HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

31381.

WHO says coronavirus death rate is 3.4% globally, higher than previously thought (cnbc.com)

28 points by onetimemanytime on Mar 4, 2020 | 17 comments

31382.

More accurate climate change model reveals bleaker outlook on electricity, water (phys.org)

28 points by pseudolus on Mar 8, 2020 | 17 comments

31383.

Ask HN: Which Linux filesystem “produce” less wear and tear on SSD NAND?

28 points by programatico on Apr 3, 2020 | 17 comments

31384.

Wootric moved ML deployment pipeline from AWS to GCP (engineering.wootric.com)

28 points by prabhatjha on Apr 14, 2020 | 17 comments

31385.

Ask HN: What do I need to learn how to write a scalable app?

28 points by stonecharioteer on Jun 2, 2020 | 17 comments

31386.

Waiting for Gödel (2016) (newyorker.com)

28 points by keiferski on Aug 29, 2020 | 17 comments

31387.

The End of Spectrum Scarcity (2004) (spectrum.ieee.org)

28 points by apsec112 on Sep 3, 2020 | 17 comments

31388.

America Is About to Enter Its Years of Lead (foreignpolicy.com)

28 points by AndrewBissell on Oct 1, 2020 | 17 comments

31389.

Against Advice (thepointmag.com)

28 points by andrewnc on Mar 3, 2020 | 16 comments

31390.

Google Play Music dies this year, YT Music library imports begin today (arstechnica.com)

28 points by samizdis on May 12, 2020 | 16 comments

31391.

Trump May Attempt to Force Long-Time H-1B Visa Holders Out of U.S. (forbes.com)

28 points by carfacts on Jul 4, 2020 | 16 comments

31392.

A coded message from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (github.com)

28 points by scoopertrooper on Sep 1, 2020 | 16 comments

31393.

Facebook warned it may stop operating its core app and Instagram in Europe (businessinsider.com)

28 points by afkqs on Sep 22, 2020 | 16 comments

31394.

Array-Oriented Programming with NumPy-1 (pythoniseasytolearn.blogspot.com)

28 points by rbanffy on Oct 7, 2020 | 16 comments

31395.

Canadian athletes will not compete at Tokyo 2020 Games due to Covid-19 risks (cbc.ca)

28 points by the_unknown on Mar 23, 2020 | 15 comments

31396.

Ask HN: How to know when an idea is worth pursuing?

28 points by iio7 on May 20, 2020 | 15 comments

31397.

Show HN: InboxFee – make strangers pay for their cold emails (inboxfee.com)

28 points by brugeman on Jun 22, 2020 | 15 comments

31398.

Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana” released (blog.linuxmint.com)

28 points by Shinkirou on Jun 27, 2020 | 15 comments

31399.

Your Pa$$Word Doesn't Matter (techcommunity.microsoft.com)

28 points by fortran77 on Nov 12, 2020 | 15 comments

31400.

Why everything you know about wolf packs is wrong (2013) (io9.gizmodo.com)

28 points by DyslexicAtheist on Nov 28, 2020 | 15 comments

31401.

DNC was ‘intimately involved’ in development of troubled Iowa caucus app (news.yahoo.com)

28 points by AndrewBissell on Feb 13, 2020 | 14 comments

31402.

“MP3 is dead” missed the real, much better story (2017) (marco.org)

28 points by susam on Feb 18, 2020 | 14 comments

31403.

GameStop employees report extreme pressure from ‘desperate’ bosses (polygon.com)

28 points by bretpiatt on Feb 20, 2020 | 14 comments

31404.

Italy’s Covid-19 deaths are staggering. They may be more preview than anomaly (washingtonpost.com)

28 points by dmitriy_ko on Mar 24, 2020 | 14 comments

31405.

Wearing masks is as much about protecting others as yourself (bbc.com)

28 points by mmhsieh on Mar 29, 2020 | 14 comments

31406.

Brush up your COBOL: Why is a 60 year old language suddenly in demand? (stackoverflow.blog)

28 points by wyclif on Apr 23, 2020 | 14 comments

31407.

Where are the bones of Hans Holbein? (theguardian.com)

28 points by prismatic on Jul 21, 2020 | 14 comments

31408.

Major new climate study rules out less severe global warming scenarios (washingtonpost.com)

28 points by nabla9 on Jul 22, 2020 | 14 comments

31409.

Researchers “Translate” Bat Talk (2016) (smithsonianmag.com)

28 points by bschne on Jul 28, 2020 | 14 comments

31410.

Man released from prison after being given life without parole for $50 robbery (alabamaappleseed.org)

28 points by apsec112 on Aug 27, 2020 | 14 comments