HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

781.

Why does holding a key fob to your head increase its range? (physics.stackexchange.com)

603 points by jasonhansel on Jan 9, 2024 | 147 comments

782.

OpenAI – Application for US trademark “GPT” has failed (tsdr.uspto.gov)

602 points by vincent_s on Feb 15, 2024 | 259 comments

783.

The Bluesky firehose viewed in the style of a Windows XP screensaver (firehose3d.theo.io)

602 points by consumer451 on Nov 16, 2024 | 150 comments

784.

A Collection of Free Public APIs That Is Tested Daily (freepublicapis.com)

602 points by abhas9 on Aug 27, 2024 | 122 comments

785.

AAA – Analytical Anti-Aliasing (blog.frost.kiwi)

602 points by todsacerdoti on Nov 20, 2024 | 95 comments

786.

Have you ever seen soldering this close? [video] (youtube.com)

601 points by zdw on Sep 14, 2024 | 118 comments

787.

An animated introduction to Fourier series (andreinc.net)

601 points by gaws on Jun 4, 2024 | 88 comments

788.

Phased Array Microphone (2023) (benwang.dev)

600 points by bglazer on Nov 22, 2024 | 187 comments

789.

Oregon passes right-to-repair law Apple lobbied to kill (techdirt.com)

600 points by Lariscus on Mar 14, 2024 | 151 comments

790.

Mistral Large (mistral.ai)

599 points by groar on Feb 26, 2024 | 267 comments

791.

Show HN: Resurrecting the Dillo browser (dillo-browser.github.io)

599 points by rodarima on Jan 2, 2024 | 174 comments

792.

My Colleague Julius (ploum.net)

599 points by dabacaba on Dec 23, 2024 | 129 comments

793.

599 points by marendri on Jul 19, 2024 | 0 comments

794.

Buy, Borrow, Die – Explained (old.reddit.com)

598 points by nkurz on Aug 31, 2024 | 475 comments

795.

Meta AI releases Code Llama 70B (twitter.com)

598 points by albert_e on Jan 29, 2024 | 294 comments

796.

Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted (cnn.com)

597 points by mooreds on Nov 18, 2024 | 1045 comments

797.

For advertising, Firefox now collects user data by default (heise.de)

597 points by firebaze on Jul 16, 2024 | 500 comments

798.

That's not an abstraction, that's a layer of indirection (fhur.me)

597 points by fagnerbrack on Dec 25, 2024 | 226 comments

799.

Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app? (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)

596 points by md224 on Aug 25, 2024 | 584 comments

800.

Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackable software (2019) (geoffreylitt.com)

596 points by mufty on Feb 4, 2024 | 311 comments

801.

Linux Crisis Tools (brendangregg.com)

596 points by samber on Mar 24, 2024 | 124 comments

802.

Moments in Chromecast's history (blog.google)

595 points by sibellavia on Aug 6, 2024 | 577 comments

803.

Show HN: Atopile – Design circuit boards with code

595 points by Timot05 on Feb 5, 2024 | 292 comments

804.

A return to hand-written notes by learning to read and write (research.google)

595 points by mfiguiere on Oct 28, 2024 | 181 comments

805.

All the data can be yours: reverse engineering APIs (jero.zone)

595 points by noleary on Nov 6, 2024 | 178 comments

806.

Boeing whistleblower: MAX 9 production line has "enormous volume of defects" (viewfromthewing.com)

594 points by bookofjoe on Jan 23, 2024 | 447 comments

807.

German state moving 30k PCs to LibreOffice (blog.documentfoundation.org)

594 points by buovjaga on Apr 4, 2024 | 385 comments

808.

An adult fruit fly brain has been mapped (economist.com)

594 points by teleforce on Oct 2, 2024 | 195 comments

809.

Show HN: RF Hunter – Find hidden cameras and other devices (github.com)

594 points by RamboRogers on Oct 24, 2024 | 175 comments

810.

Show HN: VC Funded Startups Aggregator (old.reddit.com)

594 points by afbqetitrs on Jul 22, 2024 | 2 comments