HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

5941.

All My Life I’ve Been Told I Was Special. It Was A Lie. (kotaku.com)

139 points by mtoddh on Jan 5, 2013 | 157 comments

5942.

Why high fructose corn syrup replaced sugar in US (shkrobius.livejournal.com)

139 points by mike_esspe on May 30, 2013 | 157 comments

5943.

Yahoos Bristle at Mayer’s New QPR Ranking System and “Silent Layoffs” (allthingsd.com)

139 points by johnjlocke on Nov 8, 2013 | 148 comments

5944.

The STEM Crisis is a Myth (spectrum.ieee.org)

139 points by RougeFemme on Aug 31, 2013 | 145 comments

5945.

Scala vs. Go TCP Benchmark (eng.42go.com)

139 points by rck on Aug 6, 2013 | 129 comments

5946.

I'm tired (andymoore.ca)

139 points by luigi on Apr 2, 2013 | 123 comments

5947.

The cost of hand-to-mouth living (ft.com)

139 points by cs702 on May 4, 2013 | 122 comments

5948.

Show HN: I've launched my iPhone journal app I've worked on for almost 2 years. (hey.co)

139 points by blader on Dec 6, 2013 | 116 comments

5949.

The Future of Excel (datanitro.com)

139 points by karamazov on Feb 12, 2013 | 113 comments

5950.

Why Emacs is a better editor – case study for JavaScript developer (blog.binchen.org)

139 points by lelf on Dec 15, 2013 | 104 comments

5951.

'We thought we'd sell 1,000': The inside story of the Raspberry Pi (zdnet.com)

139 points by dan1234 on Jan 17, 2013 | 95 comments

5952.

Justice Dept. defends secret rulings in new spy court filing (gigaom.com)

139 points by ferdo on Jul 8, 2013 | 94 comments

5953.

Ancient Indian Texts (sites.google.com)

139 points by amazedsaint on Dec 11, 2013 | 94 comments

5954.

Everpix is Shutting Down (everpix.com)

139 points by uptown on Nov 5, 2013 | 89 comments

5955.

Why Markdown Is Not My Favourite Language (wilfred.me.uk)

139 points by rachbelaid on Apr 26, 2013 | 84 comments

5956.

Why cards are the future of the web (insideintercom.io)

139 points by jamesbritt on Sep 8, 2013 | 83 comments

5957.

Tesla is unable to sell its vehicles directly to the public in Texas (teslamotors.com)

139 points by dylangs1030 on Aug 23, 2013 | 81 comments

5958.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Defense of Marriage Act (projects.nytimes.com)

139 points by flexterra on Jun 26, 2013 | 77 comments

5959.

The FuqIt Web Framework (github.com)

139 points by superchink on Jul 13, 2013 | 77 comments

5960.

You Are Less Beautiful Than You Think (scientificamerican.com)

139 points by footpath on May 22, 2013 | 74 comments

5961.

Linus on /dev/random: "We actually know what we are doing. You don't." (nakedsecurity.sophos.com)

139 points by marcuspovey on Sep 12, 2013 | 74 comments

5962.

Show HN: Feedback app (redpen.io)

139 points by mattrobs on May 14, 2013 | 72 comments

5963.

Run sudo -k, set your clock to 01.01.1970, run sudo su and boom you're root (twitter.com)

139 points by tchap on Mar 1, 2013 | 71 comments

5964.

Slate: a Mac OS X window manager for power users (mauriciogardini.com)

139 points by mauriciogardini on Feb 18, 2013 | 70 comments

5965.

The Truth About Brining Turkey (seriouseats.com)

139 points by js2 on Mar 26, 2013 | 70 comments

5966.

Death of an adjunct professor (post-gazette.com)

139 points by denzil_correa on Sep 18, 2013 | 70 comments

5967.

Principles of Flat Design (designmodo.com)

139 points by SmeelBe on May 28, 2013 | 67 comments

5968.

Monads Made Difficult (stephendiehl.com)

139 points by rwosync on Jul 14, 2013 | 67 comments

5969.

Vim Splits – Move Faster and More Naturally (robots.thoughtbot.com)

139 points by adarshpandit on Apr 18, 2013 | 65 comments

5970.

Use Google Analytics on your blog? Check your bounce rate (drawingablank.me)

139 points by 6twenty on May 25, 2013 | 65 comments