HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

23221.

'Impossible' EmDrive Space Thruster May Really Be Impossible (space.com)

45 points by jackfoxy on May 23, 2018 | 86 comments

23222.

What makes a country good at football? (economist.com)

45 points by dsr12 on Jun 10, 2018 | 85 comments

23223.

Optimistic Nihilism (2017) (tinyclouds.org)

45 points by adambyrtek on Apr 3, 2018 | 83 comments

23224.

How Harley-Davidson's All-In Bet on Its Past Crippled Its Future (jalopnik.com)

45 points by kqr2 on Nov 13, 2018 | 83 comments

23225.

A Cashless Economy Locks Out the Poor (nytimes.com)

45 points by ChrisArchitect on Dec 7, 2018 | 81 comments

23226.

How can families afford children? (marginalrevolution.com)

45 points by jeffreyrogers on Mar 6, 2018 | 80 comments

23227.

Basic features that will hopefully return to the MacBook Pro (techcrunch.com)

45 points by kostaddin on Oct 19, 2018 | 80 comments

23228.

Brexit: UK and EU 'agree text' of draft withdrawal agreement (bbc.com)

45 points by qz_ on Nov 13, 2018 | 80 comments

23229.

Ask HN: Which blogs/newsletters would you be willing to pay $5/month for?

45 points by refrigerator on Mar 3, 2018 | 79 comments

23230.

First complaints under the GDPR lodged within hours (privacylawblog.fieldfisher.com)

45 points by raleighm on Jun 9, 2018 | 77 comments

23231.

Tackling the Internet’s Central Villain: The Advertising Business (nytimes.com)

45 points by walterbell on Feb 5, 2018 | 74 comments

23232.

Making a case for JavaScript, in-browser Mining (berk.es)

45 points by berkes on Feb 15, 2018 | 74 comments

23233.

Scientists move Doomsday Clock ahead to 2 minutes to midnight (cbc.ca)

45 points by alphonsegaston on Jan 25, 2018 | 70 comments

23234.

Is democracy dying? (news.mit.edu)

45 points by charlysl on Mar 4, 2018 | 70 comments

23235.

Apple Isn't Your Friend (gizmodo.com)

45 points by coldseattle on Jun 10, 2018 | 70 comments

23236.

Sound and fury: how pronunciation provokes passionate reactions (theguardian.com)

45 points by kawera on Jan 22, 2018 | 69 comments

23237.

The Age Gap in Religion Around the World (pewforum.org)

45 points by JumpCrisscross on Jun 17, 2018 | 69 comments

23238.

Ask HN: Has anyone switched from being a night owl to being a morning person?

45 points by cncrnd on Apr 29, 2018 | 68 comments

23239.

Is the Touch Bar a gimmick? Two years in, I can answer that (9to5mac.com)

45 points by okket on Oct 19, 2018 | 68 comments

23240.

Manufacturer 'make worthless' users devices after some stolen from a warehouse (phasenoise.livejournal.com)

45 points by infosecrf on May 17, 2018 | 67 comments

23241.

Why do women live longer than men? (ourworldindata.org)

45 points by mpweiher on Aug 17, 2018 | 67 comments

23242.

Fixing Weak Wi-Fi Router Security (nytimes.com)

45 points by uptown on Jun 13, 2018 | 66 comments

23243.

California just replaced cash bail with algorithms (qz.com)

45 points by antr on Sep 10, 2018 | 66 comments

23244.

Show HN: SAN – a Safe and Nice TOML/YAML Alternative (astrocorp.net)

45 points by _3lin on Sep 19, 2018 | 64 comments

23245.

C considered dangerous (lwn.net)

45 points by johnramsden on Aug 30, 2018 | 62 comments

23246.

Machine learning is not just glorified statistics (towardsdatascience.com)

45 points by xTWOz on Dec 3, 2018 | 62 comments

23247.

How I built a fast JavaScript framework (medium.com)

45 points by krapans on Mar 7, 2018 | 61 comments

23248.

The Finkbeiner Test: A Tool for Writing About Women in their Professions (lastwordonnothing.com)

45 points by m-ou-se on Jul 25, 2018 | 60 comments

23249.

Copyleft and community licenses are not without merit, but they are a dead end (influxdata.com)

45 points by pauldix on Dec 21, 2018 | 60 comments

23250.

Apple previews iOS 11.3 (apple.com)

45 points by uptown on Jan 24, 2018 | 59 comments