The Best Hacker News Posts of August 2016
We track 988 stories from August 2016, averaging 226 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 65 stories. Together they drew 108,699 comments, 110 per story on average.
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The Dropbox hack is real
troyhunt.com · joshschreuder · 31 Aug 2016
1.3k pts
539 comments
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Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup
medium.com · davidkhess · 29 Aug 2016
1.3k pts
558 comments
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4
Why we lost Uber as a user
postgresql.org · areski · 1 Aug 2016
1.2k pts
285 comments
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5
PowerShell is open sourced and is available on Linux
azure.microsoft.com · platz · 18 Aug 2016
1.2k pts
760 comments
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Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About Previous Pay
nytimes.com · OhHeyItsE · 2 Aug 2016
1.2k pts
760 comments
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Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star
eso.org · Thorondor · 24 Aug 2016
1.2k pts
427 comments
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NSO Group's iPhone Zero-Days used against a UAE Human Rights Defender
citizenlab.org · dropalltables · 25 Aug 2016
1.1k pts
242 comments
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Show HN: Generating fantasy maps – an interactive exploration
mewo2.com · mewo2 · 10 Aug 2016
1k pts
64 comments
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10
Indie Hackers: Learn how developers are making money
indiehackers.com · csallen · 11 Aug 2016
971 pts
184 comments
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11
Japanese writing system basics
candyjapan.com · bemmu · 20 Aug 2016
961 pts
338 comments
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12
Zero-cost futures in Rust
aturon.github.io · steveklabnik · 11 Aug 2016
930 pts
337 comments
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13
Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons
washingtonpost.com · okket · 18 Aug 2016
859 pts
358 comments
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15
This JPEG is also a webpage
lcamtuf.coredump.cx · cocoflunchy · 10 Aug 2016
833 pts
226 comments
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18
Smaller and faster data compression with Zstandard
code.facebook.com · jamesgpearce · 31 Aug 2016
819 pts
156 comments
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Nasa just made all its research available online for free
independent.co.uk · signa11 · 20 Aug 2016
776 pts
49 comments
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20
What Makes a McMansion Bad Architecture?
mcmansionhell.tumblr.com · jseliger · 14 Aug 2016
758 pts
519 comments
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21
How I Built a Custom Camper Van (2015)
syntheti.cc · pvsukale3 · 29 Aug 2016
751 pts
340 comments
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23
Megaprocessor – A micro-processor built large
megaprocessor.com · diymaker · 19 Aug 2016
731 pts
88 comments
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Fake Linus Torvalds' Key Found in the Wild, No More Short-IDs
lkml.org · demiol · 16 Aug 2016
701 pts
127 comments
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26
Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail
cpbotha.net · cpbotha · 8 Aug 2016
649 pts
365 comments
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27
Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for personal use?
jdmoreira · 13 Aug 2016
648 pts
299 comments
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Show HN: Carbide – A New Programming Environment
alpha.trycarbide.com · antimatter15 · 24 Aug 2016
628 pts
136 comments
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30
What Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone
medium.com · walterbell · 3 Aug 2016
625 pts
212 comments
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“Node.js is one of the worst things to happen to the software industry” (2012)
harmful.cat-v.org · behnamoh · 22 Aug 2016
624 pts
552 comments
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33
Browsing your website does not mean I want your spam
medium.com · davezatch · 22 Aug 2016
615 pts
240 comments
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34
Less stress, more productivity: working fewer hours is good for you and your boss
codewithoutrules.com · itamarst · 19 Aug 2016
605 pts
296 comments
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Google Takes on Uber with New Ride-Share Service
wsj.com · coloneltcb · 30 Aug 2016
596 pts
461 comments
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37
The Myth of RAM (2014)
ilikebigbits.com · ddlatham · 29 Aug 2016
593 pts
277 comments
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39
What I learned as a hired consultant to autodidact physicists
aeon.co · tbrownaw · 11 Aug 2016
563 pts
318 comments
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Academic Torrents: A distributed system for sharing enormous datasets
academictorrents.com · iamjeff · 29 Aug 2016
552 pts
95 comments
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41
Victory for Net Neutrality in Europe
juliareda.eu · jrepin · 30 Aug 2016
547 pts
174 comments
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43
Crystal: Fast as C, Slick as Ruby
blog.codeship.com · yranadive · 4 Aug 2016
544 pts
429 comments
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44
“How do I choose not to share my account information with Facebook?”
whatsapp.com · SnaKeZ · 25 Aug 2016
539 pts
308 comments
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45
“I Want to Know What Code Is Running Inside My Body”
backchannel.com · warp · 8 Aug 2016
536 pts
211 comments
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47
Grokking Deep Learning
iamtrask.github.io · williamtrask · 18 Aug 2016
530 pts
112 comments
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48
Hunter S. Thompson on Finding Your Purpose (1958)
tranquilmonkey.com · zeeshanm · 29 Aug 2016
525 pts
257 comments
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49
What Great Listeners Actually Do
hbr.org · wallflower · 17 Aug 2016
521 pts
198 comments
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50
Machine Learning Exercises in Python, Part 1
johnwittenauer.net · jdwittenauer · 12 Aug 2016
520 pts
62 comments
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51
Germany offers up to €30k for 6 months of working on OSS
prototypefund.de · haraball · 1 Aug 2016
512 pts
150 comments
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52
Show HN: Noms – A new decentralized database based on ideas from Git
medium.com · ahl · 2 Aug 2016
508 pts
167 comments
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55
I Don’t Care How Well You Code, Understand Your Compensation
hackernoon.com · signa11 · 9 Aug 2016
494 pts
307 comments
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56
Docker not ready for primetime
blog.goodstuff.im · erlend_sh · 28 Aug 2016
490 pts
281 comments
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57
Why I'm not a big fan of Scrum
okigiveup.net · keso · 8 Aug 2016
483 pts
380 comments
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58
How to listen when you disagree
urbanconfessional.org · taheris · 4 Aug 2016
483 pts
180 comments
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59
This Is Your Life in Silicon Valley
medium.com · jaytaylor · 16 Aug 2016
480 pts
173 comments
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Apple should stop selling four-year-old computers
theverge.com · doener · 7 Aug 2016
479 pts
437 comments
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