HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1891.

Thamugadi, a Roman outpost in Algeria, was saved by the Sahara (nationalgeographic.com)

57 points by ryan_j_naughton on Jul 31, 2019 | 21 comments

1892.

A technical look at the Dragonfly Titan mission (orbitalindex.com)

57 points by tectonic on Jul 2, 2019 | 14 comments

1893.

Lessons from the Rise and Quick Decline of First ‘Killer App’ (wsj.com)

57 points by jkuria on Jul 14, 2019 | 12 comments

1894.

Plot: A Programming Language for Old Timers (2009) (users.rcn.com)

57 points by tosh on Jul 23, 2019 | 12 comments

1895.

Always the Model, Never the Artist (theparisreview.org)

57 points by prismatic on Jul 29, 2019 | 12 comments

1896.

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 9 3900X Offer Incredible Linux Performance (phoronix.com)

57 points by jrepinc on Jul 7, 2019 | 11 comments

1897.

ANU Quantum Random Number Server (qrng.anu.edu.au)

57 points by dsgrillo on Jul 3, 2019 | 9 comments

1898.

The No-Algorithms Follow-Up (inessential.com)

57 points by jseliger on Jul 6, 2019 | 8 comments

1899.

Fuzzing DNS Zone Parsers (cambus.net)

57 points by fcambus on Jul 11, 2019 | 8 comments

1900.

An Ancient Egypt-to-Black Sea Route? Adventurers to Test Theory (phys.org)

57 points by dnetesn on Jul 31, 2019 | 5 comments

1901.

Mad Magazine Is Shutting Down (jedleland.wordpress.com)

57 points by aaronbrethorst on Jul 4, 2019 | 3 comments

1902.

Melting permafrost in Arctic will have $70tn climate impact – study (theguardian.com)

57 points by nwrk on Jul 7, 2019 | 3 comments

1903.

Computing in the Soviet Space Program (2005) (authors.library.caltech.edu)

57 points by robin_reala on Jul 13, 2019 | 3 comments

1904.

Teen sexting is an overblown moral panic, according to a new study (technologyreview.com)

56 points by coloneltcb on Jul 19, 2019 | 93 comments

1905.

Herbicide glyphosate under fire worldwide, gets banned by Austria (japantimes.co.jp)

56 points by Ultramanoid on Jul 3, 2019 | 61 comments

1906.

Official DeepNude Algorithm (github.com)

56 points by sharjeelsayed on Jul 6, 2019 | 50 comments

1907.

Once a Joke Goes Viral, Who Cares Where It Came From? (2015) (newrepublic.com)

56 points by luu on Jul 10, 2019 | 36 comments

1908.

Modern use of the word ‘moonshot’ mocks Apollo (cacm.acm.org)

56 points by jajag on Jul 23, 2019 | 33 comments

1909.

What It Takes to Build a Marketplace: The Poshmark Story (nfx.com)

56 points by prostoalex on Jul 7, 2019 | 23 comments

1910.

Radix DLT – Decentralized Ledger Technology (radixdlt.com)

56 points by goranmoomin on Jul 6, 2019 | 19 comments

1911.

What Does It Mean That Quantum Gravity Has No Symmetry? (forbes.com)

56 points by espeed on Jul 1, 2019 | 14 comments

1912.

Japan's 7-Eleven payment app gives easy access to scammers (bbc.com)

56 points by subsubsub on Jul 5, 2019 | 13 comments

1913.

Unleashed, Robo-Insect Takes Flight (nytimes.com)

56 points by mhb on Jul 5, 2019 | 12 comments

1914.

HDMI Capture and Analysis FPGA Project (2015) (warmcat.com)

56 points by walterbell on Jul 23, 2019 | 10 comments

1915.

Show HN: A Clojure implementation of logic programming language in SICP (github.com)

56 points by jdormit on Jul 20, 2019 | 6 comments

1916.

Short bursts of exercise may prime the brain for learning (psychologytoday.com)

56 points by EndXA on Jul 8, 2019 | 2 comments

1917.

PostgreSQL Wins 2019 O'Reilly Lifetime Achievement Award

56 points by michelpp on Jul 18, 2019 | 2 comments

1918.

Rust implementation of projects from “Modern Compiler Implementation in ML” (github.com)