HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

15751.

Eight bird species are first confirmed avian extinctions this decade (theguardian.com)

84 points by sanqui on Sep 5, 2018 | 61 comments

15752.

Short Selling Is Tough Business (bloomberg.com)

84 points by hyperpape on Sep 18, 2018 | 61 comments

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Google spinoff Dandelion uses ground energy to heat and cool homes (cnet.com)

84 points by rbanffy on May 30, 2018 | 60 comments

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In the World of Cryptocurrency, Even Good Projects Can Go Bad (nytimes.com)

84 points by petethomas on May 31, 2018 | 60 comments

15755.

Don’t buy the MacBook Pros even on sale, in my opinion (theoutline.com)

84 points by ksec on Apr 25, 2018 | 59 comments

15756.

CNN Is Closing Down Beme, YouTube Star Casey Neistat’s Video Company (buzzfeed.com)

84 points by juokaz on Jan 25, 2018 | 58 comments

15757.

Late to Bed, Early to Die? Night Owls May Die Sooner (livescience.com)

84 points by ryan_j_naughton on Apr 12, 2018 | 58 comments

15758.

What's new in Swift 4.1 (hackingwithswift.com)

84 points by OberstKrueger on Jan 24, 2018 | 57 comments

15759.

How the Netherlands Feeds the World (2017) (nationalgeographic.com)

84 points by UFOFlyer on Dec 27, 2018 | 57 comments

15760.

Checked C: Making C Safer by Extension (microsoft.com)

84 points by matt_d on Sep 8, 2018 | 55 comments

15761.

Ask HN: Anyone rather just be alone during work day?

84 points by 0x01030307 on Jul 11, 2018 | 52 comments

15762.

JavaScript Isn't Scheme (2013) (journal.stuffwithstuff.com)

84 points by tosh on Apr 25, 2018 | 51 comments

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Wells Fargo shifts many jobs overseas following layoffs in the US (charlotteobserver.com)

84 points by howard941 on Dec 21, 2018 | 51 comments

15764.

New Mac Mini (apple.com)

84 points by zerealshadowban on Oct 30, 2018 | 50 comments

15765.

Show HN: Predict how well people will react to your writing (isittoasted.com)

84 points by kawin on Nov 5, 2018 | 50 comments

15766.

It’s Hard for Doctors to Unlearn Things (nytimes.com)

84 points by dredmorbius on Sep 14, 2018 | 46 comments

15767.

Launch HN: Sterblue (YC S18) – Software for drones to inspect power lines

84 points by crubier on Sep 11, 2018 | 45 comments

15768.

Google Maps has found a better way to navigate India’s chaotic roads (qz.com)

84 points by smacktoward on Mar 17, 2018 | 43 comments

15769.

The reviewer’s fallacy: when critics aren’t critical enough (slate.com)

84 points by wormold on Jan 21, 2018 | 42 comments

15770.

SMS over IRC (mndrix.blogspot.com)

84 points by buovjaga on Jun 30, 2018 | 42 comments

15771.

Software Updates for IoT Devices and the Hidden Costs of Homegrown Updaters [pdf] (mender.io)

84 points by ralphmender on Jan 18, 2018 | 40 comments

15772.

Facebook Fueled Anti-Refugee Attacks in Germany, New Research Suggests (nytimes.com)

84 points by pjc50 on Aug 21, 2018 | 40 comments

15773.

Fun with Symbolic Derivatives in Lisp (taeric.github.io)

84 points by taeric on Oct 31, 2018 | 40 comments

15774.

An open-source standards and software project for intimate hardware (maybe NSFW) (buttplug.io)

84 points by andyonthewings on Aug 17, 2018 | 39 comments

15775.

Novel Attack Technique Uses Smart Light Bulbs to Steal Data (bleepingcomputer.com)

84 points by yaseen-rob on Aug 28, 2018 | 39 comments

15776.

Vertical Takeoff and Vertical Landing, Now Available for Model Rockets (blog.hackster.io)

84 points by rbanffy on Jun 17, 2018 | 38 comments

15777.

Pyroelectricity could extract energy from heat sources below 100°C (electronicsweekly.com)

84 points by rbanffy on Apr 20, 2018 | 37 comments

15778.

The Life and Death of Teletext (denofgeek.com)

84 points by isostatic on Jun 29, 2018 | 37 comments

15779.

Equivalence of State Machines and Coroutines (250bpm.com)

84 points by rumcajz on Dec 18, 2018 | 37 comments

15780.

Cisco coughs up baker’s dozen of vulnerabilities and other security nasties (theregister.co.uk)

84 points by lnccl2j653l2 on Oct 1, 2018 | 34 comments