HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1201.

Designing for failure (lwn.net)

97 points by jsnell on Jan 29, 2017 | 7 comments

1202.

Backpage Shuts Down Adult Ads in the U.S., Citing Government Pressure (npr.org)

96 points by ryanmonroe on Jan 10, 2017 | 188 comments

1203.

Emirates Has Invested $500M to Build a 'Fort Knox' of Wine (bloomberg.com)

96 points by JumpCrisscross on Jan 5, 2017 | 102 comments

1204.

What a good commit message looks like (2011) (github.com)

96 points by ziodave on Jan 26, 2017 | 95 comments

1205.

Analysis of 100M Taxi Trips in Chicago Shows Usage Declining 35% per Year (toddwschneider.com)

96 points by lil_tee on Jan 24, 2017 | 81 comments

1206.

He wrote the future: On Arthur C. Clarke's centenary (nature.com)

96 points by samclemens on Jan 23, 2017 | 46 comments

1207.

The Wrong Eating Habits Can Hurt Your Brain, Not Just Your Waistline (npr.org)

96 points by chang2301 on Jan 3, 2017 | 37 comments

1208.

The Pentagon’s ‘Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure’ (warisboring.com)

96 points by laktak on Jan 2, 2017 | 31 comments

1209.

Amazon AI (aws.amazon.com)

96 points by jitbit on Jan 18, 2017 | 30 comments

1210.

Pull request review mistakes (blog.scottnonnenberg.com)

96 points by scottnonnenberg on Jan 28, 2017 | 30 comments

1211.

Kim Dotcom’s Megaupload 2.0 Will Utilize Blockchain Technology (ethnews.com)

96 points by PolBaladas on Jan 21, 2017 | 22 comments

1212.

CPU of the Day: IBM Micro/370 – True Mainframe on a chip (2013) (cpushack.com)

96 points by pmarin on Jan 14, 2017 | 16 comments

1213.

HSBC CEO Says Bankers Generating 20% of London Revenue May Move (bloomberg.com)

95 points by JumpCrisscross on Jan 18, 2017 | 192 comments

1214.

Bitcoin Is an Escapist Safe Haven (bloomberg.com)

95 points by pshaw on Jan 5, 2017 | 121 comments

1215.

Blockchain could save investment banks up to $12B a year: Accenture (reuters.com)

95 points by artsandsci on Jan 17, 2017 | 81 comments

1216.

Bitcoin Price Tops $1,000 in First Day of 2017 Trading (coindesk.com)

95 points by sidko on Jan 1, 2017 | 72 comments

1217.

The $99B Idea: How Uber and Airbnb Won (bloomberg.com)

95 points by ereli1 on Jan 28, 2017 | 60 comments

1218.

Homebrew, but with Docker images (github.com)

95 points by juanpabloaj on Jan 27, 2017 | 40 comments

1219.

The importance of neutral null for understanding evolution (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

95 points by jonathansizz on Jan 16, 2017 | 32 comments

1220.

A New Era of Mass Surveillance is Emerging Across Europe (justsecurity.org)

95 points by open-source-ux on Jan 22, 2017 | 19 comments

1221.

Announcing etcd 3.1 (coreos.com)

95 points by philips on Jan 21, 2017 | 11 comments

1222.

Student Debt Payback Far Worse Than Believed (wsj.com)

94 points by prostoalex on Jan 19, 2017 | 131 comments

1223.

I Am a Recruiter (a.k.a Spammer) at Amazon (the.devway.xyz)

94 points by amirsaboury on Jan 26, 2017 | 95 comments

1224.

Help: Suicide note on blog (dennisforbes.ca)

94 points by pragmatic on Jan 26, 2017 | 94 comments

1225.

My Response to “Are we overcomplicating software development?” (neilonsoftware.com)

94 points by feyn on Jan 18, 2017 | 66 comments

1226.

Xiaomi stops disclosing annual sales figures (techcrunch.com)

94 points by kitschshrine on Jan 14, 2017 | 49 comments

1227.

Channels in Common Lisp (vicsydev.blogspot.com)

94 points by codr4life on Jan 20, 2017 | 45 comments

1228.

Some Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Moon (2002) (fermatslibrary.com)

94 points by quaresma on Jan 17, 2017 | 41 comments

1229.

Before you start a company, answer these questions (venturebeat.com)

94 points by dema_guru on Jan 16, 2017 | 29 comments

1230.

The Design of Postgres (1986) [pdf] (db.cs.berkeley.edu)

94 points by tosh on Jan 26, 2017 | 0 comments