The Best Hacker News Posts of May 2015
We track 737 stories from May 2015, averaging 214 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 33 stories. Together they drew 70,756 comments, 96 per story on average.
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GitTorrent: A Decentralized GitHub
blog.printf.net · luu · 29 May 2015
1k pts
169 comments
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6
Postgres gets support for upsert
git.postgresql.org · anarazel · 8 May 2015
1k pts
109 comments
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7
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks
karpathy.github.io · benfrederickson · 21 May 2015
913 pts
207 comments
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Show HN: This page exists only if someone is looking at it
ephemeralp2p.durazo.us · losvedir · 12 May 2015
803 pts
165 comments
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10
Node.js and io.js are merging under the Node Foundation
github.com · onestone · 13 May 2015
794 pts
81 comments
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11
Death of a Programmer, Life of a Farmer
hello-world.io · coder2222 · 5 May 2015
698 pts
341 comments
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12
Solved by Flexbox
philipwalton.github.io · oskarth · 22 May 2015
671 pts
123 comments
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U.S. NSA domestic phone spying program illegal: appeals court
reuters.com · dnewms · 7 May 2015
653 pts
143 comments
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15
Talking About Money
kalzumeus.com · craigkerstiens · 1 May 2015
650 pts
401 comments
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B. B. King, Defining Bluesman for Generations, Dies at 89
nytimes.com · aaronbrethorst · 15 May 2015
647 pts
86 comments
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17
Get Your Shit Together
getyourshittogether.org · Red_Tarsius · 19 May 2015
635 pts
144 comments
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18
Internet.org Is Not Neutral, Not Secure, and Not the Internet
eff.org · panarky · 19 May 2015
633 pts
161 comments
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19
Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prison
nytimes.com · uptown · 29 May 2015
623 pts
609 comments
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20
Web vs. native: let’s concede defeat
quirksmode.org · robin_reala · 26 May 2015
605 pts
505 comments
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21
Unfortunately, we have renewed our ICANN accreditation
iem.easydns.com · rrauenza · 21 May 2015
604 pts
219 comments
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22
How the DEA took a young man’s life savings without charging him with a crime
washingtonpost.com · rl3 · 13 May 2015
602 pts
433 comments
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23
Show HN: Visa Explorer – Salaries, lawyers, companies of all H-1B in the USA
data.jobsintech.io · negrit · 22 May 2015
582 pts
247 comments
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24
Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish
unitedstatescourts.org · jayess · 11 May 2015
579 pts
228 comments
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Tell HN: Thank you whoishiring, a.k.a. Matthew Walsh-Cloonagh
dang · 31 May 2015
553 pts
133 comments
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MIT cheetah robot lands the running jump [video]
youtube.com · neverminder · 29 May 2015
506 pts
206 comments
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31
I would have hired Doug, but...
liveblog.co · nicolethenerd · 6 May 2015
505 pts
238 comments
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32
Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla
bloomberg.com · adventured · 14 May 2015
503 pts
176 comments
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33
Wait, Google Sent Me
chrome.google.com · jashkenas · 12 May 2015
502 pts
237 comments
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36
Firefox tracking protection decreases page load time by 44%
monica-at-mozilla.blogspot.com · randomwalker · 23 May 2015
491 pts
288 comments
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37
“I'm wiping this repository away”
github.com · vishaltelangre · 20 May 2015
485 pts
187 comments
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38
Ask HN: Where can I buy real software companies?
bluedevil2k · 22 May 2015
485 pts
158 comments
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39
The Hacker Shelf: Collection of free books for the intellectually curious
hackershelf.com · romeoonisim · 28 May 2015
483 pts
98 comments
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40
Lego Universe's Dong Detection Problem
exquisitetweets.com · slg · 31 May 2015
479 pts
204 comments
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41
Unhappy Birthday
unhappybirthday.com · dalek2point3 · 25 May 2015
479 pts
172 comments
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42
Rearchitecting GitHub Pages
githubengineering.com · samlambert · 27 May 2015
477 pts
149 comments
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43
NASA's Radar Found 4 Men Trapped in Rubble in Nepal by Their Heartbeats
gizmodo.com · kaa2102 · 7 May 2015
473 pts
86 comments
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44
Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, has died
facebook.com · mech4bg · 2 May 2015
468 pts
189 comments
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45
Dissolve My Nobel Prize, Fast (2011)
npr.org · anacleto · 6 May 2015
462 pts
81 comments
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PyPy.js: A fast, compliant Python implementation for the web
pypyjs.org · mithrilskeleton · 6 May 2015
461 pts
134 comments
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50
Jump – Experiences like you're actually there
google.com · julianpye · 28 May 2015
445 pts
191 comments
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51
Rust for Python Programmers
lucumr.pocoo.org · zsiciarz · 27 May 2015
442 pts
143 comments
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53
A Pixel Artist Renounces Pixel Art
dinofarmgames.com · dsil · 12 May 2015
440 pts
191 comments
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54
Learn SQL Interactively on Khan Academy
cs-blog.khanacademy.org · pamelafox · 11 May 2015
439 pts
86 comments
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55
FTC Officials Back Tesla’s Right to Sell Cars Direct to Consumers
techcrunch.com · prostoalex · 12 May 2015
428 pts
207 comments
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56
EU dropped plans for safer pesticides because of TTIP and pressure from US
arstechnica.co.uk · de_Selby · 25 May 2015
428 pts
143 comments
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210 Zappos employees – 14% of the staff – take buyouts after CEO ultimatum
businessinsider.com · jhonovich · 8 May 2015
425 pts
309 comments
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59
Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions
m.bbc.com · ahelwer · 10 May 2015
418 pts
312 comments
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The Psychology of Pricing: A Gigantic List of Strategies
nickkolenda.com · nkolenda · 6 May 2015
418 pts
81 comments
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