HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

2011.

The four times the United States government defaulted on its debt (2021) (thehill.com)

68 points by itronitron on May 10, 2023 | 91 comments

2012.

Tony Hsieh and the Emptiness of the Tech-Mogul Myth (newyorker.com)

68 points by tysone on May 9, 2023 | 84 comments

2013.

Where Did Personal Computing Go Wrong (2020) (mmcthrow-musings.blogspot.com)

68 points by mpweiher on May 9, 2023 | 76 comments

2014.

Remembering the Golden Age of Airline Food (atlasobscura.com)

68 points by prismatic on May 10, 2023 | 70 comments

2015.

Comparing iPhone 13 vs. iPhone 14 for Astrophotography (diyphotography.net)

68 points by mikece on May 28, 2023 | 70 comments

2016.

Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google Pixel owner (theregister.com)

68 points by cglong on May 5, 2023 | 53 comments

2017.

Show HN: Avoiding Imgur Link Rot (haasie.com)

68 points by rvavruch on May 5, 2023 | 50 comments

2018.

Review of Epictetus: The Complete Works (lrb.co.uk)

68 points by diodorus on May 26, 2023 | 40 comments

2019.

Globalization is evolving, but does not seem to be reversing (conversableeconomist.com)

68 points by ksec on May 28, 2023 | 37 comments

2020.

Traders Do Less Crime at Home (bloomberg.com)

68 points by super256 on May 17, 2023 | 36 comments

2021.

NFL labor union is out almost $42M thanks to crypto collapse (theathletic.com)

68 points by ilamont on May 31, 2023 | 33 comments

2022.

The most important machine that was never built (quantamagazine.org)

68 points by akeck on May 4, 2023 | 32 comments

2023.

Cardinal/WASM: In-Browser Modular Synth Based on VCV Rack (cardinal.kx.studio)

68 points by nicolast on May 2, 2023 | 30 comments

2024.

Qwik Reaches v1.0 (builder.io)

68 points by pier25 on May 2, 2023 | 22 comments

2025.

Sudo and signal propagation (dxuuu.xyz)

68 points by todsacerdoti on May 24, 2023 | 21 comments

2026.

Anatomy of a Drum Machine (2012) (mickeydelp.com)

68 points by brudgers on May 10, 2023 | 18 comments

2027.

Anna’s Archive has backed up the world’s largest comics shadow library (annas-blog.org)

68 points by Bugaddr on May 13, 2023 | 15 comments

2028.

Little Languages for Music (1990) [pdf] (usenix.org)

68 points by 082349872349872 on May 21, 2023 | 14 comments

2029.

Notes on the Cost of Go Finalizers (utcc.utoronto.ca)

68 points by ingve on May 21, 2023 | 13 comments

2030.

macOS Activation Lock: Friend or Foe (zipsec.com)

68 points by jzweig3 on May 2, 2023 | 11 comments

2031.

Our Amiga Demo-Creator Turns 36 Years (coding-and-computers.blogspot.com)

68 points by NorSoulx on May 6, 2023 | 11 comments

2032.

How to Play Hextraction (playhextraction.com)

68 points by tobr on May 15, 2023 | 10 comments

2033.

Two Weeks at the Front in Ukraine (newyorker.com)

68 points by cocacola1 on May 23, 2023 | 5 comments

2034.

On Having Enough Socks (2019) (gwern.net)

67 points by hacb on May 4, 2023 | 175 comments

2035.

Tipping at self-checkout has customers crying ‘emotional blackmail’ (wsj.com)

67 points by impish9208 on May 8, 2023 | 156 comments

2036.

France bans flights between cities linked by trains (twitter.com)

67 points by jeffbee on May 23, 2023 | 113 comments

2037.

Dear Ubuntu (hackaday.com)

67 points by Alupis on May 24, 2023 | 79 comments

2038.

What's up with this new memory_order_consume memory order? (devblogs.microsoft.com)

67 points by luu on May 23, 2023 | 75 comments

2039.

Mechanical backpack boosts the sensation of jumping in virtual reality (newscientist.com)

67 points by Brajeshwar on May 9, 2023 | 65 comments

2040.

Consumer Credit and the Removal of Medical Collections from Credit Reports (consumerfinance.gov)

67 points by momentmaker on May 16, 2023 | 59 comments