The Best Hacker News Posts of September 2016
We track 1,024 stories from September 2016, averaging 233 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 60 stories. Together they drew 123,731 comments, 121 per story on average.
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Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video]
spacex.com · tilt · 27 Sep 2016
2.1k pts
1k comments
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Show HN: Wave function collapse algorithm
github.com · ExUtumno · 30 Sep 2016
1.2k pts
122 comments
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EU Announces That All Scientific Articles Should Be Freely Accessible by 2020
futurism.com · emartinelli · 6 Sep 2016
1.2k pts
132 comments
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Announcing new tools, forums, and features
github.com · joshmanders · 14 Sep 2016
1.1k pts
269 comments
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Elon Musk on How to Build the Future
ycombinator.com · sama · 15 Sep 2016
1.1k pts
513 comments
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Linux can’t be installed on a recent Lenovo laptop
reddit.com · makaronin · 21 Sep 2016
1.1k pts
467 comments
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How Dropbox Hacks Your Mac
applehelpwriter.com · 8bitben · 9 Sep 2016
1k pts
412 comments
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral
techcrunch.com · mariusz79 · 1 Sep 2016
986 pts
535 comments
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You Suck at Excel with Joel Spolsky (2015) [video]
youtube.com · carlesfe · 7 Sep 2016
957 pts
420 comments
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Show HN: Primitive Pictures
github.com · fogleman · 20 Sep 2016
894 pts
170 comments
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14
Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes
cbc.ca · curtis · 1 Sep 2016
853 pts
339 comments
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15
I’m Joining Stripe to Work on Atlas
kalzumeus.com · rmoriz · 9 Sep 2016
850 pts
317 comments
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I gave commit rights to someone I didn't know
jakewins.com · jakewins · 17 Sep 2016
833 pts
100 comments
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18
An account of a serious medical emergency on a transoceanic flight
feminem.org · bshep · 3 Sep 2016
832 pts
288 comments
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Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks?
barefootcoder · 12 Sep 2016
822 pts
661 comments
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How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat
nytimes.com · okket · 12 Sep 2016
816 pts
599 comments
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How to steal a developer's local database
bouk.co · chachram · 1 Sep 2016
770 pts
230 comments
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25
Ripgrep – A new command line search tool
blog.burntsushi.net · anp · 23 Sep 2016
740 pts
209 comments
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26
Some bad Git situations and how I got myself out of them
ohshitgit.com · emilong · 9 Sep 2016
713 pts
335 comments
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How to Tell a Mother Her Child Is Dead
nytimes.com · niyazpk · 3 Sep 2016
694 pts
199 comments
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UnGoogled Chromium: Chromium with enhanced privacy, control and transparency
github.com · kawera · 25 Sep 2016
688 pts
423 comments
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30
In defence of Douglas Crockford
atom-morgan.github.io · ramblerman · 4 Sep 2016
683 pts
419 comments
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31
What It Costs to Run Let's Encrypt
letsencrypt.org · cpeterso · 20 Sep 2016
680 pts
373 comments
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“Dear Mark. I am writing this to inform you that I shall not comply”
aftenposten.no · Sainth · 8 Sep 2016
660 pts
202 comments
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Akamai takes Brian Krebs’ site off its servers after ‘record’ cyberattack
businessinsider.com · bishnu · 23 Sep 2016
658 pts
440 comments
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Facebook Ordered to Stop Collecting Data on WhatsApp Users in Germany
nytimes.com · mh-cx · 27 Sep 2016
658 pts
427 comments
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36
Tricks to Monetize Your Side Projects
jeremyaboyd.com · kornish · 1 Sep 2016
651 pts
174 comments
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Leaflet 1.0 – A JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps
leafletjs.com · freyfogle · 27 Sep 2016
628 pts
99 comments
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38
WaveNet: A Generative Model for Raw Audio
deepmind.com · benanne · 8 Sep 2016
627 pts
145 comments
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40
WoSign and StartCom: Mozilla’s proposed conclusion
docs.google.com · aestetix · 26 Sep 2016
608 pts
246 comments
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Washington Post Is First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source
theintercept.com · etiam · 18 Sep 2016
588 pts
171 comments
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Costa Rica has gone 76 days using 100% renewable electricity
vox.com · tchalla · 9 Sep 2016
579 pts
352 comments
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Facebook, Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft Create Partnership on AI
techcrunch.com · monsieurpng · 28 Sep 2016
573 pts
248 comments
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45
Multi-process Firefox brings 400-700% improvement in responsiveness
techcrunch.com · bpierre · 6 Sep 2016
572 pts
337 comments
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Bike manufacturer sees huge reduction in delivery damage by printing TV on box
medium.com · Someone · 24 Sep 2016
568 pts
229 comments
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48
What every coder should know about gamma
blog.johnnovak.net · johnnovak · 21 Sep 2016
560 pts
183 comments
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The Correct Way to Validate Email Addresses
hackernoon.com · amk_ · 7 Sep 2016
556 pts
388 comments
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50
Announcing TypeScript 2.0
blogs.msdn.microsoft.com · DanRosenwasser · 22 Sep 2016
553 pts
310 comments
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52
For 25 years, Carl Malamud has been fighting to make public information public
backchannel.com · steven · 12 Sep 2016
552 pts
108 comments
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53
Sweden Wants to Fight Disposable Culture with Tax Breaks for Repairing Old Stuff
fastcoexist.com · prawn · 26 Sep 2016
547 pts
329 comments
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54
Tesla Wins Contract to Help Power the California Grid
bloomberg.com · adventured · 16 Sep 2016
540 pts
212 comments
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55
Old Geek Jobs: fighting against ageism in the industry
oldgeekjobs.com · _csoo · 15 Sep 2016
538 pts
379 comments
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56
What typing ^D does on Unix (2009)
utcc.utoronto.ca · luu · 6 Sep 2016
536 pts
156 comments
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58
The MIT License, Line by Line
writing.kemitchell.com · monocasa · 22 Sep 2016
531 pts
134 comments
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90 Cents of Every 'Pay-For-Performance' Dollar for CEOs Are Paid for Luck
corpgov.law.harvard.edu · ikeboy · 30 Sep 2016
524 pts
285 comments
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Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client
insomnia.rest · nwrk · 5 Sep 2016
523 pts
154 comments
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