The Best Hacker News Posts of June 2016
We track 941 stories from June 2016, averaging 237 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 49 stories. Together they drew 112,729 comments, 120 per story on average.
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Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
news.microsoft.com · whatok · 13 Jun 2016
2k pts
833 comments
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Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
youtube.com · egb · 8 Jun 2016
1.6k pts
400 comments
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My First 10 Minutes on a Server
codelitt.com · codelitt · 15 Jun 2016
1.3k pts
290 comments
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How a comment on Hacker News led to 4½ new Unicode characters
unicodepowersymbol.com · adamnemecek · 23 Jun 2016
1.2k pts
413 comments
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VPAID ads destroy performance and are still served by major ad networks
plus.google.com · archon810 · 14 Jun 2016
1k pts
392 comments
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“PayPal has demanded that we monitor data traffic as well as customers’ files”
seafile.de · zolder · 21 Jun 2016
1k pts
340 comments
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The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fields
troyhunt.com · TheAuditor · 26 Jun 2016
911 pts
442 comments
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Show HN: New calendar app idea
oneviewcalendar.com · petermolyneux · 6 Jun 2016
825 pts
197 comments
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Jessica Livingston’s Pretty Complete List on How Not to Fail
themacro.com · craigcannon · 9 Jun 2016
795 pts
192 comments
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ASUS delivers BIOS/UEFI auto-updates over HTTP with no verification
teletext.zaibatsutel.net · Kubuxu · 5 Jun 2016
762 pts
196 comments
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Show HN: I made a database of remote companies
remotebase.io · stockkid · 13 Jun 2016
747 pts
114 comments
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The Monaco Code Editor
microsoft.github.io · algorithmsRcool · 20 Jun 2016
724 pts
170 comments
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Announcing .NET Core 1.0
blogs.msdn.microsoft.com · runesoerensen · 27 Jun 2016
717 pts
314 comments
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Tesla Makes Offer to Acquire SolarCity
teslamotors.com · runesoerensen · 21 Jun 2016
708 pts
389 comments
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Muhammad Ali has died
nbcnews.com · aaronbrethorst · 4 Jun 2016
674 pts
171 comments
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Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook
stallman.org · phantom_oracle · 26 Jun 2016
670 pts
353 comments
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Bloody Plant Burger Smells, Tastes and Sizzles Like Meat
npr.org · nradov · 21 Jun 2016
667 pts
452 comments
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Rails 5.0: Action Cable, API mode, and more
weblog.rubyonrails.org · tenderlove · 30 Jun 2016
664 pts
219 comments
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How are zlib, gzip and Zip related? (2013)
stackoverflow.com · yurisagalov · 17 Jun 2016
652 pts
138 comments
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Why I turned down $500K and shut down my startup
medium.com · jason_tko · 9 Jun 2016
648 pts
175 comments
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The Fathers of the Internet Urge Today’s Software Engineers to Reinvent the Web
spectrum.ieee.org · jonbaer · 19 Jun 2016
644 pts
228 comments
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The Intel ME subsystem can take over your machine, can't be audited
boingboing.net · cylo · 16 Jun 2016
641 pts
271 comments
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It’s cheaper to build multiple native applications than one responsive web app
hueniverse.com · cdnsteve · 9 Jun 2016
629 pts
304 comments
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Second Gravitational Wave Detected at LIGO
journals.aps.org · specialp · 15 Jun 2016
621 pts
174 comments
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Investing Returns on the S&P500
github.com · minimaxir · 29 Jun 2016
618 pts
340 comments
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Police use new device to seize money in bank accounts or on prepaid cards
news9.com · jonstokes · 8 Jun 2016
607 pts
504 comments
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Appeals court upholds FCC's net neutrality order
politico.com · textdog · 14 Jun 2016
591 pts
262 comments
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Coursera shuts access to old platform courses
reachtarunhere.github.io · reachtarunhere · 11 Jun 2016
590 pts
266 comments
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Languages Which Almost Became CSS
eager.io · zackbloom · 28 Jun 2016
586 pts
133 comments
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Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to push people to Messenger
techcrunch.com · prostoalex · 4 Jun 2016
568 pts
496 comments
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46
Learn the ways of Linux-fu, for free
linuxjourney.com · indatawetrust · 2 Jun 2016
565 pts
75 comments
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Mastering Programming: An Outline
prod.facebook.com · KentBeck · 7 Jun 2016
562 pts
123 comments
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Contextual Identities on the Web
blog.mozilla.org · ronjouch · 16 Jun 2016
555 pts
135 comments
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How to Compromise the Enterprise Endpoint
googleprojectzero.blogspot.com · nnx · 29 Jun 2016
553 pts
179 comments
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50
Critical Update on DAO Vulnerability
blog.ethereum.org · tasti · 17 Jun 2016
550 pts
601 comments
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51
Google Fonts Redesigned
fonts.google.com · uptown · 14 Jun 2016
550 pts
258 comments
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In Newly Created Life-Form, a Major Mystery
quantamagazine.org · DiabloD3 · 22 Jun 2016
550 pts
139 comments
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53
Program your next server in Go
talks.golang.org · rjammala · 7 Jun 2016
538 pts
375 comments
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Penetration Testing Tools Cheat Sheet
highon.coffee · adamnemecek · 25 Jun 2016
530 pts
30 comments
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Gawker Files for Bankruptcy, Will Be Put Up for Auction
wsj.com · apsec112 · 10 Jun 2016
518 pts
541 comments
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OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock
techcrunch.com · tilt · 13 Jun 2016
512 pts
564 comments
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57
Ask HN: Just got an innocent man out of prison. What now?
ClintEhrlich · 30 Jun 2016
510 pts
200 comments
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CS188 Intro to AI – Course Materials
ai.berkeley.edu · BucketSort · 13 Jun 2016
506 pts
42 comments
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How “Silicon Valley” Nails Silicon Valley
newyorker.com · sajid · 9 Jun 2016
504 pts
301 comments
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Typography of “Alien” (2014)
typesetinthefuture.com · pareidolia · 25 Jun 2016
502 pts
66 comments
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