HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1621.

Machine Learning meets ketosis: how to effectively lose weight (2016) (github.com)

54 points by goblin89 on Feb 7, 2018 | 6 comments

1622.

How New Zealand Made Edmund Hillary, the Man Who Conquered Everest (sbnation.com)

54 points by sergeant3 on Feb 7, 2018 | 5 comments

1623.

Direction for ISO C++ [pdf] (open-std.org)

54 points by tobiasrenger on Feb 16, 2018 | 2 comments

1624.

Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?

53 points by cronjobma on Feb 1, 2018 | 123 comments

1625.

Forecasts of genetic fate just got a lot more accurate (technologyreview.com)

53 points by rbanffy on Feb 28, 2018 | 91 comments

1626.

Swype pioneered a new way to type on smartphones–now it’s dead (arstechnica.com)

53 points by rbanffy on Feb 21, 2018 | 68 comments

1627.

Ancient DNA sheds light on what happened to the Taino, the native Caribbeans (arstechnica.com)

53 points by rbanffy on Feb 19, 2018 | 48 comments

1628.

Effect of longer-term modest salt reduction on blood pressure (2013) (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

53 points by YeGoblynQueenne on Feb 22, 2018 | 46 comments

1629.

JavaScript in the Internet of Things: JerryScript and the Fitbit Ionic (js.foundation)

53 points by rbanffy on Feb 7, 2018 | 36 comments

1630.

What to Make of Finnegans Wake? (2012) (nybooks.com)

53 points by samclemens on Feb 18, 2018 | 30 comments

1631.

Ask HN: What other websites/forums do you use that are of similar quality to HN?

53 points by earenndil on Feb 9, 2018 | 24 comments

1632.

What’s it like to be one of the Jeopardy clue writers? (tv.avclub.com)

53 points by fern12 on Feb 10, 2018 | 22 comments

1633.

Progress Continues on Firmware Updates (newsroom.intel.com)

53 points by taspeotis on Feb 8, 2018 | 16 comments

1634.

Energy-efficient encryption for the internet of things (news.mit.edu)

53 points by charlysl on Feb 18, 2018 | 16 comments

1635.

Retpoline: A Branch Target Injection Mitigation [pdf] (software.intel.com)

53 points by ingve on Feb 20, 2018 | 9 comments

1636.

Can Uber Ever Deliver? Even After 4Q Cost Cuts, Uber Lost $4.5B in 2017 (nakedcapitalism.com)

52 points by Cbasedlifeform on Feb 16, 2018 | 108 comments

1637.

iMac Pro review: Hard to upgrade, but holy Jony Ive it’s fast (arstechnica.com)

52 points by smacktoward on Feb 17, 2018 | 107 comments

1638.

National Identity Is Made Up [video] (nytimes.com)

52 points by gkya on Feb 28, 2018 | 101 comments

1639.

Crypto-currency craze 'hinders search for alien life' (bbc.co.uk)

52 points by dsr12 on Feb 14, 2018 | 74 comments

1640.

In our eyes, Google’s software sees heart attack risk (washingtonpost.com)

52 points by helloworld on Feb 19, 2018 | 46 comments

1641.

An Interview with Tom Quisel, Former CTO of OkCupid (2017) (logicmag.io)

52 points by imartin2k on Feb 11, 2018 | 43 comments

1642.

Ask HN: I'm not a good programmer, but I keep acing interviews

52 points by noisefridge on Feb 19, 2018 | 40 comments

1643.

Mad Max violence stalks Venezuela's lawless roads (reuters.com)

52 points by smacktoward on Feb 9, 2018 | 26 comments

1644.

WeWork Buys Meetup; Here Is How Meetup.Com Will Change (gaintap.com)

52 points by skmurphy on Feb 3, 2018 | 25 comments

1645.

For Albert Clarke, the Rise of 'Goodnight Moon' Is No Storybook Romance (2000) (joshuaprager.com)

52 points by gwern on Feb 10, 2018 | 24 comments

1646.

When Everything Is Too Safe, Add Risk (bloomberg.com)

52 points by sergeant3 on Feb 15, 2018 | 23 comments

1647.

Ask HN: What Algorithms are you using to make money?

52 points by hoerzu on Feb 17, 2018 | 21 comments

1648.

Ask HN: How do you quickly test out new product/app ideas?

52 points by rkh2018 on Feb 3, 2018 | 15 comments

1649.

Problems at Singularity University (bloomberg.com)

52 points by meri_dian on Feb 15, 2018 | 15 comments

1650.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Thinks Some College Title IX Trials Are Unfair to Accused (reason.com)

52 points by MollyR on Feb 19, 2018 | 14 comments