com)

71 points by sndean on Dec 15, 2018 | 88 comments

1462.

UK police release airport drone suspects, admit there may not have been drones (techcrunch.com)

71 points by JackPoach on Dec 24, 2018 | 84 comments

1463.

Basilisk web browser (basilisk-browser.org)

71 points by bovermyer on Dec 17, 2018 | 69 comments

1464.

Tableau Software Threatened? Rival Growing at 70% Just Raised $103M (forbes.com)

71 points by Varcht on Dec 10, 2018 | 66 comments

1465.

Scooter mechanic, once homeless, says cheap rides now help him pay rent (sfchronicle.com)

71 points by CaliforniaKarl on Dec 8, 2018 | 52 comments

1466.

Rising Instagram Stars Are Posting Fake Sponsored Content (theatlantic.com)

71 points by Reedx on Dec 23, 2018 | 38 comments

1467.

Show HN: Stock Trading with Insomnia REST Client and Alpaca API

71 points by shift8 on Dec 13, 2018 | 36 comments

1468.

Disinformation Report: An Investigation into Russian IRA Activities in 2016 (newknowledge.com)