HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1621.

Why I Wrote “The Crucible” (1996) (newyorker.com)

77 points by thazework on Dec 12, 2020 | 86 comments

1622.

KFC launches 4K, 240FPS gaming console with a built-in chicken warmer (gamesradar.com)

77 points by jacksonpollock on Dec 23, 2020 | 78 comments

1623.

A New Theorem Maps Out the Limits of Quantum Physics (quantamagazine.org)

77 points by nsoonhui on Dec 5, 2020 | 72 comments

1624.

Solving Algorithmic Problems in Python with Pytest (2019) (adamj.eu)

77 points by BerislavLopac on Dec 19, 2020 | 43 comments

1625.

Getting Started in BBC Basic (bbcmicrobot.com)

77 points by ingve on Dec 29, 2020 | 31 comments

1626.

In-Database Machine Learning [pdf] (btw.informatik.uni-rostock.de)

77 points by redwrasse on Dec 3, 2020 | 27 comments

1627.

How to Talk When a Machine Is Listening: Corporate Disclosure in the Age of AI (nber.org)

77 points by doener on Dec 14, 2020 | 23 comments

1628.

Agents raid home of Florida data scientist who built Covid-19 dashboard (tallahassee.com)

77 points by jbegley on Dec 7, 2020 | 2 comments

1629.

FireEye, a Top Cybersecurity Firm, Says It Was Hacked by a Nation-State (nytimes.com)

77 points by tysone on Dec 8, 2020 | 1 comments

1630.

How much I made as a good Engineer at Facebook (medium.com)

76 points by i0exception on Dec 3, 2020 | 127 comments

1631.

She Couldn’t Open for Outdoor Dining. The Film Crew Next Door Could (nytimes.com)

76 points by undefined1 on Dec 6, 2020 | 96 comments

1632.

Tesco removes 20M items of plastic from Christmas range (theguardian.com)

76 points by williamsharris on Dec 16, 2020 | 88 comments

1633.

Ask HN: Facebook engineers, what keeps you at Facebook?

76 points by nobunaga on Dec 16, 2020 | 55 comments

1634.

No one can manage projects, especially technology projects (forbes.com)

76 points by weare138 on Dec 5, 2020 | 53 comments

1635.

Army computer models unveil secret to quieter small drones (army.mil)

76 points by sizzle on Dec 4, 2020 | 51 comments

1636.

Sea water district cooling feasibility analysis for Hawaii [pdf] (2002) (energy.hawaii.gov)

76 points by geothermal_all on Dec 25, 2020 | 40 comments

1637.

WhatsApp Will Start Showing Ads (entrepreneur.com)

76 points by nixass on Dec 6, 2020 | 33 comments

1638.

Inuttitut, a language shaped by humility, poetry, and the land (beside.media)

76 points by diaphanous on Dec 10, 2020 | 30 comments

1639.

Using Serverless for unpredictable traffic to for TV fundraiser event (medium.com)

76 points by skifunkster on Dec 1, 2020 | 24 comments

1640.

From LEGOs to Ziploc: The Science of the Snap Fit (insidescience.org)

76 points by vo2maxer on Dec 6, 2020 | 23 comments

1641.

Voxon hologram volumetric display (2019) (newatlas.com)

76 points by itronitron on Dec 27, 2020 | 21 comments

1642.

How to Escape the Modern Rat Race (durmonski.com)

75 points by durmonski on Dec 2, 2020 | 92 comments

1643.

North Dakota needed to hire Latvians to manage an ancient state computer system (inforum.com)

75 points by fortran77 on Dec 28, 2020 | 81 comments

1644.

The Philosophy of Anger (bostonreview.net)

75 points by satchet on Dec 28, 2020 | 75 comments

1645.

Americans are increasingly afraid to express themselves honestly (city-journal.org)

75 points by fortran77 on Dec 28, 2020 | 73 comments

1646.

DNS hijacked on GoDaddy? (twitter.com)

75 points by zigzaggy on Dec 30, 2020 | 66 comments

1647.

Conditional JavaScript: Only download when it is appropriate (umaar.com)

75 points by umaar on Dec 16, 2020 | 48 comments

1648.

A Computer Culture for Children [video] (youtube.com)

75 points by francescoc on Dec 1, 2020 | 27 comments

1649.

iPhone factory workers say they haven’t been paid, cause millions in damages (arstechnica.com)

75 points by lostgame on Dec 15, 2020 | 27 comments

1650.

Circulation of Elites (en.wikipedia.org)

75 points by optimalsolver on Dec 9, 2020 | 26 comments