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168k objects in the archive · 2,631 ranked picks

Blog posts and Substacks that got recommended

PointsCommentsRecommendersNewest
  1. 1601
    Replacing forks and chopsticks with pincers
    medium.com20221 submissionHN thread
    95 pts
    162 cmts
  2. 1602
    Remove Richard Stallman
    medium.com20191 submissionHN thread
    95 pts
    76 cmts
    18 people
  3. 1603
    1992: Silverwolf
    if50.substack.com2021–20252 submissionsHN thread
    95 pts
    13 cmts
    3 people
  4. 1604
    Covid “Fudge Factor” – A map of Covid data corruption and approach that worked
    maximumtruth.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    94 pts
    144 cmts
  5. 1605
    The Trouble with Elon
    samharris.substack.com20252 submissionsHN thread
    94 pts
    66 cmts
    3 people
  6. 1606
    We can break up Big Tech
    medium.com2019–20217 submissionsHN thread
    94 pts
    39 cmts
    15 people
  7. 1607
    The Global Population Crisis That Never Was
    rogerpielkejr.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    93 pts
    272 cmts
  8. 1608
    The F-35 Is a $1.4 Trillion National Disaster
    medium.com20181 submissionHN thread
    92 pts
    165 cmts
    1 person
  9. 1609
    AI, but at What Cost? Breakdown of AI's Carbon Footprint
    loopbreaker.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    92 pts
    162 cmts
  10. 1610
    Eleven Magic Words
    ymeskhout.substack.com2022–20241 submissionHN thread
    92 pts
    19 cmts
    3 people
  11. 1611
    The Atlantic Did Me Dirty
    cmsthomas.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    90 pts
    248 cmts
  12. 1612
    The Birth and Death of Privacy
    medium.com2015–201914 submissionsHN thread
    90 pts
    32 cmts
    4 people
  13. 1613
    The Story of BuiltWith
    medium.com2015–20232 submissionsHN thread
    90 pts
    25 cmts
    4 people
  14. 1614
    The GRIM test – a method for evaluating published research
    medium.com2016–20185 submissionsHN thread
    89 pts
    19 cmts
    4 people
  15. 1615
    Whichever party is in power, policies tend to be similar
    thomasprosser.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    88 pts
    201 cmts
    1 person
  16. 1616
    Common side effects of not drinking
    medium.com20241 submissionHN thread
    88 pts
    145 cmts
  17. 1617
    The Alien Style of Deep Learning Generative Design
    medium.com2017–20258 submissionsHN thread
    88 pts
    18 cmts
    5 people
  18. 1618
    Facebook’s GraphQL spec doesn’t grant a patent license
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    88 pts
    13 cmts
    6 people
  19. 1619
    Using DTrace to measure Erlang dirty scheduler overhead
    medium.com2015–20221 submissionHN thread
    87 pts
    18 cmts
    7 people
  20. 1620
    Article on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored by the Intercept
    greenwald.substack.com2020–20212 submissionsHN thread
    87 pts
    10 cmts
    20 people
  21. 1621
    Eating horsemeat in France
    lamelonne.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    86 pts
    224 cmts
  22. 1622
    Has LA cracked the code for building affordable housing?
    benjaminschneider.substack.com20242 submissionsHN thread
    86 pts
    195 cmts
  23. 1623
    The TypeScript Tax
    medium.com2019–20213 submissionsHN thread
    86 pts
    118 cmts
    8 people
  24. 1624
    The Censored: Bret Weinstein
    taibbi.substack.com2021–20223 submissionsHN thread
    86 pts
    10 cmts
    4 people
  25. 1625
    Letter from a Young Distributist: Georgism and Distributism
    progressandpoverty.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    85 pts
    159 cmts
  26. 1626
    HBO Max is failing the classic Tom and Jerry
    medium.com2021–20221 submissionHN thread
    85 pts
    147 cmts
    1 person
  27. 1627
    Is Health Insurance Even Worth It Anymore?
    church.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    84 pts
    189 cmts
  28. 1628
    What is going on in Argentina?
    memoirsandrambles.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    84 pts
    177 cmts
  29. 1629
    Bitcoin still makes no sense
    thinkoutloudnews.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    83 pts
    148 cmts
  30. 1630
    A Reflection on the Departure of RMS
    medium.com2019–20211 submissionHN thread
    83 pts
    43 cmts
    15 people
  31. 1631
    A Game Designer’s Analysis of QAnon
    medium.com2020–202423 submissionsHN thread
    83 pts
    9 cmts
    10 people
  32. 1632
    The shrimp welfare project
    benthams.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    82 pts
    168 cmts
  33. 1633
    AI-art isn't art: DALL-E and other AI artists offer only the imitation of art
    erikhoel.substack.com20223 submissionsHN thread
    82 pts
    154 cmts
    1 person
  34. 1634
    The Shameful Defenestration of Tim
    chrismcdonough.substack.com2024–20262 submissionsHN thread
    82 pts
    10 cmts
    11 people
  35. 1635
    Cancelling student debt is essentially printing money
    mleverything.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    81 pts
    206 cmts
  36. 1636
    Linux Foundation spends just 3.4% of its money on Linux
    lunduke.substack.com2021–20231 submissionHN thread
    81 pts
    37 cmts
    4 people
  37. 1637
    Unwinding Uber’s Most Efficient Service
    medium.com2016–202225 submissionsHN thread
    81 pts
    5 cmts
    8 people
  38. 1638
    You can fire 80% of software engineers and the company will survive
    medium.com20221 submissionHN thread
    80 pts
    196 cmts
  39. 1639
    Chinese Demography
    noahpinion.substack.com2020–20211 submissionHN thread
    80 pts
    169 cmts
    1 person
  40. 1640
    Google exec responds to Project Veritas video about bias
    medium.com20191 submissionHN thread
    80 pts
    45 cmts
    7 people
  41. 1641
    College Was the Biggest Mistake of My Life
    americandreaming.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    79 pts
    188 cmts
  42. 1642
    What Is To Be Done? The book that helped spark the Russian Revolution
    onepercentrule.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    79 pts
    153 cmts
  43. 1643
    Being an effective environmentalist can often feel like being a bad one
    worksinprogress.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    78 pts
    159 cmts
    1 person
  44. 1644
    Household size and the housing stock
    kevinerdmann.substack.com2024–20251 submissionHN thread
    78 pts
    146 cmts
    1 person
  45. 1645
    Technology led a hospital to give a patient 38 times his dosage
    medium.com2015–20254 submissionsHN thread
    78 pts
    69 cmts
    7 people
  46. 1646
    How to Destroy Bitcoin with 51%
    medium.com2017–20181 submissionHN thread
    78 pts
    26 cmts
    3 people
  47. 1647
    Don't give up on having kids because of climate change
    astralcodexten.substack.com2021–20221 submissionHN thread
    77 pts
    209 cmts
    8 people
  48. 1648
    The Phrase “No Evidence” Is a Red Flag for Bad Science Communication
    astralcodexten.substack.com2021–20231 submissionHN thread
    77 pts
    27 cmts
    15 people
  49. 1649
    The Day AppGet Died
    medium.com2020–20252 submissionsHN thread
    77 pts
    5 cmts
    7 people
  50. 1650
    How Lever (YC S12) Got to 50–50 Women and Men
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    76 pts
    209 cmts