HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1201.

The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines (2023) (construction-physics.com)

92 points by chautumn on Jan 5, 2025 | 88 comments

1202.

PyPI Blog: Project Quarantine (blog.pypi.org)

92 points by miketheman on Jan 2, 2025 | 60 comments

1203.

How many Alpine packages can you install at once? (2024) (naff.dev)

92 points by todsacerdoti on Jan 21, 2025 | 36 comments

1204.

Size Optimization Tricks (2022) (justine.lol)

92 points by Narishma on Jan 5, 2025 | 29 comments

1205.

How to build your own ZX80/ZX81 (2019) (searle.x10host.com)

92 points by elvis70 on Jan 23, 2025 | 25 comments

1206.

Embedding Scheme in Rust (raviqqe.com)

92 points by raviqqe42 on Jan 8, 2025 | 10 comments

1207.

AI, but at What Cost? Breakdown of AI's Carbon Footprint (loopbreaker.substack.com)

91 points by tnahrf on Jan 28, 2025 | 132 comments

1208.

H5N1: Much More Than You Wanted to Know (astralcodexten.com)

91 points by feross on Jan 1, 2025 | 99 comments

1209.

Show HN: Discuo – Anonymous discussions with infinite branching and 24h lifespan (discuo.com)

91 points by drdruide on Jan 1, 2025 | 73 comments

1210.

Staffers unload on Amazon 'leadership' after return-to-office for desk shortage (msn.com)

91 points by belter on Jan 19, 2025 | 72 comments

1211.

Life on a Closed Timelike Curve (iopscience.iop.org)

91 points by the_mitsuhiko on Jan 12, 2025 | 57 comments

1212.

Making glow-in-the-dark Strontium Aluminate (maurycyz.com)

91 points by LorenDB on Jan 19, 2025 | 36 comments

1213.

Open-source browser port of Pitfall from the Atari 2600 (meatfighter.com)

91 points by OuterVale on Jan 22, 2025 | 30 comments

1214.

Classic Duck Hunt game made in JavaScript and Kaplay (jslegend.itch.io)

91 points by JSLegendDev on Jan 30, 2025 | 20 comments

1215.

Show HN: Open-Source Alternative to OpenAI Platform, for Local Models (github.com)

91 points by aliasaria on Jan 29, 2025 | 19 comments

1216.

HD Hyundai set to debut production 14 ton hydrogen wheeled excavator (electrek.co)

90 points by zfg on Jan 28, 2025 | 111 comments

1217.

AI-assisted coding will change software engineering: hard truths (newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com)

90 points by pseudolus on Jan 5, 2025 | 109 comments

1218.

The Fannie and Freddie trade is back (bloomberg.com)

90 points by ioblomov on Jan 8, 2025 | 75 comments

1219.

Why Children's Books? (lrb.co.uk)

90 points by ferman on Jan 30, 2025 | 69 comments

1220.

Picasso was suspected of stealing the 'Mona Lisa' (newyorker.com)

90 points by bookofjoe on Jan 7, 2025 | 56 comments

1221.

Show HN: Amurex – An open source AI meeting copilot (sansyrox.github.io)

90 points by jtswole on Jan 21, 2025 | 35 comments

1222.

What I've learned about writing AI apps so far (seldo.com)

90 points by headalgorithm on Jan 21, 2025 | 24 comments

1223.

Cointelpro (en.wikipedia.org)

90 points by georgecmu on Jan 30, 2025 | 21 comments

1224.

A Proper x86 Assembler in Haskell Using the Escardó-Oliva Functional (blog.vmchale.com)

90 points by Smaug123 on Jan 20, 2025 | 19 comments

1225.

Hitting the Jackpot: The Birth of the Monte Carlo Method – LANL (2023) (lanl.gov)

90 points by ioblomov on Jan 1, 2025 | 18 comments

1226.

Show HN: Terraform Provider for Inexpensive Switches (github.com)

90 points by brennoo on Jan 18, 2025 | 13 comments

1227.

C is not suited to SIMD (2019) (blog.vmchale.com)

89 points by zetalyrae on Jan 23, 2025 | 120 comments

1228.

How saffron became an American cash crop (nytimes.com)

89 points by Thevet on Jan 3, 2025 | 61 comments

1229.

Training AI models might not need enormous data centres (economist.com)

89 points by jkuria on Jan 13, 2025 | 57 comments

1230.

Hackers get $886,250 for 49 zero-days at Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 (bleepingcomputer.com)

89 points by LinuxBender on Jan 24, 2025 | 43 comments