HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

22561.

Ethereum set to become first blockchain to settle $1T in one year (cointelegraph.com)

57 points by jules-jules on Oct 23, 2020 | 67 comments

22562.

‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague (2015) (rmg.co.uk)

57 points by benbreen on Mar 9, 2020 | 66 comments

22563.

Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Design for Great Power Competition (crsreports.congress.gov)

57 points by thoughtstheseus on Jun 5, 2020 | 66 comments

22564.

How to Build a State (worksinprogress.co)

57 points by tnorthcutt on Sep 4, 2020 | 65 comments

22565.

Mainframes Are Having a Moment (spectrum.ieee.org)

57 points by jbkavungal on Apr 18, 2020 | 64 comments

22566.

Ask HN: Has anyone purchased the base M1 Mac Mini for development work?

57 points by bochoh on Dec 30, 2020 | 64 comments

22567.

Ask HN: Best Video Call Solution for Elderly

57 points by noodlesUK on Jun 22, 2020 | 63 comments

22568.

The Holy Men of India (realization.org)

57 points by perfmode on Jun 14, 2020 | 60 comments

22569.

New coronavirus strain up to 70% more transmissible (independent.co.uk)

57 points by tonyhb on Dec 19, 2020 | 59 comments

22570.

JavaScript: The First 20 Years (zenodo.org)

57 points by ngcc_hk on Jun 5, 2020 | 58 comments

22571.

Ask HN: What podcast(s) changed your life?

57 points by throwawayt856 on Jan 19, 2020 | 57 comments

22572.

Kessler Syndrome (en.wikipedia.org)

57 points by misthop on Feb 13, 2020 | 57 comments

22573.

Students create device to capture car tyre microplastic debris (bbc.co.uk)

57 points by jfk13 on Nov 29, 2020 | 55 comments

22574.

Bad programming ideas that only become apparent after years (twitter.com)

57 points by ingve on Dec 27, 2020 | 55 comments

22575.

George Orwell’s 1984 through a neuroscience lens (brainpizza.substack.com)

57 points by smomara on Dec 13, 2020 | 54 comments

22576.

File Integrity 6: Which image format is most resilient? (eclecticlight.co)

57 points by zdw on Apr 21, 2020 | 52 comments

22577.

Rust is not a good C replacement (2019) (drewdevault.com)

57 points by fortran77 on May 28, 2020 | 52 comments

22578.

Was a PhD necessary to solve outstanding math problems? (greaterwrong.com)

57 points by reedwolf on Jul 11, 2020 | 52 comments

22579.

Russia’s ‘slow-motion Chernobyl’ at sea (bbc.com)

57 points by LandR on Sep 2, 2020 | 51 comments

22580.

A struggling Rust Belt city pinned its revival on a self-chilling beverage can (propublica.org)

57 points by danso on May 11, 2020 | 50 comments

22581.

Userinterface.js – A small library to build front-end JavaScript applications (github.com)

57 points by thoughtsunifica on May 31, 2020 | 50 comments

22582.

Ask HN: Is it me or PWAs are pretty much dead?

57 points by NosmanWert on Sep 21, 2020 | 49 comments

22583.

Ask HN: People who rejected a FAANG offer. Why?

57 points by imheretolearn on May 18, 2020 | 47 comments

22584.

Senators propose lawful access to encrypted data (androidauthority.com)

57 points by Multicomp on Jun 27, 2020 | 46 comments

22585.

Vessel Finder (marinetraffic24.com)

57 points by Mosiout1936 on Jul 13, 2020 | 45 comments

22586.

Launch HN: Freshpaint (YC S19) – Automated, Retroactive Alternative to Segment

57 points by malisper on Jan 6, 2020 | 44 comments

22587.

New Mexico's Singing Road (thesingingroad.com)

57 points by chris_overseas on Jul 2, 2020 | 44 comments

22588.

Ask HN: Has anyone been using VR to socialize lately?

57 points by nbrempel on Apr 26, 2020 | 43 comments

22589.

Posse Comitatus Act (en.wikipedia.org)

57 points by tosh on Jun 2, 2020 | 43 comments

22590.

Right Dao, a new independent search engine that doesn't track users (rightdao.com)

57 points by ivyabc on Dec 3, 2020 | 43 comments