HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

5011.

Russia’s space program just threw a NASA astronaut under the bus (arstechnica.com)

9 points by gtirloni on Aug 14, 2021 | 1 comments

5012.

Twitter reinstates accounts of India's Rahul Gandhi, other opposition leaders (reuters.com)

9 points by lsllc on Aug 14, 2021 | 1 comments

5013.

Modern web apps without JavaScript bundling or transpiling (world.hey.com)

9 points by gingerlime on Aug 15, 2021 | 1 comments

5014.

How this summer is a ‘preview’ of Earth’s coming climate crisis (nbcnews.com)

9 points by billyharris on Aug 15, 2021 | 1 comments

5015.

Construction, Efficiency, and Production Systems (constructionphysics.substack.com)

9 points by prostoalex on Aug 15, 2021 | 1 comments

5016.

Apple Is Terrible for Your Privacy – The Hated One (youtube.com)

9 points by midnightGhost on Aug 15, 2021 | 1 comments

5017.

Publishers Blast Internet Archive’s Demand for 10 Years of Sales Data (publishersweekly.com)

9 points by ilamont on Aug 16, 2021 | 1 comments

5018.

Hedy Lamarr (en.wikipedia.org)

9 points by belter on Aug 18, 2021 | 1 comments

5019.

Windows 11 Is Making It Absurdly Difficult to Change Browsers (gizmodo.com)

9 points by Alupis on Aug 18, 2021 | 1 comments

5020.

Sharks were spared during extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs, study finds (independent.co.uk)

9 points by midnightcity on Aug 19, 2021 | 1 comments

5021.

The Taliban may have seized biometric data that can ID US allies in Afghanistan (theverge.com)

9 points by starkd on Aug 19, 2021 | 1 comments

5022.

Modern web apps without JavaScript bundling or transpiling (world.hey.com)

9 points by heshiebee on Aug 19, 2021 | 1 comments

5023.

3 U.S. senators test positive for coronavirus (cbsnews.com)

9 points by geox on Aug 19, 2021 | 1 comments

5024.

Datafusion 5.0.0 release with major new features and performance improvements (arrow.apache.org)

9 points by houqp on Aug 20, 2021 | 1 comments

5025.

California judge rules classifying drivers as contractors as unconstitutional (protocol.com)

9 points by stereoradonc on Aug 21, 2021 | 1 comments

5026.

Afghan panic over digital footprints spurs call for data collection rethink (news.trust.org)

9 points by giuliomagnifico on Aug 21, 2021 | 1 comments

5027.

Windows privilege escalation with Razer Installer (twitter.com)

9 points by hasheddan on Aug 22, 2021 | 1 comments

5028.

The More Masks Fail, the More We Need Them (ianmsc.substack.com)

9 points by tomohawk on Aug 22, 2021 | 1 comments

5029.

Bay Area residents fighting a mysterious startup taking over their quiet street (sfgate.com)

9 points by eyeareque on Aug 23, 2021 | 1 comments

5030.

Orientation of USB-C matter (twitter.com)

9 points by fikama on Aug 23, 2021 | 1 comments

5031.

Show HN: Static blog generator in about 1.2KLOC (johnbokma.com)

9 points by jjjbokma on Aug 23, 2021 | 1 comments

5032.

Show HN: Tmux Super Fingers (github.com)

9 points by artemave on Aug 23, 2021 | 1 comments

5033.

California’s Gig Worker Law Is Unconstitutional, CA Superior Court Judge Rules (nytimes.com)

9 points by jedberg on Aug 23, 2021 | 1 comments

5034.

Haiku Activity Report – Summer 2021 (haiku-os.org)

9 points by bitigchi on Aug 24, 2021 | 1 comments

5035.

Alaska Airlines evacuated a plane after a phone burst into flame (theverge.com)

9 points by jhatax on Aug 25, 2021 | 1 comments

5036.

Ultra-Vaccinated Israel’s Crisis Is a Dire Warning to America (thedailybeast.com)

9 points by DocFeind on Aug 25, 2021 | 1 comments

5037.

The Bizarre Refusal to Apply Cost-Benefit Analysis to Covid Debates (greenwald.substack.com)

9 points by tomohawk on Aug 26, 2021 | 1 comments

5038.

10k women die in car crashes each year because of bad design (fastcompany.com)

9 points by ubasu on Aug 27, 2021 | 1 comments

5039.

Mickey Mouse and Batman will soon be public domain (2019) (arstechnica.com)

9 points by Tomte on Aug 27, 2021 | 1 comments

5040.

With a global chip shortage, Microsoft is trying to get you to replace your PCs (twitter.com)

9 points by robarr on Aug 28, 2021 | 1 comments