HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1771.

Hunting Down My Son's Killer (matt.might.net)

1139 points by synacksynack on May 29, 2012 | 318 comments

1772.

Wish HN: Happy Holidays (artsandculture.google.com)

1139 points by rcarmo on Dec 24, 2021 | 252 comments

1773.

Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electron, built in Rust (github.com)

1138 points by tim-- on Aug 16, 2021 | 422 comments

1774.

If Software Is Funded from a Public Source, Its Code Should Be Open Source (linuxjournal.com)

1138 points by jrepinc on Feb 4, 2019 | 261 comments

1775.

macOS menu bar app that shows how full the ISS urine tank is in real time (github.com)

1138 points by ajdude on Dec 24, 2024 | 254 comments

1776.

Kite – Programming Copilot (kite.com)

1138 points by wodow on Apr 14, 2016 | 232 comments

1777.

My mouse driver is asking for a firewall exemption (2019) (twitter.com)

1137 points by Tijdreiziger on Aug 23, 2021 | 556 comments

1778.

South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies (bbc.co.uk)

1137 points by antr on Dec 5, 2013 | 341 comments

1779.

The killer app of Gemini Pro 1.5 is using video as an input (simonwillison.net)

1136 points by simonw on Feb 21, 2024 | 484 comments

1780.

Deepest infrared image of universe (nasa.gov)

1136 points by l- on Jul 11, 2022 | 347 comments

1781.

9th Circuit holds that scraping a public website does not violate the CFAA [pdf] (cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov)

1136 points by donohoe on Sep 9, 2019 | 275 comments

1782.

I don't learn anything on HN anymore, bring back the upvote count

1136 points by wdewind on Apr 28, 2011 | 228 comments

1783.

Etsy Strike (etsystrike.org)

1135 points by KarlKemp on Apr 11, 2022 | 554 comments

1784.

Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes (arstechnica.com)

1135 points by carride on Aug 10, 2022 | 427 comments

1785.

Ultrathin business card runs a fluid simulation (github.com)

1135 points by wompapumpum 10 months ago | 221 comments

1786.

Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong (lessmilk.com)

1135 points by lessmilk on Mar 1, 2022 | 181 comments

1787.

GPT-4.5 (openai.com)

1134 points by meetpateltech on Feb 27, 2025 | 987 comments

1788.

Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming?

1134 points by napolux on Apr 21, 2019 | 717 comments

1789.

Fair Pricing (kagi.com)

1134 points by CleverLikeAnOx on Feb 5, 2025 | 497 comments

1790.

Stripe records user movements on its customers' websites (mtlynch.io)

1134 points by mtlynch on Apr 21, 2020 | 388 comments

1791.

Making Hard Things Easy (jvns.ca)

1134 points by hasheddan on Oct 6, 2023 | 197 comments

1792.

Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun (europeanbusinessmagazine.com)

1132 points by NewCzech 4 months ago | 1030 comments

1793.

Poll: Where are you currently living?

1132 points by Systemic33 on Oct 21, 2013 | 309 comments

1794.

Time to Take a Stand (blog.samaltman.com)

1131 points by sama on Jan 28, 2017 | 992 comments

1795.

I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanical keyboard (electronicmaterialsoffice.com)

1131 points by aemerson_ on Aug 18, 2022 | 664 comments

1796.

Quit Social Media, Your Career May Depend on It (mobile.nytimes.com)

1131 points by shill on Nov 20, 2016 | 548 comments

1797.

Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork (mailman.nginx.org)

1131 points by bkallus on Feb 14, 2024 | 475 comments

1798.

I still use Flash (foon.uk)

1131 points by rogual on Dec 21, 2022 | 394 comments

1799.

Our First Certificate Is Now Live (letsencrypt.org)

1131 points by joshmoz on Sep 14, 2015 | 255 comments

1800.

Streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy (theguardian.com)

1130 points by nemoniac 10 months ago | 919 comments