HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1561.

A map of the former surface of the Earth, now residing in the mantle (arstechnica.co.uk)

66 points by zeristor on Oct 22, 2017 | 8 comments

1562.

Saharan and trans-Saharan contacts and trade in the Roman era (caitlingreen.org)

66 points by Thevet on Oct 10, 2017 | 0 comments

1563.

We Can’t Stem the Tide of Language Death (lareviewofbooks.org)

65 points by diodorus on Oct 21, 2017 | 133 comments

1564.

Shimano wants to make your bike as smart as your car (outsideonline.com)

65 points by gh0zt on Oct 19, 2017 | 107 comments

1565.

Users don’t need a password (medium.com)

65 points by isauriy on Oct 29, 2017 | 77 comments

1566.

Show HN: Trickle/tritty, a 600 baud pipe/terminal (asciinema.org)

65 points by sjmulder on Oct 25, 2017 | 33 comments

1567.

Demonstration of Communication using Neutrinos (2012) (arxiv.org)

65 points by lainon on Oct 8, 2017 | 23 comments

1568.

Something Rotten in the Core (codersnotes.com)

65 points by jmah on Oct 25, 2017 | 19 comments

1569.

A Giant Hole Has Opened Up in Antarctica (motherboard.vice.com)

65 points by Red_Tarsius on Oct 11, 2017 | 13 comments

1570.

Memory inside Linux containers (2014) (fabiokung.com)

65 points by aburan28 on Oct 29, 2017 | 9 comments

1571.

IRS awards $7.25M fraud-prevention contract to Equifax (politico.com)

65 points by uptown on Oct 3, 2017 | 7 comments

1572.

OCLint (oclint.org)

65 points by rayascott on Oct 15, 2017 | 7 comments

1573.

Key Reinstallation Attacks: Forcing Nonce Reuse in WPA2 [pdf] (papers.mathyvanhoef.com)

65 points by 0x0 on Oct 16, 2017 | 1 comments

1574.

How Science Makes “Rick and Morty” Great (nautil.us)

64 points by theandrewbailey on Oct 9, 2017 | 83 comments

1575.

The Minimalists want you to be happy with less (thecut.com)

64 points by fern12 on Oct 11, 2017 | 83 comments

1576.

Robert Scoble: “I apologize.” (facebook.com)

64 points by minimaxir on Oct 20, 2017 | 81 comments

1577.

Remotely tunneling to a server using an iPad Pro for programming (jann.is)

64 points by TheArcane on Oct 26, 2017 | 78 comments

1578.

Under-building of new homes, high construction cost perpetuate housing shortage (redfin.com)

64 points by prostoalex on Oct 29, 2017 | 68 comments

1579.

KB4046355 Deletes Windows Media Player in Windows 10 Build 16299 (winaero.com)

64 points by aq3cn on Oct 9, 2017 | 58 comments

1580.

Should Your Spouse Be Your Best Friend? (nytimes.com)

64 points by SREinSF on Oct 28, 2017 | 51 comments

1581.

Open Source Release of Rift DK2 (developer.oculus.com)

64 points by Ajedi32 on Oct 10, 2017 | 25 comments

1582.

How to Program a Supercomputer (cray.com)

64 points by rbanffy on Oct 30, 2017 | 24 comments

1583.

Lessons from Bar Fight Litigation (2014) (ordinary-gentlemen.com)

64 points by apsec112 on Oct 10, 2017 | 21 comments

1584.

Attempting to Launch a Behavior-Change Revolution (freakonomics.com)

64 points by robertkrahn01 on Oct 27, 2017 | 16 comments

1585.

Starting in 2018, using cryptocurrencies in Vietnam will be illegal (blockexplorer.com)

64 points by mbgaxyz on Oct 28, 2017 | 11 comments

1586.

Practical Evaluation of the Lasp Programming Model at Scale (speakerdeck.com)

64 points by cmeiklejohn on Oct 10, 2017 | 4 comments

1587.

Catalonia’s Independence Vote Descends into Chaos and Clashes (nytimes.com)

63 points by thanatropism on Oct 1, 2017 | 137 comments

1588.

The Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism (scientificamerican.com)

63 points by jseliger on Oct 25, 2017 | 120 comments

1589.

Catalan referendum: preliminary results show 90% in favour of independence (theguardian.com)

63 points by tomp on Oct 1, 2017 | 88 comments

1590.

Nearly half of US medical visits are at emergency rooms (sciencedaily.com)

63 points by marojejian on Oct 17, 2017 | 88 comments