HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

151.

'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech (space.com)

434 points by pixelesque on Feb 28, 2024 | 325 comments

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OpenTTD (openttd.org)

434 points by simonebrunozzi on Feb 10, 2024 | 95 comments

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Apple releases Pkl – configuration as code language (pkl-lang.org)

433 points by isodev on Feb 3, 2024 | 7 comments

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What it was like working for Gitlab (yorickpeterse.com)

432 points by aragilar on Feb 11, 2024 | 542 comments

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ChatGPT went berserk (garymarcus.substack.com)

432 points by RafelMri on Feb 21, 2024 | 468 comments

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If you're just going to sit there doing nothing, at least do nothing correctly (devblogs.microsoft.com)

432 points by AndrewDucker on Feb 16, 2024 | 347 comments

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'Stupid,' 'shameful:' Tech workers on Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan's rant (missionlocal.org)

431 points by Stratoscope on Feb 2, 2024 | 502 comments

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AI behavior guardrails should be public (twitter.com)

431 points by sotasota on Feb 21, 2024 | 334 comments

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Ask HN: Slow thinkers, how do you compensate for your lack of quick-wittedness?

427 points by michalu on Feb 27, 2024 | 270 comments

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Gemini Ultra Released (one.google.com)

427 points by hackerlight on Feb 8, 2024 | 6 comments

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Gemma.cpp: lightweight, standalone C++ inference engine for Gemma models (github.com)

422 points by mfiguiere on Feb 23, 2024 | 130 comments

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JavaScript Bloat in 2024 (tonsky.me)

420 points by cdme on Feb 22, 2024 | 261 comments

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Why time seems to pass faster as we age (invertedpassion.com)

419 points by paraschopra on Feb 27, 2024 | 259 comments

164.

Go 1.22 (go.dev)

419 points by bestinterest on Feb 6, 2024 | 160 comments

165.

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2024)

418 points by whoishiring on Feb 1, 2024 | 539 comments

166.

The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better (ourworldindata.org)

418 points by colonCapitalDee on Feb 6, 2024 | 336 comments

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FDA says 561 deaths tied to recalled Philips sleep apnea machines (cbsnews.com)

418 points by pizza on Feb 2, 2024 | 297 comments

168.

PostgreSQL is enough (gist.github.com)

414 points by cpursley on Feb 6, 2024 | 315 comments

169.

Permutation City (1994) (gregegan.net)

413 points by RafelMri on Feb 9, 2024 | 203 comments

170.

Planner programming blows my mind (hillelwayne.com)

412 points by todsacerdoti on Feb 20, 2024 | 72 comments

171.

Show HN: Reor – An AI note-taking app that runs models locally (github.com)

411 points by samlhuillier on Feb 14, 2024 | 102 comments

172.

Our Company Is Doing So Well That You're All Fired (mcsweeneys.net)

409 points by ohjeez on Feb 22, 2024 | 317 comments

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How SSH port became 22 (2017) (ssh.com)

408 points by sysoleg on Feb 9, 2024 | 176 comments

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Children need risk, fear, and excitement in play (afterbabel.com)

407 points by paulpauper on Feb 28, 2024 | 440 comments

175.

Deno in 2023 (deno.com)

406 points by olestr on Feb 5, 2024 | 228 comments

176.

How to hire low experience, high potential people (worktopia.substack.com)

404 points by chuckhend on Feb 7, 2024 | 417 comments

177.

More misdrilled holes on 737 MAX in latest setback (bloomberg.com)

400 points by toomuchtodo on Feb 5, 2024 | 439 comments

178.

Damn Small Linux 2024 (damnsmalllinux.org)

399 points by abbbi on Feb 1, 2024 | 179 comments

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Botanical gardens can cool city air by an average of 5°C (newatlas.com)

399 points by Brajeshwar on Feb 27, 2024 | 152 comments

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Asahi Linux project's OpenGL support on Apple Silicon officially surpasses Apple (arstechnica.com)

399 points by throwaway2037 on Feb 15, 2024 | 151 comments