HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

28951.

The Crime Rings Stealing Everything from Purses to Power Tools (newyorker.com)

37 points by laurex on Mar 20, 2024 | 85 comments

28952.

How the American war on porn could change the way you use the internet (bbc.com)

37 points by heavyset_go on Jul 25, 2024 | 83 comments

28953.

Ask HN: Why did LinkedIn become what it is today?

37 points by tinyhouse on Jan 6, 2024 | 82 comments

28954.

A 'cowboy ski town' where high earners can't afford a home faces housing battle (nbcnews.com)

37 points by mooreds on Mar 7, 2024 | 82 comments

28955.

Town has no cell service, so the 'electrosensitive' have made it home (washingtonpost.com)

37 points by tapper on Oct 19, 2024 | 81 comments

28956.

Will passkeys ever replace passwords? Can they? Here's why they should (theregister.com)

37 points by rntn on Nov 17, 2024 | 79 comments

28957.

Ask HN: Could early 80s computers have had better software given today's CS?

37 points by amichail on Aug 26, 2024 | 78 comments

28958.

Single cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds (theguardian.com)

37 points by isaacfrond on Dec 30, 2024 | 78 comments

28959.

Cake shop worker remains dream job for many children starting school (japantimes.co.jp)

37 points by mikhael on Apr 8, 2024 | 77 comments

28960.

Artificial Intelligence Cheapens the Artistic Imagination (2023) (convergemedia.org)

37 points by 23B1 on Sep 2, 2024 | 77 comments

28961.

America Is Suddenly Getting Healthier. No One Knows Why. (theatlantic.com)

37 points by ____H____ on Dec 19, 2024 | 76 comments

28962.

Job growth is booming across the U.S. but not in California. Here's why (latimes.com)

37 points by valiant-comma on Mar 10, 2024 | 75 comments

28963.

Zany ideas to slow polar melting are gathering momentum (economist.com)

37 points by Brajeshwar on Jun 7, 2024 | 73 comments

28964.

Wayland breaks your bad software (orowith2os.gitlab.io)

37 points by goranmoomin on Mar 30, 2024 | 73 comments

28965.

MKBHD, Fisker, and "the worst car ever reviewed" (twitter.com)

37 points by redbell on Mar 9, 2024 | 72 comments

28966.

America is uniquely ill-suited to handle a falling population (economist.com)

37 points by hvo on Apr 19, 2024 | 72 comments

28967.

World-First Starlink Service on Boeing 777 Launched by Qatar Airways (smartwithpoints.co.uk)

37 points by jackculpan on Oct 22, 2024 | 71 comments

28968.

Should Sports Betting Be Banned? (maximum-progress.com)

37 points by paulpauper on Sep 27, 2024 | 70 comments

28969.

Costco starts to sell 'apocalypse bucket' with food that lasts 25 years (nbcnews.com)

37 points by thunderbong on Jul 19, 2024 | 68 comments

28970.

Tesla retreat from EV charging leaves growth of U.S. network in doubt (washingtonpost.com)

37 points by MilnerRoute on May 4, 2024 | 67 comments

28971.

Walmart in talks to buy TV maker Vizio for more than $2B (theverge.com)

37 points by KoftaBob on Feb 14, 2024 | 67 comments

28972.

An icon taskbar for the Gnome Shell (github.com)

37 points by danny00 on Jun 18, 2024 | 67 comments

28973.

Ask HN: In the event of an apocalypse, how long until we could produce CPUs?

37 points by phantompeace on Apr 27, 2024 | 66 comments

28974.

It's so cold, Teslas are struggling to charge in Chicago (npr.org)

37 points by greenie_beans on Jan 17, 2024 | 65 comments

28975.

Why are Americans frustrated with the economy? The answer lies in grocery bills (axios.com)

37 points by DocFeind on Jan 14, 2024 | 63 comments

28976.

Speak Friend and Enter – Do people use movie passwords? (2018) (kobikobi.wordpress.com)

37 points by st_goliath on Feb 10, 2024 | 63 comments

28977.

California law bans all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores (apnews.com)

37 points by geox on Sep 23, 2024 | 63 comments

28978.

Bose buys McIntosh, storied maker of high-end luxury audio equipment (cnbc.com)

37 points by avonmach on Nov 19, 2024 | 63 comments

28979.

Controlling AI's Growing Energy Needs (cacm.acm.org)

37 points by pseudolus on Dec 1, 2024 | 62 comments

28980.

How to feed all the power-hungry AI data centers (caseyhandmer.wordpress.com)

37 points by madpen on Mar 16, 2024 | 61 comments