HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1231.

Climbing the infinite ladder of abstraction (lexi-lambda.github.io)

77 points by _qc3o on Aug 13, 2016 | 24 comments

1232.

Scientists found Zenkerella, one of the most ancient and mysterious mammals (washingtonpost.com)

77 points by stanleydrew on Aug 16, 2016 | 22 comments

1233.

A More Flexible Paxos (ssougou.blogspot.com)

77 points by dctrwatson on Aug 15, 2016 | 21 comments

1234.

Terminal Charts with Victory CLI (formidable.com)

77 points by thekenwheeler on Aug 29, 2016 | 18 comments

1235.

Legislation would restrict H-1B visas (latimes.com)

76 points by lnguyen on Aug 31, 2016 | 141 comments

1236.

Twitter Suspends 235,000 More Accounts Over Extremism (nytimes.com)

76 points by uptown on Aug 18, 2016 | 119 comments

1237.

Cognitive behavioural therapy is falling out of favour (theguardian.com)

76 points by amelius on Aug 21, 2016 | 86 comments

1238.

The Plan to Save a Life by Head Transplant (theatlantic.com)

76 points by mmastrac on Aug 29, 2016 | 85 comments

1239.

America's Addiction to Mercenaries (theatlantic.com)

76 points by dthal on Aug 14, 2016 | 68 comments

1240.

Distinguishing Bolts from Screws (2012) [pdf] (cbp.gov)

76 points by empath75 on Aug 23, 2016 | 65 comments

1241.

How to Slash the Cost of Drug Development (scientificamerican.com)

76 points by prostoalex on Aug 25, 2016 | 42 comments

1242.

Hacker Unlocks ‘High Security’ Electronic Safes Without a Trace (wired.com)

76 points by walterbell on Aug 12, 2016 | 41 comments

1243.

In Texas, a man who didn’t kill anybody is about to be executed for murder (washingtonpost.com)

76 points by samsolomon on Aug 14, 2016 | 41 comments

1244.

Show HN: War on Ether (waronether.com)

76 points by kobigurk on Aug 30, 2016 | 36 comments

1245.

Eskil – a GUI front end to diff (eskil.tcl.tk)

76 points by networked on Aug 6, 2016 | 30 comments

1246.

Beyond Bitcoin – Part II: Blockchain-based systems without mining [pdf] (eprint.iacr.org)

76 points by grey-area on Aug 9, 2016 | 28 comments

1247.

Setting Up Your Development Environment with Docker Compose (blog.dubizzle.com)

76 points by avh02 on Aug 23, 2016 | 27 comments

1248.

Reeling from Effects of Climate Change, Alaskan Village Votes to Relocate (nytimes.com)

76 points by jackgavigan on Aug 23, 2016 | 27 comments

1249.

World Brain: The Idea of a Permanent World Encyclopædia (1937) (sherlock.ischool.berkeley.edu)

76 points by yk on Aug 12, 2016 | 19 comments

1250.

Higher-order abstract syntax (en.wikipedia.org)

76 points by adamnemecek on Aug 16, 2016 | 19 comments

1251.

The Write Stuff: How the Humble Pencil Conquered the World (popularmechanics.com)

76 points by NaOH on Aug 16, 2016 | 16 comments

1252.

Desktop privacy & security of web browsers on Linux part 1: concepts and theory (nexlab.net)

76 points by nextime on Aug 6, 2016 | 11 comments

1253.

Dtrace Conf 2016 Event Videos (joyent.com)

76 points by solarengineer on Aug 7, 2016 | 10 comments

1254.

How to Expose an Eavesdropper (1984) (fermatslibrary.com)

76 points by joaobatalha on Aug 30, 2016 | 5 comments

1255.

Interactive Data Visualization of Geospatial Data (adilmoujahid.com)

76 points by adilmoujahid on Aug 13, 2016 | 4 comments

1256.

Basic income doesn't emphasize divisions between poor and working people (basicincomecanada.org)

75 points by joeyespo on Aug 29, 2016 | 242 comments

1257.

The stuff we need is getting more expensive, other stuff is getting cheaper (washingtonpost.com)

75 points by jseliger on Aug 19, 2016 | 102 comments

1258.

Why Are New York City’s Streets Always Under Construction? (nytimes.com)

75 points by dankohn1 on Aug 18, 2016 | 88 comments

1259.

Liberal, Moderate or Conservative? See How Facebook Labels You (nytimes.com)

75 points by eplanit on Aug 24, 2016 | 87 comments

1260.

A federal carbon tax is imminent in the USA, and Exxon is pushing it (electrek.co)

75 points by acusticthoughts on Aug 29, 2016 | 84 comments