HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

17011.

Twitter engineering boss Foad Dabiri quits day after DeSantis launch glitches (bbc.com)

104 points by archagon on May 27, 2023 | 136 comments

17012.

The decline and fall of the hit instrumental song (tedgioia.substack.com)

104 points by nickwritesit on May 10, 2023 | 135 comments

17013.

Planned obsolescence: Apple attacked for the “serialization” of its spare parts (lemonde.fr)

104 points by julbaxter on May 17, 2023 | 128 comments

17014.

"Useless Ruby sugar": Endless (one-line) methods (zverok.space)

104 points by todsacerdoti on Dec 1, 2023 | 125 comments

17015.

Ask HN: People who were laid off or quit recently, how are you doing?

104 points by automatoney on Apr 20, 2023 | 123 comments

17016.

Lenovo profits sink 75% as PC demand continues nosedive (theregister.com)

104 points by LinuxBender on May 24, 2023 | 123 comments

17017.

Americans Saved $1.1T Less Than Previously Thought from 2017-2022 (bloomberg.com)

104 points by paulpauper on Oct 2, 2023 | 123 comments

17018.

What if writing tests was a joyful experience? (blog.janestreet.com)

104 points by grncdr on Jan 12, 2023 | 122 comments

17019.

TSA Policy on Light Sabers (tsa.gov)

104 points by bookofjoe on Sep 23, 2023 | 118 comments

17020.

New allegations of plagiarism against Roy Lichtenstein (theguardian.com)

104 points by webmaven on Apr 9, 2023 | 117 comments

17021.

Apple to pause advertising on X after Musk backs antisemitic post (axios.com)

104 points by Amorymeltzer on Nov 17, 2023 | 116 comments

17022.

‘Broken’ solar panels manufactured to deter criminals in South Africa (dailyinvestor.com)

104 points by SenAnder on Aug 22, 2023 | 112 comments

17023.

Ask HN: Is it appropriate to ask a startup to let me see their cap table?

104 points by golly_ned on Apr 7, 2023 | 109 comments

17024.

Is it time to replace TCP in data centers? (blog.ipspace.net)

104 points by zdw on Feb 20, 2023 | 107 comments

17025.

Ask HN: Did HN just start using Google recaptcha for logins?

104 points by neltnerb on Jan 9, 2023 | 106 comments

17026.

Generative AI's Act Two (sequoiacap.com)

104 points by warthog on Sep 20, 2023 | 106 comments

17027.

WeWork nears bankruptcy (arstechnica.com)

104 points by kurthr on Nov 1, 2023 | 106 comments

17028.

SVB chief pressed Congress to weaken risk regulations (theguardian.com)

104 points by nemoniac on Mar 12, 2023 | 105 comments

17029.

Mozilla treats Debian devotees to the raw taste of Firefox Nightly (theregister.com)

104 points by lproven on Nov 1, 2023 | 103 comments

17030.

USCO tells judge that art created without human involvement is not protectable (petapixel.com)

104 points by nadermx on Feb 14, 2023 | 101 comments

17031.

For the First Time, Genetically Modified Trees Have Been Planted in a US Forest (nytimes.com)

104 points by bookofjoe on Feb 21, 2023 | 101 comments

17032.

Squawk bots: Can generative AI lead us to understanding animals? (cloud.google.com)

104 points by agnosticmantis on Apr 24, 2023 | 99 comments

17033.

Not a single emperor penguin chick survived spring in parts of Antarctica (smh.com.au)

104 points by jelliclesfarm on Sep 2, 2023 | 97 comments

17034.

Astronomers posit that we live in an area with below average density (phys.org)

104 points by samizdis on Dec 1, 2023 | 96 comments

17035.

Seven.zip (7-zip.org)

104 points by jve on May 18, 2023 | 95 comments

17036.

Why Use Make (2013) (bost.ocks.org)

104 points by beardicus on Jan 11, 2023 | 92 comments

17037.

Any type of hormonal contraceptive may increase risk of breast cancer (ox.ac.uk)

104 points by AiaAidan on Mar 25, 2023 | 91 comments

17038.

WhatsApp could disappear from UK over privacy concerns, ministers told (theguardian.com)

104 points by grammers on May 19, 2023 | 91 comments

17039.

Demystifying burnout – A deep dive into its symptoms and remedies (leadership.garden)

104 points by ochronus on Jun 26, 2023 | 91 comments

17040.

IBM to increase cloud costs in 2024 (cio.com)

104 points by rbanffy on Sep 8, 2023 | 91 comments