HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

26791.

No-tipping experiment at Costa Mesa restaurants axed (ocregister.com)

26 points by prostoalex on Jun 18, 2016 | 85 comments

26792.

We might live in a computer program but it may not matter (bbc.com)

26 points by gyre007 on Sep 7, 2016 | 84 comments

26793.

Why Can't Programmers Program? (2007) (blog.codinghorror.com)

26 points by 0xmohit on Jun 11, 2016 | 78 comments

26794.

Primary Model Predicts Trump Victory (primarymodel.com)

26 points by cglace on Oct 24, 2016 | 75 comments

26795.

Ask HN: How do you deal with 2000 line functions?

26 points by pinkunicorn on Jan 19, 2016 | 70 comments

26796.

A Muslim “registry” doesn't require a single registration, just data (jthess.com)

26 points by johnhess on Nov 19, 2016 | 66 comments

26797.

How Do You Make Turbo Engines More Efficient? Just Add Water (nytimes.com)

26 points by CapitalistCartr on Sep 30, 2016 | 65 comments

26798.

8K TVs Are Coming to Market (wired.com)

26 points by prostoalex on Jan 8, 2016 | 64 comments

26799.

Ask HN: Do I have a right to know who gave me a bad reference?

26 points by anonnystate on Jun 10, 2016 | 60 comments

26800.

Why There Are More Consumer Goods Than Ever (wsj.com)

26 points by uptown on Apr 25, 2016 | 58 comments

26801.

4chan, a popular hub for offensive posts, shows signs of distress (money.cnn.com)

26 points by chatmasta on Oct 8, 2016 | 56 comments

26802.

Soylent Bar Has Arrived (blog.soylent.com)

26 points by deegles on Aug 16, 2016 | 55 comments

26803.

Casting a vote online can be secure and convenient (spectrum.ieee.org)

26 points by niccl on Oct 26, 2016 | 53 comments

26804.

Juno to soft-launch this month as the anti-Uber service (washingtonpost.com)

26 points by tortilla on Apr 11, 2016 | 52 comments

26805.

European Central Bank to withdraw €500 note (bbc.com)

26 points by tetraodonpuffer on May 4, 2016 | 52 comments

26806.

Ask HN: Would anyone use an API for sports data?

26 points by romellogoodman on Jun 4, 2016 | 51 comments

26807.

I would pay X for Y

26 points by westonplatter0 on Aug 31, 2016 | 50 comments

26808.

Ask HN: Do wellness incentives help employers save money on taxes and insurance?

26 points by theforceawakens on Apr 25, 2016 | 49 comments

26809.

‘Climate change is water change’ (washingtonpost.com)

26 points by Mz on Aug 19, 2016 | 49 comments

26810.

Our “No Asshole” Rule (2014) (adventur.es)

26 points by aaronbrethorst on May 22, 2016 | 45 comments

26811.

Planet Money: Self Checkout [audio] (npr.org)

26 points by sndean on Oct 20, 2016 | 44 comments

26812.

Sony announces the Pro, a more powerful PlayStation 4 with a $399 price tag (techcrunch.com)

26 points by Zweihander on Sep 7, 2016 | 41 comments

26813.

Jane, John, Leslie? A Historical Method for Algorithmic Gender Prediction (digitalhumanities.org)

26 points by benbreen on May 30, 2016 | 40 comments

26814.

Ask HN: What do you listen to while programming?

26 points by supernintendo on Mar 27, 2016 | 37 comments

26815.

Relax, it'll be 1,500 years before aliens contact us (phys.org)

26 points by dnetesn on Jun 17, 2016 | 37 comments

26816.

Apple is going to have a tough year (businessinsider.com)

26 points by prostoalex on Jan 2, 2016 | 36 comments

26817.

Has Chomsky been blown out of the water? [pdf] (covingtoninnovations.com)

26 points by breck on Sep 16, 2016 | 36 comments

26818.

No Man's Sky sued over procedural generation algorithm patent (pcgamer.com)

26 points by chriswwweb on Jul 21, 2016 | 33 comments

26819.

Ask HN: If your economic necessities were taken care of, what would you work on?

26 points by uptown on Oct 24, 2016 | 33 comments

26820.

It’s 2016, why is video conferencing still terrible? (medium.com)

26 points by calchris42 on Nov 19, 2016 | 33 comments