HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

181.

Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read?

376 points by simonebrunozzi on Oct 6, 2024 | 941 comments

182.

RCE Vulnerability in QBittorrent (sharpsec.run)

376 points by udev4096 on Oct 31, 2024 | 187 comments

183.

Hofstadter on Lisp (1983) (gist.github.com)

373 points by Eric_WVGG on Oct 16, 2024 | 272 comments

184.

Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO (danluu.com)

371 points by greggyb on Oct 28, 2024 | 685 comments

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Chain-of-thought can hurt performance on tasks where thinking makes humans worse (arxiv.org)

371 points by benocodes on Oct 30, 2024 | 250 comments

186.

Terminal colours are tricky (jvns.ca)

371 points by chmaynard on Oct 3, 2024 | 142 comments

187.

Never Missing the Train Again (lilymara.xyz)

371 points by thimabi on Oct 23, 2024 | 136 comments

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OpenAI builds first chip with Broadcom and TSMC, scales back foundry ambition (reuters.com)

370 points by marban on Oct 29, 2024 | 301 comments

189.

Pretty.c (github.com)

370 points by synergy20 on Oct 24, 2024 | 221 comments

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Programming languages that blew my mind (2023) (yoric.github.io)

370 points by todsacerdoti on Oct 31, 2024 | 205 comments

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AI engineers claim new algorithm reduces AI power consumption by 95% (tomshardware.com)

370 points by ferriswil on Oct 19, 2024 | 170 comments

192.

New Mersenne Prime discovered (probably) (mersenne.org)

368 points by sdsykes on Oct 16, 2024 | 120 comments

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Google’s AI thinks I left a Gatorade bottle on the moon (edwardbenson.com)

367 points by gwintrob on Oct 7, 2024 | 194 comments

194.

Grandmaster-level chess without search (github.com)

365 points by lawrenceyan on Oct 17, 2024 | 168 comments

195.

Asterinas: OS kernel written in Rust and providing Linux-compatible ABI (github.com)

364 points by Klasiaster on Oct 15, 2024 | 224 comments

196.

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2024)

363 points by whoishiring on Oct 1, 2024 | 493 comments

197.

Please do not write below the line (bbctvlicence.com)

362 points by dcminter on Oct 21, 2024 | 325 comments

198.

Code that helped end Apartheid (wired.com)

362 points by impish9208 on Oct 18, 2024 | 207 comments

199.

On the Nature of Time (writings.stephenwolfram.com)

361 points by iamwil on Oct 8, 2024 | 262 comments

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What happens when you make a move in lichess.org? (davidreis.me)

359 points by dreis_sw on Oct 23, 2024 | 158 comments

201.

Virtualizing iOS on Apple Silicon (nickb.website)

357 points by walterbell on Oct 6, 2024 | 155 comments

202.

Crossing the USA by Train (blinry.org)

355 points by chmaynard on Oct 27, 2024 | 427 comments

203.

Python client for the $20 Colmi R02 smart ring (tahnok.github.io)

355 points by tahnok on Oct 14, 2024 | 119 comments

204.

Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence (arstechnica.com)

353 points by keithly on Oct 14, 2024 | 375 comments

205.

NandGame – Build a computer from scratch (nandgame.com)

353 points by OuterVale on Oct 30, 2024 | 51 comments

206.

Robert Dennard, DRAM Pioneer, has died (spectrum.ieee.org)

349 points by jnord on Oct 3, 2024 | 29 comments

207.

Kurt Vonnegut's lost board game published (polygon.com)

348 points by musha68k on Oct 20, 2024 | 97 comments

208.

Classic 3D videogame shadow techniques (30fps.net)

348 points by ibobev on Oct 30, 2024 | 69 comments

209.

Show HN: X11 tool to share a screen area in any video meeting (github.com)

346 points by splitbrain on Oct 14, 2024 | 154 comments

210.

Math from Three to Seven (thepsmiths.com)

345 points by background on Oct 1, 2024 | 218 comments