The Best Hacker News Posts of March 2016
We track 1,034 stories from March 2016, averaging 249 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 71 stories. Together they drew 113,627 comments, 110 per story on average.
1
Ubuntu on Windows
blog.dustinkirkland.com · bpierre · 30 Mar 2016
2k pts
901 comments
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2
NPM and Left-Pad: Have We Forgotten How to Program?
haneycodes.net · df07 · 23 Mar 2016
1.7k pts
854 comments
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4
We only hire the trendiest
danluu.com · profcalculus · 21 Mar 2016
1.6k pts
716 comments
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5
I've Just Liberated My Modules
medium.com · chejazi · 22 Mar 2016
1.6k pts
797 comments
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6
Lee Sedol Beats AlphaGo in Game 4
gogameguru.com · jswt001 · 13 Mar 2016
1.4k pts
448 comments
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8
Announcing SQL Server on Linux
blogs.microsoft.com · bjg · 7 Mar 2016
1.3k pts
476 comments
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10
He Always Had a Dark Side
mastermind.atavist.com · pwnna · 29 Mar 2016
1.3k pts
351 comments
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11
Diffie and Hellman Win Turing Award
nytimes.com · matt_d · 1 Mar 2016
1.3k pts
78 comments
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12
My Heroic and Lazy Stand Against IFTTT
blog.pinboard.in · firloop · 28 Mar 2016
1.2k pts
208 comments
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13
Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon
boren_ave11 · 18 Mar 2016
1.2k pts
690 comments
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14
Publicly Funded Research Should Be Publicly Available
eff.org · SoMuchToGrok · 29 Mar 2016
1.1k pts
131 comments
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15
AlphaGo beats the world champion Lee Sedol in first of five matches
twitter.com · atupem · 9 Mar 2016
1.1k pts
573 comments
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16
That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and poor people
techinasia.com · nkurz · 23 Mar 2016
1.1k pts
567 comments
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17
How to Pass a Programming Interview
blog.triplebyte.com · runesoerensen · 8 Mar 2016
1k pts
552 comments
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18
Tell HN: AngelList told my employer that I'd updated my profile
oliversisson · 21 Mar 2016
958 pts
224 comments
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19
Xamarin now free in Visual Studio, and Xamarin SDK being open-sourced
arstechnica.com · ingve · 31 Mar 2016
944 pts
386 comments
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21
I made my own clear plastic tooth aligners and they worked
amosdudley.com · dezork · 13 Mar 2016
943 pts
133 comments
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22
AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol again in match 2 of 5
gogameguru.com · pzs · 10 Mar 2016
942 pts
555 comments
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23
Reddit removed NSL canary from 2015 Transparency Report
reddit.com · yk · 31 Mar 2016
941 pts
284 comments
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24
I stayed in a hotel with Android lightswitches and it was as bad as you'd think
mjg59.dreamwidth.org · pjc50 · 11 Mar 2016
928 pts
314 comments
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25
Docker for Mac and Windows Beta
blog.docker.com · ah3rz · 24 Mar 2016
904 pts
239 comments
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26
Transmission BitTorrent app contained malware
forum.transmissionbt.com · mroling · 6 Mar 2016
895 pts
338 comments
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28
I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS
joreteg.com · joeyespo · 23 Mar 2016
841 pts
502 comments
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29
Google Puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat
bloomberg.com · doener · 17 Mar 2016
830 pts
387 comments
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30
CocoaPods downloads max out five GitHub server CPUs
github.com · jergason · 8 Mar 2016
826 pts
308 comments
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31
A Government Error Just Revealed Snowden Was the Target in the Lavabit Case
wired.com · runesoerensen · 17 Mar 2016
795 pts
164 comments
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32
A previously unnoticed property of prime numbers
quantamagazine.org · tcoppi · 14 Mar 2016
794 pts
236 comments
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34
Boom (YC W16) – Supersonic Passenger Airplanes
boom.aero · rdl · 21 Mar 2016
787 pts
464 comments
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37
Citus Unforks from PostgreSQL, Goes Open Source
citusdata.com · jamesheroku · 24 Mar 2016
763 pts
153 comments
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38
One of the FBI’s Major Claims in the iPhone Case Is Fraudulent
aclu.org · danielsiders · 8 Mar 2016
759 pts
254 comments
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39
U.S. Drops California Case Against Apple After Accessing iPhone
bloomberg.com · potshot · 28 Mar 2016
746 pts
369 comments
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40
Add Reactions to Pull Requests, Issues, and Comments
github.com · WillAbides · 10 Mar 2016
736 pts
227 comments
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41
AlphaGo Beats Lee Sedol in Final Game
gogameguru.com · doppp · 15 Mar 2016
708 pts
290 comments
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43
Neural Networks Demystified
lumiverse.io · maxlambert · 14 Mar 2016
686 pts
63 comments
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44
Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries
insights.dice.com · replicatorblog · 3 Mar 2016
683 pts
536 comments
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45
Free React.js Fundamentals Course
courses.reactjsprogram.com · tm33 · 1 Mar 2016
676 pts
112 comments
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46
Autocomplete from Stack Overflow
emilschutte.com · monort · 22 Mar 2016
672 pts
145 comments
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47
Dropbox’s Exodus from the Amazon Cloud
wired.com · moviuro · 14 Mar 2016
671 pts
240 comments
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49
Why not just a simple spreadsheet of salaries?
docs.google.com · z0a · 21 Mar 2016
663 pts
361 comments
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50
Privacy – Forget Your Credit Card
privacy.com · doomrobo · 24 Mar 2016
661 pts
359 comments
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52
Profits are too high. America needs a giant dose of competition
economist.com · bainsfather · 29 Mar 2016
655 pts
333 comments
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53
Kofi Annan on Why It's Time to Legalize Drugs
spiegel.de · citizensixteen · 2 Mar 2016
654 pts
357 comments
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54
An 18 Year Old Buys a Mainframe [video]
youtube.com · tbatchelli · 28 Mar 2016
653 pts
176 comments
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55
Encryption, Privacy Are Larger Issues Than Fighting Terrorism
npr.org · Osiris30 · 15 Mar 2016
647 pts
177 comments
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56
Should All Research Papers Be Free?
nytimes.com · mirimir · 13 Mar 2016
644 pts
309 comments
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58
FingerIO: Using Active Sonar for Fine-Grained Finger Tracking
fingerio.cs.washington.edu · jonbaer · 18 Mar 2016
637 pts
118 comments
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59
Microsoft Bot Framework
dev.botframework.com · ingve · 30 Mar 2016
627 pts
134 comments
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