The Best Hacker News Posts of 2015
We track 9,013 stories from 2015, averaging 218 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 457 stories. Together they drew 893,424 comments, 99 per story on average.
1
G is for Google
googleblog.blogspot.com · dkasper · 10 Aug 2015
2.2k pts
562 comments
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2
Email Encryption Software Relies on One Guy, Who Is Going Broke
propublica.org · r0h1n · 5 Feb 2015
2.1k pts
453 comments
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3
14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to School
techcrunch.com · ahmad19526 · 16 Sep 2015
2k pts
946 comments
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4
Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules
nytimes.com · _hv99 · 26 Jun 2015
1.9k pts
1.2k comments
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Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor
techcrunch.com · TiredOfLife · 29 Apr 2015
1.6k pts
543 comments
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9
Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83
nytimes.com · coloneltcb · 27 Feb 2015
1.6k pts
165 comments
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10
Instagram's Million Dollar Bug
exfiltrated.com · infosecau · 17 Dec 2015
1.6k pts
516 comments
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TensorFlow: open-source library for machine intelligence
tensorflow.org · jmomarty · 9 Nov 2015
1.6k pts
196 comments
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12
“Two days ago the police came to me and wanted me to stop working on this”
github.com · realfuncode · 22 Aug 2015
1.5k pts
525 comments
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13
Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables that don't work
amazon.com · evmar · 4 Nov 2015
1.5k pts
392 comments
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14
FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote
techcrunch.com · LukeB_UK · 26 Feb 2015
1.5k pts
711 comments
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15
Amazon Web Services in Plain English
expeditedssl.com · ins0 · 11 Sep 2015
1.5k pts
223 comments
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18
What should I do about YouTube?
zoekeating.tumblr.com · radley · 23 Jan 2015
1.4k pts
290 comments
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20
VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris attacks
mailman.videolan.org · etix · 17 Nov 2015
1.4k pts
705 comments
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22
“Swift will be open source later this year”
apple.com · brbcoding · 8 Jun 2015
1.3k pts
548 comments
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24
Visual Studio Code is now open source
code.visualstudio.com · BruceM · 18 Nov 2015
1.3k pts
391 comments
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25
SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video]
spacex.com · clessg · 22 Dec 2015
1.3k pts
426 comments
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FCC Chairman: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality
wired.com · Libertatea · 4 Feb 2015
1.3k pts
424 comments
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28
Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer
raspberrypi.org · MarcScott · 26 Nov 2015
1.3k pts
513 comments
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29
Let's Encrypt is Trusted
letsencrypt.org · coffeecheque · 20 Oct 2015
1.3k pts
311 comments
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30
Google: 90% of our engineers use the software you wrote (Homebrew), but...
twitter.com · syrusakbary · 10 Jun 2015
1.3k pts
654 comments
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31
Free Lossless Image Format
flif.info · davidbarker · 2 Oct 2015
1.3k pts
362 comments
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33
New Hacker News Guideline: Avoid Gratuitous Negativity
blog.ycombinator.com · sama · 3 Apr 2015
1.2k pts
631 comments
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35
Hi, It’s Google Corporate Development
medium.com · maxidog · 13 Jan 2015
1.2k pts
278 comments
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36
I Quit: What really goes on at Apple
roadlesstravelled.me · andrew_gs · 8 Apr 2015
1.2k pts
544 comments
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37
Show HN: Spot the Drowning Child
spotthedrowningchild.com · omegaworks · 28 Jul 2015
1.2k pts
378 comments
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40
Fuck It, I'm Going Back to Firefox
gizmodo.com · sagivo · 13 Feb 2015
1.2k pts
636 comments
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41
Show HN: Make a programmable mirror
github.com · hannahmitt · 11 Sep 2015
1.2k pts
136 comments
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42
The days are long but the decades are short
blog.samaltman.com · jordanmessina · 28 Apr 2015
1.2k pts
387 comments
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44
Lenovo Caught Installing Adware on New Computers
thenextweb.com · cpeterso · 19 Feb 2015
1.1k pts
419 comments
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45
Our First Certificate Is Now Live
letsencrypt.org · joshmoz · 14 Sep 2015
1.1k pts
255 comments
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46
Unreal Engine 4 is now available to everyone for free
unrealengine.com · doxcf434 · 2 Mar 2015
1.1k pts
240 comments
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47
Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down?
medium.com · alokedesai · 28 Oct 2015
1.1k pts
339 comments
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51
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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53
React Native is now open source
github.com · peterhunt · 26 Mar 2015
1k pts
287 comments
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54
GitTorrent: A Decentralized GitHub
blog.printf.net · luu · 29 May 2015
1k pts
169 comments
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55
How to Center in CSS
howtocenterincss.com · plurby · 19 Apr 2015
1k pts
289 comments
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56
YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video
youtube-eng.blogspot.com · derpenxyne · 27 Jan 2015
1k pts
393 comments
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57
Sir Terry Pratchett has died
bbc.com · robin_reala · 12 Mar 2015
1k pts
223 comments
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59
Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died
messages.yale.edu · bigfishprod · 30 Apr 2015
1k pts
89 comments
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60
Signs of Liquid Water Found on Surface of Mars, Study Says
nytimes.com · uptown · 28 Sep 2015
1k pts
178 comments
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