HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

27271.

The Reasons Authoritarianism Is Growing – and How to Reverse It (scottsantens.com)

41 points by 2noame on Nov 6, 2024 | 82 comments

27272.

Sin taxes are suffering from a shortage of sinners (economist.com)

41 points by hhs on Nov 6, 2024 | 78 comments

27273.

Most investments are bad. Here's why (lynalden.com)

41 points by namanyayg on Apr 29, 2024 | 77 comments

27274.

Python3 is removing crypt.crypt and not replacing it with anything (eighty-twenty.org)

41 points by tonyg on Jan 13, 2024 | 76 comments

27275.

Why is Xi Jinping building commodity stockpiles? (economist.com)

41 points by ianrahman on Jul 25, 2024 | 76 comments

27276.

Ask HN: Those who have recently undertaken a job hunt, what was your experience?

41 points by icdtea on Apr 15, 2024 | 73 comments

27277.

Ask HN: What's Your Experience with eSIMs?

41 points by zikohh on Aug 12, 2024 | 73 comments

27278.

Pilots Are Dying of Tiredness. Tech Can't Save Them (wired.com)

41 points by Brajeshwar on Sep 26, 2024 | 73 comments

27279.

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Raising Another $500M to Buy More Bitcoin (coindesk.com)

41 points by paulpauper on Mar 13, 2024 | 72 comments

27280.

Telegram will start moderating private chats after CEO's arrest (theverge.com)

41 points by cglong on Sep 6, 2024 | 72 comments

27281.

From Myth to Measurement: Rethinking US News and World Report College Rankings (anandsanwal.me)

41 points by chmaynard on Sep 18, 2024 | 72 comments

27282.

Show HN: Minimalist, walkie-talkie for startups (flowy.live)

41 points by talksik on Jun 2, 2024 | 70 comments

27283.

VSCode + WSL makes Windows awesome for web development (world.hey.com)

41 points by pjmlp on Feb 26, 2024 | 70 comments

27284.

CrowdStrike to Delta: Stop pointing at us (wsj.com)

41 points by neofrommatrix on Aug 5, 2024 | 70 comments

27285.

Microsoft: 'ever present' AI assistants are coming (bbc.co.uk)

41 points by mindracer on Oct 3, 2024 | 70 comments

27286.

Spam, junk, slop? The latest wave of AI behind the 'zombie internet' (theguardian.com)

41 points by Bluestein on Jun 11, 2024 | 67 comments

27287.

Germany's autobahn bridges falling apart (dw.com)

41 points by belter on Jun 23, 2024 | 67 comments

27288.

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen rejoins tournament he quit over wearing jeans (news.sky.com)

41 points by austinallegro on Dec 30, 2024 | 67 comments

27289.

The Airbus A340 was built to rule long-haul travel, but now it’s vanishing (cnn.com)

41 points by dxs on May 3, 2024 | 66 comments

27290.

Show HN: USD 0.99/TB/month cloud storage (earthcompute.com)

41 points by _ubn7 on Feb 4, 2024 | 66 comments

27291.

Ask HN: Projects You Thought Were Cool but Failed Miserably – What Happened?

41 points by mscheong on Mar 29, 2024 | 66 comments

27292.

Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?

41 points by legendofbrando on Jul 13, 2024 | 66 comments

27293.

Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI (proofnews.org)

41 points by gwintrob on Jul 17, 2024 | 66 comments

27294.

Ask HN: 40yo adult learning to drive what is different vs. learning young?

41 points by ynlefevre on Jan 13, 2024 | 65 comments

27295.

GenAI could make KYC effectively useless (techcrunch.com)

41 points by brycehalley on Jan 9, 2024 | 64 comments

27296.

'Pokémon with Guns' Game Goes Viral, Angering Nintendo Loyalists (bloomberg.com)

41 points by bmau5 on Jan 23, 2024 | 63 comments

27297.

Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind Covid (nature.com)

41 points by rntn on Dec 7, 2024 | 63 comments

27298.

U.S. Corporations Are Openly Trying to Destroy Core Public Institutions (vice.com)