HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

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John Legere asks EFF, “Who the f**k are you, and who pays you?” (arstechnica.com)

130 points by louthy on Jan 8, 2016 | 13 comments

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Switzerland begins tests on the longest train tunnel in the world (railwaygazette.com)

129 points by bontoJR on Jan 21, 2016 | 123 comments

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Updated Firefox Security Indicators (blog.mozilla.org)

129 points by robin_reala on Jan 26, 2016 | 89 comments

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Ask HN: What are the best developer conferences in 2016?

129 points by jakemor on Jan 3, 2016 | 65 comments

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Robigalia: seL4 and Rust (robigalia.org)

129 points by xj9 on Jan 6, 2016 | 63 comments

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Advanced Algebra textbooks (math.stonybrook.edu)

129 points by efm on Jan 10, 2016 | 38 comments

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Optimization story: Switching from GMP to gcc's __int128 reduced run time by 95% (nu42.com)

129 points by nanis on Jan 15, 2016 | 31 comments

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STOKE – a stochastic optimizer for x86_64 assembly (github.com)

129 points by ingve on Jan 18, 2016 | 22 comments

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Postgres 9.5 Release Notes (postgresql.org)

129 points by ahochhaus on Jan 7, 2016 | 9 comments

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The Darker Side of Aaron Swartz (2013) (newyorker.com)

128 points by akashtndn on Jan 30, 2016 | 67 comments

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The Happiness Code: Cold, hard rationality (nytimes.com)

128 points by applecore on Jan 15, 2016 | 61 comments

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ISIS cuts its fighters' salaries by 50% (money.cnn.com)

127 points by pmcpinto on Jan 20, 2016 | 169 comments

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Trying to interview Larry Page (nytimes.com)

127 points by coloneltcb on Jan 27, 2016 | 85 comments

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“Corn-Pone Opinions” by Mark Twain (1901) (paulgraham.com)

127 points by hvo on Jan 1, 2016 | 56 comments

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Serving 6.8M requests per second at 9 Gbps from a single Azure VM (ageofascent.com)

127 points by profquail on Jan 19, 2016 | 55 comments

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The Monad Challenges: Jump start your understanding of monads (mightybyte.github.io)

127 points by mightybyte on Jan 19, 2016 | 48 comments

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Oberon Workstation on the Mac App Store (itunes.apple.com)

127 points by MaysonL on Jan 11, 2016 | 14 comments

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The Wreck of Amtrak 188 (nytimes.com)

126 points by danso on Jan 31, 2016 | 106 comments

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Writing high-performance servers in modern C++ (medium.com)

126 points by adamnemecek on Jan 10, 2016 | 73 comments

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China Shows How Surveillance Leads to Intimidation and Software Censorship (eff.org)

126 points by DiabloD3 on Jan 9, 2016 | 59 comments

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Computer Museum bids farewell to Babbage engine (mv-voice.com)

126 points by jgrahamc on Jan 29, 2016 | 53 comments

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blip.strongloop.com is dead – what is this? (github.com)

126 points by kolodny on Jan 17, 2016 | 34 comments

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How Qantas Ferried an Engine on the Wing of a 747 (flightradar24.com)

126 points by bootload on Jan 9, 2016 | 25 comments

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Scientists have traced folk stories back to the Bronze Age (theatlantic.com)

126 points by curtis on Jan 20, 2016 | 18 comments

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Apple Watch – 6 Months Later, Not That Great (prodissues.com)

125 points by jandll on Jan 30, 2016 | 146 comments

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Generation Uphill (economist.com)

125 points by DiabloD3 on Jan 23, 2016 | 76 comments

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What Working at Facebook Has Taught Me About Design Critique (medium.com)

125 points by tannerc on Jan 17, 2016 | 65 comments

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The Biggest Mistake I Ever Made (medium.com)

125 points by jasoncwarner on Jan 31, 2016 | 62 comments

689.

A Tribute to VMware Workstation, Fusion, and Hosted UI (blog.chipx86.com)

124 points by jwise0 on Jan 27, 2016 | 76 comments

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Silicon Valley's Soft Landing (bloomberg.com)

124 points by adventured on Jan 8, 2016 | 67 comments