The Best Hacker News Posts of 2015

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G is for Google googleblog.blogspot.com · dkasper · 10 Aug 2015

2.2k pts 562 comments

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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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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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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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Swift is Open Source swift.org · psuter · 3 Dec 2015

1.8k pts 432 comments

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YC Research blog.ycombinator.com · sama · 7 Oct 2015

1.8k pts 370 comments

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Jessica Livingston paulgraham.com · urs · 16 Nov 2015

1.7k pts 307 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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Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83 nytimes.com · coloneltcb · 27 Feb 2015

1.6k pts 165 comments

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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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“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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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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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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Amazon Web Services in Plain English expeditedssl.com · ins0 · 11 Sep 2015

1.5k pts 223 comments

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In Memoriam: Ian Murdock blog.docker.com · spb · 30 Dec 2015

1.5k pts 366 comments

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Console.mihai(); incompleteness.me · julien · 27 Apr 2015

1.4k pts 50 comments

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What should I do about YouTube? zoekeating.tumblr.com · radley · 23 Jan 2015

1.4k pts 290 comments

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What Is Code? bloomberg.com · 1wheel · 11 Jun 2015

1.4k pts 356 comments

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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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Announcing Rust 1.0 blog.rust-lang.org · jhund · 15 May 2015

1.4k pts 306 comments

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“Swift will be open source later this year” apple.com · brbcoding · 8 Jun 2015

1.3k pts 548 comments

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Magic getmagicnow.com · wittyphrasehere · 22 Feb 2015

1.3k pts 528 comments

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Visual Studio Code is now open source code.visualstudio.com · BruceM · 18 Nov 2015

1.3k pts 391 comments

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SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video] spacex.com · clessg · 22 Dec 2015

1.3k pts 426 comments

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John Nash Has Died nj.com · rcina · 24 May 2015

1.3k pts 249 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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Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer raspberrypi.org · MarcScott · 26 Nov 2015

1.3k pts 513 comments

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Let's Encrypt is Trusted letsencrypt.org · coffeecheque · 20 Oct 2015

1.3k pts 311 comments

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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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Free Lossless Image Format flif.info · davidbarker · 2 Oct 2015

1.3k pts 362 comments

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Entering Public Beta letsencrypt.org · sinak · 3 Dec 2015

1.2k pts 213 comments

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New Hacker News Guideline: Avoid Gratuitous Negativity blog.ycombinator.com · sama · 3 Apr 2015

1.2k pts 631 comments

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Node v4.0.0 nodejs.org · mmebane · 8 Sep 2015

1.2k pts 267 comments

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Hi, It’s Google Corporate Development medium.com · maxidog · 13 Jan 2015

1.2k pts 278 comments

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I Quit: What really goes on at Apple roadlesstravelled.me · andrew_gs · 8 Apr 2015

1.2k pts 544 comments

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Show HN: Spot the Drowning Child spotthedrowningchild.com · omegaworks · 28 Jul 2015

1.2k pts 378 comments

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Startup Playbook playbook.samaltman.com · sama · 5 Nov 2015

1.2k pts 232 comments

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Be Kind boz.com · austenallred · 12 May 2015

1.2k pts 385 comments

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Fuck It, I'm Going Back to Firefox gizmodo.com · sagivo · 13 Feb 2015

1.2k pts 636 comments

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Show HN: Make a programmable mirror github.com · hannahmitt · 11 Sep 2015

1.2k pts 136 comments

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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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Tesla Energy teslamotors.com · tga_d · 1 May 2015

1.2k pts 566 comments

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Lenovo Caught Installing Adware on New Computers thenextweb.com · cpeterso · 19 Feb 2015

1.1k pts 419 comments

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Our First Certificate Is Now Live letsencrypt.org · joshmoz · 14 Sep 2015

1.1k pts 255 comments

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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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Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down? medium.com · alokedesai · 28 Oct 2015

1.1k pts 339 comments

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Project Fi by Google fi.google.com · _optl · 22 Apr 2015

1.1k pts 581 comments

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Introducing OpenAI openai.com · sama · 11 Dec 2015

1.1k pts 376 comments

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Atom 1.0 blog.atom.io · mrbogle · 25 Jun 2015

1.1k pts 442 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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Fired zachholman.com · rdegges · 6 Mar 2015

1k pts 389 comments

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React Native is now open source github.com · peterhunt · 26 Mar 2015

1k pts 287 comments

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GitTorrent: A Decentralized GitHub blog.printf.net · luu · 29 May 2015

1k pts 169 comments

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How to Center in CSS howtocenterincss.com · plurby · 19 Apr 2015

1k pts 289 comments

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YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video youtube-eng.blogspot.com · derpenxyne · 27 Jan 2015

1k pts 393 comments

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Sir Terry Pratchett has died bbc.com · robin_reala · 12 Mar 2015

1k pts 223 comments

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I quit the tech industry eev.ee · jaimebuelta · 10 Jun 2015

1k pts 548 comments

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Paul Hudak, co-creator of Haskell, has died messages.yale.edu · bigfishprod · 30 Apr 2015

1k pts 89 comments

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Signs of Liquid Water Found on Surface of Mars, Study Says nytimes.com · uptown · 28 Sep 2015

1k pts 178 comments