HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

571.

Some studies show an association between the herpes virus and Alzheimer’s (theconversation.com)

190 points by hourislate on Oct 20, 2018 | 46 comments

572.

NIST: Blockchain Technology Overview [pdf] (nvlpubs.nist.gov)

190 points by infodocket on Oct 6, 2018 | 33 comments

573.

Pharo: An immersive programming experience (pharo.org)

188 points by signa11 on Oct 21, 2018 | 106 comments

574.

Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k (theverge.com)

187 points by monkeydust on Oct 25, 2018 | 138 comments

575.

Ask HN: First month job anxiety. Am I actually an impostor?

187 points by rericks on Oct 19, 2018 | 87 comments

576.

Three hundred and sixty years of United States caselaw (case.law)

187 points by crunchiebones on Oct 29, 2018 | 58 comments

577.

Falcon: A high-performance web server for Ruby, supporting HTTP/2 and HTTPS (github.com)

187 points by ksec on Oct 21, 2018 | 52 comments

578.

It's not okay to pretend your software is open source (drewdevault.com)

186 points by Bl4ckb0ne on Oct 30, 2018 | 137 comments

579.

Gig-Economy Workers Are the Modern Proletariat (bloomberg.com)

186 points by koolhead17 on Oct 7, 2018 | 124 comments

580.

A fun optimization trick from rsync (blog.plover.com)

186 points by luu on Oct 28, 2018 | 64 comments

581.

Gates Still Working Behind the Scenes at Microsoft (redmondmag.com)

186 points by myinnerbanjo on Oct 23, 2018 | 53 comments

582.

Grad Student Solved a Fundamental Quantum Computing Problem (wired.com)

186 points by eaguyhn on Oct 14, 2018 | 21 comments

583.

The Magic Leap Con (gizmodo.com)

185 points by danso on Oct 13, 2018 | 134 comments

584.

Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship (areomagazine.com)

184 points by mpweiher on Oct 3, 2018 | 105 comments

585.

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket seems to be a hit with satellite companies (arstechnica.com)

184 points by okket on Oct 25, 2018 | 59 comments

586.

New York Attorney General Expands Inquiry into Net Neutrality Comments (nytimes.com)

184 points by shadowtree on Oct 19, 2018 | 41 comments

587.

Perceptual Illusions (nautil.us)

184 points by extraterra on Oct 26, 2018 | 24 comments

588.

US election system reveals frightening vulnerabilities at almost every level (vox.com)

183 points by throwaway2048 on Oct 28, 2018 | 189 comments

589.

Surgery students 'losing dexterity to stitch patients' (bbc.com)

183 points by rb808 on Oct 30, 2018 | 172 comments

590.

Myth of the Brown Recluse (spiders.ucr.edu)

183 points by josephpmay on Oct 23, 2018 | 153 comments

591.

Interface Hall of Shame – QuickTime 4.0 Player (1999) (hallofshame.gp.co.at)

183 points by Tomte on Oct 14, 2018 | 145 comments

592.

15TB HDDs: Western Digital Unveils the Ultrastar DC HC620 (anandtech.com)

183 points by Breadmaker on Oct 30, 2018 | 115 comments

593.

Talking to the Mailman – Interview with Richard Stallman (newleftreview.org)

183 points by clydethefrog on Oct 27, 2018 | 112 comments

594.

Alarm as China eases 25-year ban on rhino and tiger parts (bbc.com)

183 points by happy-go-lucky on Oct 30, 2018 | 102 comments

595.

Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason on what the roller-coaster ride felt like (nymag.com)

183 points by prostoalex on Oct 14, 2018 | 49 comments

596.

Ham vs. Ham as Radio Amateurs Are in Conflict with ARRL (perens.com)

183 points by rmason on Oct 6, 2018 | 46 comments

597.

See what you can create with 140 characters of JavaScript and a canvas (dwitter.net)

183 points by pajtai on Oct 12, 2018 | 24 comments

598.

Towards fearless SIMD (raphlinus.github.io)

182 points by fanf2 on Oct 24, 2018 | 81 comments

599.

Show HN: Coffee Chat – Trade your expertise (coffeechat.app)

182 points by lw on Oct 17, 2018 | 78 comments

600.

Supermicro boards were so bug ridden, why would hackers ever need implants? (arstechnica.com)

182 points by drewg123 on Oct 12, 2018 | 76 comments