The Best Hacker News Posts of December 2015
We track 771 stories from December 2015, averaging 223 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 39 stories. Together they drew 76,118 comments, 99 per story on average.
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Instagram's Million Dollar Bug
exfiltrated.com · infosecau · 17 Dec 2015
1.6k pts
516 comments
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4
SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video]
spacex.com · clessg · 22 Dec 2015
1.3k pts
426 comments
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Show HN: Open Hunt – an open and community-run alternative to Product Hunt
openhunt.co · mhurwi · 18 Dec 2015
1.1k pts
180 comments
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Springer Textbooks More Than 10 Years Old Available for Free Legal Download
link.springer.com · nkurz · 30 Dec 2015
990 pts
171 comments
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9
The first person to hack the iPhone is building a self-driving car
bloomberg.com · bcg1 · 16 Dec 2015
949 pts
447 comments
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10
Open Letter to Mozilla: Bring Back Persona
stavros.io · stavros · 24 Dec 2015
905 pts
237 comments
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11
Leaving the Mac App Store
blog.sketchapp.com · davidbarker · 1 Dec 2015
884 pts
401 comments
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12
Microsoft Edge's JavaScript engine to go open-source
blogs.windows.com · clarle · 5 Dec 2015
852 pts
268 comments
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13
Facebook is misleading Indians with its full-page ads about Free Basics
linkedin.com · temp · 25 Dec 2015
804 pts
245 comments
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14
Kazakhstan to MitM all HTTPS traffic starting Jan 1
telecom.kz · out_of_protocol · 2 Dec 2015
803 pts
361 comments
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15
A letter to our daughter
facebook.com · arasmussen · 1 Dec 2015
790 pts
518 comments
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17
Big Company vs. Startup Work and Compensation
danluu.com · ingve · 18 Dec 2015
730 pts
402 comments
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18
This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University
okwu.edu · teh_klev · 1 Dec 2015
729 pts
672 comments
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20
Who Y Combinator Companies Want
data.triplebyte.com · Harj · 8 Dec 2015
667 pts
527 comments
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21
BetterExplained: Math Lessons That Explain Concepts
betterexplained.com · rfreytag · 22 Dec 2015
666 pts
126 comments
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22
How Completely Messed Up Practices Become Normal
danluu.com · Tenoke · 30 Dec 2015
631 pts
252 comments
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23
Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox
blogs.dropbox.com · _freu · 7 Dec 2015
624 pts
421 comments
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24
The best icon is a text label
thomasbyttebier.be · ZeljkoS · 18 Dec 2015
603 pts
203 comments
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25
NSA Cheerleaders Discover Value of Privacy Only When Their Own Is Violated
theintercept.com · bainsfather · 31 Dec 2015
597 pts
119 comments
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26
The Best Books I Read in 2015
gatesnotes.com · uptown · 7 Dec 2015
596 pts
143 comments
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27
'New' Python modules of 2015
blog.rtwilson.com · ColinWright · 23 Dec 2015
591 pts
131 comments
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28
Congress has added CISA to the federal budget bill
theverge.com · fisherjeff · 16 Dec 2015
580 pts
121 comments
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29
Leaked Documents Reveal Police Department Planted Drugs for Years, DA Complicit
henrycountyreport.com · coloneltcb · 2 Dec 2015
579 pts
252 comments
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30
Iran's blogfather: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are killing the web
theguardian.com · plg · 30 Dec 2015
570 pts
183 comments
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31
Philips Hue blocks 3rd party lights
home-assistant.io · cstuder · 14 Dec 2015
561 pts
293 comments
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32
Introducing Guesstimate, a Spreadsheet for Things That Aren’t Certain
medium.com · freefrancisco · 31 Dec 2015
559 pts
94 comments
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35
Move Fast and Fix Things
githubengineering.com · samlambert · 15 Dec 2015
538 pts
90 comments
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36
AWS mistakes to avoid
cloudonaut.io · hellomichibye · 26 Dec 2015
537 pts
262 comments
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38
Bullshit Startup Experiences
totalgarb.tumblr.com · supjeff · 13 Dec 2015
530 pts
288 comments
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39
Mozilla Will Stop Developing and Selling Firefox OS Smartphones
techcrunch.com · kevining · 8 Dec 2015
529 pts
322 comments
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40
My positive experience as a woman in tech
lea.verou.me · sebkomianos · 17 Dec 2015
520 pts
385 comments
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41
Stop Patent Trolls: Support the Innovation Act of 2015
act.eff.org · Ologn · 27 Dec 2015
501 pts
96 comments
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42
Koel: A personal music streaming server
github.com · vive-la-liberte · 14 Dec 2015
499 pts
248 comments
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44
Plan to throw one away
garethrees.org · AndrewDucker · 14 Dec 2015
492 pts
79 comments
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45
We ditched Google Analytics
spideroak.com · felipebueno · 8 Dec 2015
490 pts
262 comments
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46
Open source software for developing world hospitals
hospitalrun.io · daleharvey · 4 Dec 2015
458 pts
112 comments
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47
Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator
productforums.google.com · lelf · 14 Dec 2015
454 pts
291 comments
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48
Chemical clears Alzheimer's protein and restores memory in mice
nature.com · coris47 · 17 Dec 2015
452 pts
138 comments
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49
Netflix socks detect when you've dozed off and pause your TV show
makeit.netflix.com · ChrisArchitect · 16 Dec 2015
451 pts
191 comments
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51
After a ten-year hiatus, NetHack 3.6
nethack.org · Alex3917 · 8 Dec 2015
451 pts
128 comments
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52
Best things and stuff of 2015
blog.fogus.me · platz · 29 Dec 2015
451 pts
85 comments
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53
Linux Performance Analysis
techblog.netflix.com · anand-s · 1 Dec 2015
451 pts
82 comments
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55
Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
blog.mozilla.org · special_guest · 8 Dec 2015
446 pts
255 comments
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56
Do the math on your stock options
jvns.ca · jackgavigan · 30 Dec 2015
445 pts
247 comments
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57
Choosing an HTTP Status Code
racksburg.com · wtbob · 8 Dec 2015
445 pts
119 comments
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58
Mozilla Wants To Split Off Its Thunderbird Email/Chat Client
techcrunch.com · dest · 1 Dec 2015
444 pts
433 comments
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59
Philips reverses decision to close the Hue Platform
developers.meethue.com · alaaf · 16 Dec 2015
441 pts
164 comments
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60
WhatsApp is blocking Telegram links
orat.io · bmaeser · 1 Dec 2015
433 pts
226 comments
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