Hacker News 500

Posts from https://news.ycombinator.com that have over 500 points.

See also Hacker News 50 (npub1lkj…66v2), Hacker News 100 (npub1fv8…9s0d) and Hacker News 250 (npub1dlp…uuf2)

Last Notes

2026-10-28 14:55:14 UTC

ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Ops in US History
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-running-one-of-the-largest-anti-left-surveillance-operations-in-us-history/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50272749

2026-09-08 16:35:13 UTC

LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features
Link: https://manualdousuario.net/en/libreoffice-download-record-no-ai/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49610538

2026-09-07 13:55:14 UTC

LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices
Link: https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-smart-TVs-caught-logging-audio-with-screen-off-and-snooping-on-local-devices.1391214.0.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49594878

2026-08-18 18:55:14 UTC

Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study
Link: https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/universal-health-coverage-could-save-one-trillion-dollars-and-114000-lives-every-year/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49332981

2026-08-12 23:00:13 UTC

License plate reader searches should require a warrant
Link: https://andrewpwheeler.com/2026/08/12/license-plate-reader-searches-should-require-a-warrant/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49273165

2026-05-22 17:40:14 UTC

Steve Wozniak cheered after telling students they have AI – actual intelligence
Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-wozniak-apple-ai-graduation-speech-2026-5
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48233563

2026-01-03 14:10:12 UTC

Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/loud-noises-heard-venezuela-capital-southern-area-without-electricity-2026-01-03/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46473348

2026-01-03 11:00:14 UTC

Daft Punk Easter Egg in the BPM Tempo of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger?
Link: https://www.madebywindmill.com/tempi/blog/hbfs-bpm/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46469577

2026-01-03 09:55:13 UTC

2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop
Link: https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/year-linux-desktop/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46471199

2024-11-14 16:20:16 UTC

The Onion Buys Alex Jones's Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/business/media/alex-jones-infowars-the-onion.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42136259