HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

13861.

Please Don't Make Me Download Another App (theatlantic.com)

101 points by thunderbong on Oct 4, 2024 | 128 comments

13862.

When will computer hardware match the human brain? (1998) (jetpress.org)

101 points by cs702 on Apr 22, 2024 | 126 comments

13863.

Mullenweg threatens corporate takeover of WP Engine (therepository.email)

101 points by rob on Oct 1, 2024 | 120 comments

13864.

How to grip Bronze Age swords (bookandsword.com)

101 points by speckx on Oct 23, 2024 | 118 comments

13865.

Canvas Fingerprinting (browserleaks.com)

101 points by janandonly on Oct 26, 2024 | 117 comments

13866.

Almost all new car sales in Norway last month were EVs (qz.com)

101 points by jayantbhawal on Sep 14, 2024 | 115 comments

13867.

In a first, Phoenix hits 100 straight days of 100-degree heat (washingtonpost.com)

101 points by bookofjoe on Sep 4, 2024 | 114 comments

13868.

Revisiting Stereotype Threat (speakandregret.michaelinzlicht.com)

101 points by systemstops on Dec 19, 2024 | 110 comments

13869.

Google is killing one of Chrome's biggest ad blockers (pcworld.com)

101 points by axiomdata316 on Aug 12, 2024 | 100 comments

13870.

On Microsoft, the U.S. Government Must Embrace the Stick (lawfaremedia.org)

101 points by everybodyknows on Mar 23, 2024 | 98 comments

13871.

Floridians have no right to bodies of water 'free of pollution,' court rules (floridaphoenix.com)

101 points by latexr on Dec 30, 2024 | 95 comments

13872.

RIP Microsoft WordPad (gizmodo.com)

101 points by thunderbong on Jan 7, 2024 | 94 comments

13873.

TotalRecall: Extracts and displays data from the Windows 11 Recall feature (github.com)

101 points by lsde on Jun 4, 2024 | 94 comments

13874.

America's Drivers Agree: LED Headlights Are Just Too Bright (wsj.com)

101 points by impish9208 on Mar 30, 2024 | 91 comments

13875.

Things I Learned from Doing Triathlon in My 70s (2023) (triathlete.com)

101 points by wslh on Aug 25, 2024 | 91 comments

13876.

Carl Sagan, nuking the moon, and not nuking the moon (eukaryotewritesblog.com)

101 points by freediver on Apr 23, 2024 | 90 comments

13877.

K1 Buys MariaDB (prnewswire.com)

101 points by Vloeck on Sep 10, 2024 | 90 comments

13878.

Quantum mechanics is the operating system other physical theories run on (2007) (scottaaronson.com)

101 points by cl3misch on Apr 17, 2024 | 88 comments

13879.

Experimental blog that is only available to read through a feed reader (theunderground.blog)

101 points by 8organicbits on May 3, 2024 | 85 comments

13880.

Why is F# code robust and reliable? (devblogs.microsoft.com)

101 points by b-man on Sep 24, 2024 | 85 comments

13881.

Inside the Transport for London cyberattack (londoncentric.media)

101 points by alexbilbie on Oct 27, 2024 | 85 comments

13882.

Cybertruck Owner Breaks His Finger Trying to Show Vehicle Is Safe (gizmodo.com)

101 points by nickthegreek on May 7, 2024 | 84 comments

13883.

Spotify: Droppin' Some Fake Beats (lcamtuf.substack.com)

101 points by zdw on Jun 11, 2024 | 81 comments

13884.

Two B.C. companies ordered to shut down on national security grounds (vancouversun.com)

101 points by JumpCrisscross on May 25, 2024 | 78 comments

13885.

Adélie Linux (adelielinux.org)

101 points by BSDobelix on Jan 6, 2024 | 77 comments

13886.

AMD's Mild Hybrid Strategy: Ryzen Z1 in Asus's ROG Ally (chipsandcheese.com)

101 points by ingve on Feb 13, 2024 | 75 comments

13887.

In some scientific papers, words expressing uncertainty have decreased (2023) (science.org)