HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

20551.

Now you C me, now you don't (securitylab.github.com)

67 points by pcw888 on Aug 28, 2020 | 59 comments

20552.

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence moves up a gear (economist.com)

67 points by JumpCrisscross on Mar 11, 2020 | 59 comments

20553.

The History of Development of Norton Commander (2010) (softpanorama.org)

67 points by quijoteuniv on May 22, 2020 | 59 comments

20554.

How TikTok's design makes the algorithm work (eugenewei.com)

67 points by sbuccini on Sep 22, 2020 | 58 comments

20555.

Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown Upends the Most Basic Routines and Joys (stamfordadvocate.com)

67 points by ytNumbers on Mar 11, 2020 | 57 comments

20556.

FFFG: Freedom from Facebook and Google (freedomfromfacebookandgoogle.com)

67 points by lowmemcpu on Jun 23, 2020 | 57 comments

20557.

Stereotype accuracy: One of the largest, most replicable effects in psychology [pdf] (gwern.net)

67 points by feross on Aug 21, 2020 | 57 comments

20558.

How the design of a WWII plane led to the concept of user friendliness (2019) (wired.com)

67 points by BerislavLopac on Jul 12, 2020 | 56 comments

20559.

Why Do We Have Dev Rels Now? (zwischenzugs.com)

67 points by shahsyed on Jul 21, 2020 | 55 comments

20560.

Neanderthals Feasted on Seafood, Seabirds, Perhaps Even Dolphins (nytimes.com)

67 points by Thevet on Mar 30, 2020 | 54 comments

20561.

Over 60% of people view journalism as more dangerous than ten years ago (safety.com)

67 points by sharkweek on Dec 15, 2020 | 53 comments

20562.

An army of volunteer ‘elves’ fights disinfo in the Czech Republic (codastory.com)

67 points by hhs on May 20, 2020 | 52 comments

20563.

The Internet Archive is ending its free books program (nytimes.com)

67 points by Kairon on Jun 12, 2020 | 52 comments

20564.

Children’s role in spread of virus bigger than thought (news.harvard.edu)

67 points by mmmbn on Aug 22, 2020 | 52 comments

20565.

Java Edition is moving house (minecraft.net)

67 points by markjgx on Oct 21, 2020 | 51 comments

20566.

TikTok, Trump, and the Future of Open Source Surveillance (fossa.com)

67 points by ryangoldman on Aug 26, 2020 | 50 comments

20567.

Mayflower 400: the science of sailing across the ocean in 1620 (theconversation.com)

67 points by collapse on Sep 18, 2020 | 50 comments

20568.

Themed days, Timeboxing and why you should use them (jamalx31.com)

67 points by jamalx31 on Oct 17, 2020 | 50 comments

20569.

Obsolete Technology in Unicode (2018) (shkspr.mobi)

67 points by edent on Mar 28, 2020 | 49 comments

20570.

GCD and the magic of subtraction (plumsempy.com)

67 points by plumsempy on Aug 24, 2020 | 48 comments

20571.

Martin Gurri and the ungovernable public (thepullrequest.com)

67 points by deepbow on Nov 5, 2020 | 48 comments

20572.

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson taken to intensive care (bbc.co.uk)

67 points by DanBC on Apr 6, 2020 | 45 comments

20573.

Dangerous SHA-1 crypto function is about to die in SSH (arstechnica.com)

67 points by headalgorithm on May 28, 2020 | 45 comments

20574.

The Nature of Lisp (2006) (defmacro.org)

67 points by tosh on Oct 26, 2020 | 45 comments

20575.

There is little chance CRISPR will ever be widely used to directly treat disease (josiahzayner.com)

67 points by contingencies on Nov 14, 2020 | 45 comments

20576.

Kids do program – Experiences from the course (sar3.ch)

67 points by stojano on Jan 21, 2020 | 44 comments

20577.

The Native-American Origins of Gumbo (atlasobscura.com)

67 points by DoreenMichele on Aug 20, 2020 | 44 comments

20578.

Coding and drawing (statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

67 points by danso on Aug 19, 2020 | 42 comments

20579.

BPG Image Format (bellard.org)

67 points by tosh on Oct 1, 2020 | 42 comments

20580.

Show HN: Startizer – Startup Incubation System (MVP v2 Made in Access)

67 points by Ace__ on Feb 28, 2020 | 41 comments