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Hacker News (31 May 2021)

  1. Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people to donate?

    590 points • 554 comments • may 31, 2021

  2. The most expensive number in engineering

    495 points • 163 comments • may 31, 2021

  3. Rethinking the computer ‘desktop’ as a concept

    434 points • 569 comments • may 31, 2021

  4. We only ever talk about the third attack on Pearl Harbor

    415 points • 230 comments • may 31, 2021

  5. Space Debris Has Hit and Damaged the International Space Station

    406 points • 194 comments • may 31, 2021

  6. NSA spying row: Denmark helped US gather data on European officials, says report

    391 points • 151 comments • may 31, 2021

  7. Danish whistleblower details NSA collaboration, cable and data center spying (2020)

    383 points • 92 comments • may 31, 2021

  8. On Smoking

    340 points • 376 comments • may 31, 2021

  9. Chinese paddlefish, one of the world's largest fish, declared extinct

    309 points • 200 comments • may 31, 2021

  10. PostGIS at 20, the Beginning

    298 points • 32 comments • may 31, 2021