Top Hackernews posts from thewalrus.ca

1. When my wife developed Alzheimer’s, the story of our marriage kept us connected (thewalrus.ca)
   401 points by rmbryan over 2 years ago | 94 comments
2. On Aging Alone (2021) (thewalrus.ca)
   383 points by drdee over 2 years ago | 316 comments
3. Empty storefronts are killing neighbourhoods (thewalrus.ca)
   291 points by pseudolus about 3 years ago | 470 comments
4. Confessions of a Bitcoin Widow (thewalrus.ca)
   264 points by pseudolus over 2 years ago | 293 comments
5. William Gibson is a literary genius (thewalrus.ca)
   258 points by throw0101a about 3 years ago | 220 comments
6. A writer fabricated a series of stories for Atlas Obscura (thewalrus.ca)
   220 points by pseudolus 8 months ago | 155 comments
7. Why are sex workers forced to wear a financial scarlet letter? (thewalrus.ca)
   218 points by pseudolus almost 2 years ago | 475 comments
8. Noise is all around us (thewalrus.ca)
   217 points by akeck over 1 year ago | 163 comments
9. The world’s oldest ultramarathon runner is racing against death (thewalrus.ca)
   216 points by gmays over 1 year ago | 241 comments
10. Please don't make me use another QR code restaurant menu (thewalrus.ca)
    214 points by laurex 8 months ago | 252 comments
11. Goodreads is terrible for books – why can’t we all quit it? (thewalrus.ca)
    205 points by pseudolus about 1 year ago | 208 comments
12. Credit Scores Can Run – and Ruin – Our Lives (thewalrus.ca)
    192 points by pseudolus over 2 years ago | 335 comments
13. In defence of garlic in a jar (thewalrus.ca)
    185 points by cjg about 2 years ago | 400 comments
14. Success in Canada means moving to America (thewalrus.ca)
    180 points by andrewl over 2 years ago | 397 comments
15. Kids and music lessons: why do many promising players quit early? (thewalrus.ca)
    170 points by llvm over 1 year ago | 250 comments
16. New Brunswick’s Mystery Disease (thewalrus.ca)
    165 points by Geekette almost 3 years ago | 90 comments
17. The future is analog: How to create a more human world (thewalrus.ca)
    156 points by pseudolus almost 2 years ago | 72 comments
18. Have we been thinking about inflation all wrong? (thewalrus.ca)
    151 points by pseudolus over 2 years ago | 502 comments
19. Smell You Later: The Weird Science of How Sweat Attracts (thewalrus.ca)
    141 points by herbertl about 3 years ago | 70 comments
20. Airbnb's Devastating Effect on Canadian Housing (thewalrus.ca)
    141 points by pseudolus 6 months ago | 288 comments
21. Are hospitals overtreating patients nearing the end? (thewalrus.ca)
    140 points by pseudolus almost 2 years ago | 182 comments
22. Tech-driven approach to neighbourhood watch is cementing community divisions (thewalrus.ca)
    127 points by laurex almost 3 years ago | 174 comments
23. What is the cost of a cashless society? (thewalrus.ca)
    124 points by pseudolus about 2 years ago | 283 comments
24. Doctors on TikTok (thewalrus.ca)
    124 points by marban about 1 year ago | 125 comments
25. Stop Calling Each New Disaster “The New Normal” (thewalrus.ca)
    100 points by pseudolus over 1 year ago | 167 comments
26. AI is coming for voice actors? (thewalrus.ca)
    98 points by pseudolus over 1 year ago | 215 comments
27. What do you do with a billion grams of surplus weed? (thewalrus.ca)
    97 points by pseudolus about 3 years ago | 217 comments
28. Have you been to the library lately? (thewalrus.ca)
    97 points by gmays over 1 year ago | 201 comments
29. Robots are writing poetry, and many people can’t tell the difference (thewalrus.ca)
    93 points by pseudolus over 2 years ago | 85 comments
30. Margaret Atwood Reviews a Margaret Atwood Story by AI (thewalrus.ca)
    93 points by goldenskye 11 months ago | 72 comments
31. Canada accidentally helped crack computer translation (thewalrus.ca)
    92 points by pseudolus over 2 years ago | 34 comments
32. As a therapist, I know what’s breaking couples up (thewalrus.ca)
    88 points by janandonly about 1 year ago | 134 comments
33. A copywriter swindled victims out of $200M by pretending to be a psychic (thewalrus.ca)
    87 points by firstbase about 1 year ago | 82 comments
34. What would it take to bring back the dinosaurs? (thewalrus.ca)
    83 points by mooreds almost 2 years ago | 138 comments
35. What Canada’s largest art heist reveals about the art world’s shady side (thewalrus.ca)
    82 points by mmastrac about 2 years ago | 39 comments
36. The case for never reading the book jacket (thewalrus.ca)
    80 points by pseudolus 10 months ago | 128 comments
37. OCD Is Not a Joke (thewalrus.ca)
    75 points by sharkweek over 3 years ago | 43 comments
38. The Shadowy Business of International Education (thewalrus.ca)
    70 points by pseudolus about 3 years ago | 21 comments
39. The inescapable rise of moral superiority (thewalrus.ca)
    69 points by mrpotato about 1 year ago | 44 comments
40. Twilight of the Libraries: What Gets Lost When Books Go Off-Site and Online (2022) (thewalrus.ca)
    67 points by laurex over 1 year ago | 71 comments
41. Baby pics, life lessons, and obits: What happened to LinkedIn? (thewalrus.ca)
    67 points by pseudolus about 2 years ago | 48 comments
42. It's time to take phones away from students (thewalrus.ca)
    65 points by pseudolus 4 months ago | 76 comments
43. The dirty work of cleaning online reputations (thewalrus.ca)
    62 points by bookofjoe over 2 years ago | 16 comments
44. Canada’s Big Flex in Space (thewalrus.ca)
    59 points by ireflect over 1 year ago | 49 comments
45. AI Is a False God (thewalrus.ca)
    58 points by pseudolus 4 months ago | 27 comments
46. The end of retirement (thewalrus.ca)
    55 points by pseudolus 9 months ago | 95 comments
47. Accents, Dialects, and Discrimination (thewalrus.ca)
    52 points by Vigier over 3 years ago | 39 comments
48. Why Was the Lyme Disease Vaccine Tossed Away? (thewalrus.ca)
    52 points by chwang1 almost 2 years ago | 5 comments
49. All the exciting media outlets are dying – what comes next? (thewalrus.ca)
    51 points by pseudolus over 1 year ago | 98 comments
50. Homeowners Refuse to Accept the Awkward Truth: They're Rich (thewalrus.ca)
    51 points by pseudolus 10 months ago | 74 comments