HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

20911.

On the evilness of feature branching (thinkinglabs.io)

73 points by sam345 on Jul 15, 2021 | 82 comments

20912.

Amanda Gorman's “The Hill We Climb” (Full Text) (cnbc.com)

73 points by intrepidhero on Jan 21, 2021 | 80 comments

20913.

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

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

20914.

Problems with Eric Weinstein's “Geometric Unity” (backreaction.blogspot.com)

73 points by mellosouls on Mar 6, 2021 | 79 comments

20915.

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

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

20916.

Rainy years can’t make up for California’s groundwater use (arstechnica.com)

73 points by LinuxBender on Dec 26, 2021 | 77 comments

20917.

Fiscal-Driven Inflation (lynalden.com)

73 points by exolymph on May 19, 2021 | 76 comments

20918.

Ask HN: How do I improve boring README page?

73 points by flymetothemoon on Mar 22, 2021 | 75 comments

20919.

Why Decentralization Matters (2018) (cdixon.org)

73 points by enigmatic02 on Nov 30, 2021 | 74 comments

20920.

Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to the browser

73 points by princevegeta89 on Feb 20, 2021 | 73 comments

20921.

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

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

20922.

Xfinity outage leaves tens of thousands in the Bay Area without internet (sfchronicle.com)

73 points by no_wizard on Nov 9, 2021 | 72 comments

20923.

Did I break you? Reverse dependency verification (developers.soundcloud.com)

73 points by r4um on Jun 10, 2021 | 69 comments

20924.

Biking while Black: Racial bias in Oakland policing (2019) (bike-lab.org)

73 points by leephillips on Aug 4, 2021 | 69 comments

20925.

The Sunk Cost Fallacy (thedecisionlab.com)

73 points by zameermfm on Aug 28, 2021 | 69 comments

20926.

The History of WD-40 (tedium.co)

73 points by ecliptik on Nov 27, 2021 | 67 comments

20927.

Why SteamOS Switched from Debian to Arch Linux (rockpapershotgun.com)

73 points by kristianpaul on Aug 13, 2021 | 65 comments

20928.

The lesser-known Orwell: are his novels deserving of reappraisal? (thecritic.co.uk)

73 points by samclemens on Jan 9, 2021 | 62 comments

20929.

Why Create a New Unix Shell? (oilshell.org)

73 points by tux1968 on Jan 27, 2021 | 62 comments

20930.

Bayer to Pull Glyphosate Products, from U.S. Home and Garden Market (ecowatch.com)

73 points by grawprog on Aug 3, 2021 | 62 comments

20931.

How should economists think about biodiversity? (economist.com)

73 points by prostoalex on Feb 22, 2021 | 61 comments

20932.

Launch HN: HyperLinq (YC S21) – Desktop trading terminal

73 points by amargautam on Aug 8, 2021 | 60 comments

20933.

A Somewhat Comprehensive History of U.S. Senators Who Have Died in Duels (defector.com)

73 points by samclemens on May 10, 2021 | 59 comments

20934.

Lies, Damned Lies, and Vaccine Statistics (drrollergator.substack.com)

73 points by forcry on Aug 7, 2021 | 58 comments

20935.

In Karachi, hot weather is normal but 44°C feels like you’re going to die (theguardian.com)

73 points by adam on Jul 6, 2021 | 57 comments

20936.

Google bookmarks won't be supported past September 31, 2021

73 points by penguin_booze on Aug 2, 2021 | 56 comments

20937.

On academic writing: a personal note (2016) (sci-hub.do)

73 points by Tomte on Aug 3, 2021 | 56 comments

20938.

Do What Makes the Best Story (amasad.me)

73 points by tosh on Mar 5, 2021 | 55 comments

20939.

Fujitsu A64FX Microarchitecture Manual [pdf] (github.com)

73 points by rrss on Jan 16, 2021 | 52 comments

20940.

Testing quantum mechanics in space (nature.com)

73 points by pseudolus on Aug 4, 2021 | 52 comments