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1999Linus Torvalds on semaphores (yarchive.net)
349 points | 10 years ago with 104 comments
2013Forebruary is a wall calendar that you do not need to replace every year (ilyabirman.net)
349 points | 3 years ago with 185 comments
2012A Man Who Volunteered for Auschwitz (theatlantic.com)
348 points | 7 years ago with 140 comments
2014What ORMs Have Taught Me: Just Learn SQL (wozniak.ca)
348 points | 5 years ago with 291 comments
2014The open-office trend is destroying the workplace (washingtonpost.com)
348 points | 8 years ago with 226 comments
2009An Iraqi who saved Norway from oil (web.archive.org)
347 points | 6 years ago with 129 comments
2019First images of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain during sleep (bu.edu)
346 points | 3 years ago with 109 comments
2011Why Arabic Is Terrific (idlewords.com)
346 points | 6 years ago with 190 comments
2012Thirty-three Miniatures: Applications of Linear Algebra (kam.mff.cuni.cz)
346 points | 6 years ago with 13 comments
2013Don’t go to art school (medium.com)
346 points | 9 years ago with 198 comments
1992Albini pitching Nirvana: “I would like to be paid like a plumber” (news.lettersofnote.com)
345 points | 3 years ago with 149 comments
2000Productivity and the Workweek (groups.csail.mit.edu)
345 points | 6 years ago with 228 comments
2016Antenna Theory (antenna-theory.com)
345 points | 6 years ago with 63 comments
2013Death Metal English (invisibleoranges.com)
345 points | 2 years ago with 100 comments
2006MP3 for Image Compression (keyj.emphy.de)
344 points | 8 years ago with 96 comments
2017The more senior your job title, the more you need to keep a journal (hbr.org)
344 points | 5 years ago with 132 comments
2011What concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit? Kayfabe (edge.org)
344 points | 5 years ago with 140 comments
2009An OCR cliche: Into his/her anus (wraabe.wordpress.com)
343 points | 7 years ago with 90 comments
2014“Pigeon Neck” Illusion (michaelbach.de)
343 points | 2 years ago with 78 comments
20011500 Archers on a 28.8: Network Programming in Age of Empires and Beyond (gamasutra.com)
343 points | 7 years ago with 95 comments
2012What's the minimum number of words you'd need to define all other words? (reddit.com)
343 points | 6 years ago with 159 comments
2009How to be a consultant, a freelancer, or an independent contractor (jacquesmattheij.com)
343 points | 2 years ago with 163 comments
2013Urban Dictionary on Hacker News (urbandictionary.com)
342 points | 4 years ago with 183 comments
2015Apple Lightning Connector Serial Access (ramtin-amin.fr)
342 points | 7 years ago with 133 comments
2014Startups Can’t Manufacture Like Apple Does (blog.bolt.io)
341 points | 9 years ago with 81 comments
2017I found the best anagram in English (blog.plover.com)
341 points | 2 years ago with 160 comments
2012Memories of the “Sneakers” Shoot (web.archive.org)
341 points | 3 years ago with 198 comments
2016Can you use a magnifying glass and moonlight to light a fire? (what-if.xkcd.com)
340 points | 6 years ago with 269 comments
2017They thought they were going to rehab but ended up in chicken plants (revealnews.org)
339 points | 4 years ago with 264 comments
2015CPython internals: A ten-hour codewalk through the Python interpreter (youtube.com)
338 points | 8 years ago with 51 comments
2018EEG Cat Ears (i2nk.co)
338 points | 3 years ago with 63 comments
2006The Rule of Silence (linfo.org)
338 points | 8 years ago with 310 comments
2016Be kind (briangilham.com)
338 points | 7 years ago with 76 comments
2012A Generation Lost in the Bazaar (queue.acm.org)
338 points | 10 years ago with 132 comments
2016You're Not Losing Fat Because You're Eating Too Damn Much (physiqonomics.com)
338 points | 3 years ago with 463 comments
2015What computer and software is used by the Falcon 9? (space.stackexchange.com)
338 points | 5 years ago with 156 comments
2001Thousands dead, millions deprived of civil liberties? (stallman.org)
338 points | 12 years ago with 119 comments
200543 km line of sight with USB WiFi stick (qsl.net)
338 points | 3 years ago with 165 comments
1997Ten lessons I wish I had learned before teaching differential equations (math.toronto.edu)
338 points | 9 years ago with 118 comments
2018I don’t want to sign up for your newsletter (katsnyderux.com)
337 points | 2 years ago with 303 comments
2015Having Alzheimer’s at 38 (site.macleans.ca)
337 points | 7 years ago with 139 comments
1997Introduction to A* (theory.stanford.edu)
337 points | 7 years ago with 31 comments
2016Car Hacker's Handbook (opengarages.org)
337 points | 7 years ago with 72 comments
1997The currency of the new economy won't be money, but attention (wired.com)
336 points | 3 years ago with 149 comments
2011The “three things” exercise for getting things out of talks (math.stanford.edu)
336 points | 2 years ago with 60 comments
2018Everything Easy is Hard Again (frankchimero.com)
336 points | 4 years ago with 258 comments
2012Thinking too much can be bad for you (economist.com)
336 points | 4 years ago with 252 comments
2006Adam? ... is there a reason your laptop is in the fridge? (kempa.com)
336 points | 2 years ago with 165 comments
1933War Is a Racket (wanttoknow.info)
336 points | 5 years ago with 181 comments
2004Saving Lives (folklore.org)
336 points | 2 years ago with 312 comments
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