HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1741.

QR error correction helps and hinders scanning (huonw.github.io)

74 points by dbaupp on Sep 28, 2021 | 42 comments

1742.

The Milken Way - “The scarce resource in our society is not money but people.” (neckar.substack.com)

74 points by pavanyara on Sep 28, 2021 | 33 comments

1743.

Round rectangles are everywhere (folklore.org)

74 points by omarfarooq on Sep 28, 2021 | 26 comments

1744.

Let's Encrypt DST Root CA X3 has expired (twitter.com)

74 points by synack on Sep 30, 2021 | 25 comments

1745.

Are SSDs More Reliable Than Hard Drives? (backblaze.com)

74 points by TangerineDream on Sep 30, 2021 | 23 comments

1746.

“A calorie is a calorie” violates the second law of thermodynamics (2004) (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

73 points by wrycoder on Sep 20, 2021 | 124 comments

1747.

Repairing the U.S. Medical Residency Pipeline (niskanencenter.org)

73 points by gok on Sep 20, 2021 | 98 comments

1748.

Developers, your manager is likely clueless (ewattwhere.substack.com)

73 points by sidcool on Sep 30, 2021 | 96 comments

1749.

Earthquake in Melbourne, Australia (9.15 AM 22nd Sep 21, AEST) (earthquakes.ga.gov.au)

73 points by jp0d on Sep 21, 2021 | 83 comments

1750.

Please don’t theme our apps (stopthemingmy.app)

73 points by gaius_baltar on Sep 3, 2021 | 80 comments

1751.

How do computers generate random numbers? (betterprogramming.pub)

73 points by sunny--tech on Sep 8, 2021 | 78 comments

1752.

Bitcoin consumes 2nd highest electricity per capita (twitter.com)

73 points by rnadtiuyn on Sep 15, 2021 | 73 comments

1753.

Competition Is For Losers (lrb.co.uk)

73 points by crones on Sep 16, 2021 | 47 comments

1754.

Will the next German parliament have a gigantic size? A law and coding challenge (r-bloggers.com)

73 points by unripe_syntax on Sep 24, 2021 | 39 comments

1755.

Cloud Run quietly swaps HOME env var in Docker (chanind.github.io)

73 points by chanind on Sep 27, 2021 | 31 comments

1756.

NASA has selected SpaceX for GOES-U mission (nasa.gov)

73 points by np1810 on Sep 12, 2021 | 26 comments

1757.

Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma: systematic review (2003) (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

73 points by sb057 on Sep 13, 2021 | 24 comments

1758.

Facebook Is a Hostile Foreign Power (theatlantic.com)

73 points by zwieback on Sep 27, 2021 | 21 comments

1759.

VS Code in the Browser for Everyone (gitpod.io)

73 points by jankeromnes on Sep 28, 2021 | 19 comments

1760.

Show HN: O's URL Lengthener (ooooooooooooooooooooooo.ooo)

73 points by lucaaa on Sep 28, 2021 | 16 comments

1761.

Apple II Double High Resolution Graphics (2017) (lukazi.blogspot.com)

73 points by todsacerdoti on Sep 11, 2021 | 12 comments

1762.

Show HN: Open-Source multi-dashboarding platform for teams and client reporting (github.com)

73 points by depomoty on Sep 1, 2021 | 11 comments

1763.

I Helped Destroy People: disillusioned FBI agent leaked documents (nytimes.com)

73 points by johnny313 on Sep 1, 2021 | 8 comments

1764.

Sustainable Infrastructure (wrathofgnon.substack.com)

73 points by enqk on Sep 9, 2021 | 5 comments

1765.

ByteDance in talks with banks to borrow over $3B (reuters.com)

72 points by spyke112 on Sep 8, 2021 | 109 comments

1766.

Math Goblins (smbc-comics.com)

72 points by ColinWright on Sep 18, 2021 | 74 comments

1767.

High genetic barrier to SARS-CoV-2 polyclonal neutralizing antibody escape (nature.com)

72 points by SubiculumCode on Sep 20, 2021 | 74 comments

1768.

Dropbox Capture (dropbox.com)

72 points by fraXis on Sep 28, 2021 | 71 comments

1769.

Fun with Glibc and the Ctype.h Functions (rachelbythebay.com)

72 points by picture on Sep 30, 2021 | 49 comments

1770.

McDonald’s unreliable ice cream machines reportedly under FTC investigation (ktvu.com)

72 points by thereare5lights on Sep 3, 2021 | 41 comments