HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1861.

Marijuana company buys California ghost town (m.sfgate.com)

52 points by cft on Aug 6, 2017 | 28 comments

1862.

Renaissance’s Medallion hiked investment caps 50 percent after Trump’s election (bloomberg.com)

52 points by champagnepapi on Aug 16, 2017 | 23 comments

1863.

I spent 21 years in prison for a murder I didn’t commit. [Reddit AMA] (reddit.com)

52 points by lisper on Aug 17, 2017 | 18 comments

1864.

Evidence of Google blacklisting of left and progressive sites continues to mount (wsws.org)

52 points by fmblwntr on Aug 10, 2017 | 16 comments

1865.

In Silicon Valley, Working 9 to 5 Is for Losers (nytimes.com)

52 points by el_benhameen on Aug 31, 2017 | 14 comments

1866.

How to determine a protein’s shape (economist.com)

52 points by Nuance on Aug 13, 2017 | 10 comments

1867.

The humble Programmer [pdf] (cs.utexas.edu)

52 points by tosh on Aug 3, 2017 | 5 comments

1868.

Master React Native Animations (reactnativeanimations.com)

52 points by mxstbr on Aug 7, 2017 | 3 comments

1869.

Announcing TypeScript 2.5 (blogs.msdn.microsoft.com)

52 points by pingec on Aug 31, 2017 | 3 comments

1870.

Reverse Engineering IoT Devices (iayanpahwa.github.io)

52 points by wolframio on Aug 15, 2017 | 1 comments

1871.

California passed a law boosting police transparency on cellphone surveillance (latimes.com)

52 points by eplanit on Aug 27, 2017 | 1 comments

1872.

Google memo drama really is about free speech (usatoday.com)

52 points by wyclif on Aug 9, 2017 | 0 comments

1873.

Are We Experimenting on Our Children with Soy Formula? (undark.org)

51 points by okket on Aug 2, 2017 | 83 comments

1874.

Another neo-Nazi site, Stormfront, is shut down (techcrunch.com)

51 points by featherverse on Aug 29, 2017 | 79 comments

1875.

Developer accidentally deletes 3 months of work with Visual Studio Code (cc.bingj.com)

51 points by jacobr on Aug 18, 2017 | 72 comments

1876.

Chrome's 'Secure' indicator was designed to make users proceed on any HTTPS site (certsimple.com)

51 points by nailer on Aug 14, 2017 | 58 comments

1877.

On piping Curl to apt-key (tablix.org)

51 points by gandalfar on Aug 22, 2017 | 46 comments

1878.

Verified business accounts (faq.whatsapp.com)

51 points by artsandsci on Aug 29, 2017 | 43 comments

1879.

Majority of U.S. consumers still download zero apps per month, says comScore (techcrunch.com)

51 points by mcone on Aug 25, 2017 | 38 comments

1880.

Malicous code written into DNA infects the computer that reads it (techcrunch.com)

51 points by listentojohan on Aug 10, 2017 | 37 comments

1881.

Federico Musto has stepped down as Arduino CEO (techcrunch.com)

51 points by tdrnd on Aug 2, 2017 | 28 comments

1882.

Removing Some Code (openssl.org)

51 points by l2dy on Aug 20, 2017 | 19 comments

1883.

Urban design and mental health in Tokyo (urbandesignmentalhealth.com)

51 points by blacksmythe on Aug 22, 2017 | 19 comments

1884.

Don't blame addicts for America's opioid crisis. Here are the real culprits (theguardian.com)

51 points by greenbush on Aug 14, 2017 | 18 comments

1885.

Manifold Garden (Escheresque Puzzle Game) Teaser (manifold.garden)

51 points by SonOfLilit on Aug 6, 2017 | 16 comments

1886.

On-The-Fly Garbage Collection: An Exercise in Cooperation (1978) [pdf] (lamport.azurewebsites.net)

51 points by mpweiher on Aug 10, 2017 | 12 comments

1887.

Of Laptops and Phones (puri.sm)

51 points by JoshTriplett on Aug 27, 2017 | 6 comments

1888.

Where in the World Is Mobile Development? (stackoverflow.blog)

51 points by kawera on Aug 28, 2017 | 5 comments

1889.

A Primer on Automating Chaos (blog.gremlininc.com)

51 points by kiyanwang on Aug 29, 2017 | 3 comments

1890.

GPU Datacenter Problems and How Brytlyt Can Help (brytlyt.com)

51 points by pgv on Aug 18, 2017 | 0 comments