HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1891.

Libraries can start processes too (mattmower.com)

70 points by sandbags on Aug 1, 2021 | 30 comments

1892.

Stripe: Thinking Like a Civilization (readthegeneralist.com)

70 points by conanxin on Aug 31, 2021 | 30 comments

1893.

How database indexing works internally (blog.pankajtanwar.in)

70 points by the2ndfloorguy on Aug 19, 2021 | 24 comments

1894.

The Shadowy Business of International Education (thewalrus.ca)

70 points by pseudolus on Aug 21, 2021 | 21 comments

1895.

South Park creators say they’ve reached agreement to buy Casa Bonita (krdo.com)

70 points by mooreds on Aug 15, 2021 | 14 comments

1896.

Slack's Secret STDERR Messages (brendangregg.com)

70 points by ingve on Aug 27, 2021 | 8 comments

1897.

Surveillance of the Internet Backbone (schneier.com)

70 points by todsacerdoti on Aug 25, 2021 | 2 comments

1898.

Moving beyond “algorithmic bias is a data problem” (cell.com)

69 points by mwexler on Aug 19, 2021 | 203 comments

1899.

Why you should learn SQL (executeprogram.com)

69 points by arkj on Aug 4, 2021 | 135 comments

1900.

Pfizer, Moderna seen reaping billions from Covid-19 vaccine booster market (reuters.com)

69 points by throwaway888abc on Aug 13, 2021 | 92 comments

1901.

Launch HN: Keyri (YC S21) – Secure smartphone-based passwordless authentication

69 points by thekeyper on Aug 4, 2021 | 90 comments

1902.

Volkswagen ID.3 Bursts into Flames in the Netherlands (insideevs.com)

69 points by hheikinh on Aug 22, 2021 | 90 comments

1903.

Xsolla fires 150 employees based on big data analysis of their activity (mcvuk.com)

69 points by joshbuddy on Aug 8, 2021 | 82 comments

1904.

The Rise of Mobile Wikipedia (yuri.is)

69 points by luu on Aug 24, 2021 | 61 comments

1905.

We are no longer a serious people (thepullrequest.com)

69 points by simonsarris on Aug 16, 2021 | 56 comments

1906.

In the US, wind power is getting bigger and better, report says (arstechnica.com)

69 points by carride on Aug 31, 2021 | 55 comments

1907.

As cargo shipments boom, ship strikes imperil whales worldwide (latimes.com)

69 points by blacktulip on Aug 15, 2021 | 50 comments

1908.

The lost history of the electric car – and the future of transport (theguardian.com)

69 points by prostoalex on Aug 8, 2021 | 36 comments

1909.

Designing better batteries for electric vehicles (news.mit.edu)

69 points by 35_candelas on Aug 18, 2021 | 34 comments

1910.

New sci-fi and fantasy books to check out this August (transfer-orbit.ghost.io)

69 points by AndrewLiptak on Aug 3, 2021 | 33 comments

1911.

Posh: A Data-Aware Shell (micahlerner.com)

69 points by mlerner on Aug 8, 2021 | 27 comments

1912.

Mortuaries fill, hospitals clog in rural California towns with low vaccination (latimes.com)

69 points by belltaco on Aug 28, 2021 | 27 comments

1913.

The protocol designed to heal the ozone layer may also have fended off warming (technologyreview.com)

69 points by r0n0j0y on Aug 19, 2021 | 25 comments

1914.

How Joseph Stalin Starved Millions in the Ukrainian Famine (history.com)

69 points by throwkeep on Aug 2, 2021 | 24 comments

1915.

Under Construction (textfiles.com)

69 points by blewboarwastake on Aug 9, 2021 | 20 comments

1916.

Clock Synchronization (2020) (signalsandthreads.com)

69 points by tosh on Aug 8, 2021 | 16 comments

1917.

Practical? Common Lisp on the JVM: A quick intro to ABCL for modern web apps (notes.eatonphil.com)