The Best Hacker News Posts of May 2017

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Get started making music learningmusic.ableton.com · bbgm · 9 May 2017

2.1k pts 461 comments

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Accidentally Stopping a Global Cyber Attack malwaretech.com · pradeepchhetri · 13 May 2017

2k pts 338 comments

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CRISPR eliminates HIV-1 infection in live animals sciencedirect.com · shannietron · 2 May 2017

1.5k pts 239 comments

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A crashed advertisement reveals logs of a facial recognition system twitter.com · dmit · 10 May 2017

1.5k pts 522 comments

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My Family’s Slave theatlantic.com · aaron695 · 16 May 2017

1.4k pts 606 comments

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Cyberattacks in 12 Nations Said to Use Leaked N.S.A. Hacking Tool mobile.nytimes.com · ghosh · 12 May 2017

1.2k pts 478 comments

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Fireflies ncase.me · bpierre · 31 May 2017

1.2k pts 89 comments

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Wikimedia Foundation spending en.wikipedia.org · apsec112 · 7 May 2017

1.1k pts 409 comments

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The largest Git repo blogs.msdn.microsoft.com · ethomson · 24 May 2017

1.1k pts 402 comments

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Root – Programmable bank account for software developers root.co.za · s_dev · 3 May 2017

1k pts 409 comments

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1Password Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders blog.agilebits.com · nthitz · 23 May 2017

1k pts 521 comments

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Kill Google AMP before it kills the web theregister.co.uk · DLay · 20 May 2017

969 pts 462 comments

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A startup’s Firebase bill suddenly increased from $25 to $1750 per month medium.com · lpellegr · 17 May 2017

952 pts 497 comments

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Net neutrality is in jeopardy again blog.mozilla.org · kungfudoi · 8 May 2017

928 pts 374 comments

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SCOTUS: Patent Rights Over a Printer Cartridge Are Exhausted When It Is Sold law.cornell.edu · beefman · 30 May 2017

884 pts 303 comments

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Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade authorities reuters.com · techlover14159 · 4 May 2017

883 pts 559 comments

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Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922) mikecanex.wordpress.com · Tomte · 25 May 2017

866 pts 316 comments

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A federal court has denied a pre-trial motion to dismiss a GPL enforcement case qz.com · imanewsman · 12 May 2017

853 pts 215 comments

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Prepack helps make JavaScript code more efficient prepack.io · jimarcey · 3 May 2017

836 pts 224 comments

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The Horror in the Standard Library zerotier.com · aw1621107 · 5 May 2017

830 pts 216 comments

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CockroachDB 1.0 cockroachlabs.com · hepha1979 · 10 May 2017

811 pts 347 comments

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AI Playbook aiplaybook.a16z.com · jbredeche · 15 May 2017

806 pts 113 comments

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Helping a Million Developers Exit Vim stackoverflow.blog · var_explained · 23 May 2017

775 pts 473 comments

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U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘patent trolls’ reuters.com · robteix · 22 May 2017

746 pts 195 comments

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Lyft and Waymo Reach Deal to Collaborate on Self-Driving Cars nytimes.com · josephpmay · 15 May 2017

719 pts 371 comments

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Ask HN: How do I switch from being a passive consumer to an active producer? humaninstrument · 21 May 2017

699 pts 270 comments

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Let them paste passwords ncsc.gov.uk · matthewbadeau · 18 May 2017

694 pts 365 comments

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Uncensorable Wikipedia on IPFS ipfs.io · bpierre · 8 May 2017

692 pts 247 comments

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Solar Roof tesla.com · runesoerensen · 10 May 2017

690 pts 438 comments

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Ask HN: What are some examples of successful single-person businesses? 1ba9115454 · 29 May 2017

685 pts 308 comments

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Chaos Computer Clubs Breaks Iris Recognition System of the Samsung Galaxy S8 ccc.de · morsch · 23 May 2017

674 pts 159 comments

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Noncompete Clauses: Signing Away the Right to Get a New Job nytimes.com · mikeh1010 · 13 May 2017

662 pts 385 comments

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Getting Started with Headless Chrome developers.google.com · uptown · 1 May 2017

657 pts 121 comments

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Little Things I Like to Do with Git csswizardry.com · csswizardry · 24 May 2017

656 pts 103 comments

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Goodbye PNaCl, Hello WebAssembly blog.chromium.org · Ajedi32 · 30 May 2017

655 pts 343 comments

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How to Improve a Legacy Codebase jacquesmattheij.com · darwhy · 30 May 2017

653 pts 293 comments

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Maru OS – A complete desktop experience on a smartphone maruos.com · type0 · 16 May 2017

652 pts 251 comments

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“MP3 is dead” missed the real, much better story marco.org · imartin2k · 16 May 2017

650 pts 290 comments

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How to Sleep theatlantic.com · ALee · 28 May 2017

649 pts 265 comments

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Get your loved ones off Facebook salimvirani.com · milly1993 · 22 May 2017

641 pts 297 comments

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Chelsea Manning released from prison cnn.com · nerdy · 17 May 2017

629 pts 258 comments

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The Boring Company FAQ boringcompany.com · schiffern · 17 May 2017

624 pts 451 comments

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CPU Utilization is Wrong brendangregg.com · dmit · 9 May 2017

624 pts 91 comments

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Not Hotdog App itunes.apple.com · rcamp · 16 May 2017

621 pts 131 comments

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Why do many math books have so much detail and so little enlightenment? (2010) mathoverflow.net · mathgenius · 15 May 2017

620 pts 260 comments

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Android now supports Kotlin venturebeat.com · JOfferijns · 17 May 2017

620 pts 216 comments

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Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government bankruptcy reuters.com · chollida1 · 3 May 2017

619 pts 460 comments

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Kubernetes by Example kubernetesbyexample.com · rbanffy · 31 May 2017

612 pts 132 comments

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Uber Fires Anthony Levandowski nytimes.com · coloneltcb · 30 May 2017

611 pts 280 comments

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Google.ai google.ai · rbanffy · 17 May 2017

611 pts 222 comments

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MediaGoblin – Self Hosted, Decentralized​ Alt to YouTube, Flickr, SoundCloud mediagoblin.org · superhumanuser · 25 May 2017

610 pts 160 comments

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Don't use Hadoop when your data isn't that big (2013) chrisstucchio.com · tosh · 23 May 2017

598 pts 352 comments

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Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party martinruenz.de · guy-brush · 4 May 2017

598 pts 337 comments

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Why does Google prepend while(1); to their JSON responses? stackoverflow.com · vikas0380 · 6 May 2017

598 pts 110 comments

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How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own accessory game theverge.com · Tomte · 22 May 2017

597 pts 267 comments

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President Trump Dismisses FBI Director Comey washingtonpost.com · DamnInteresting · 9 May 2017

594 pts 297 comments

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Remotely Exploitable Type Confusion in Windows 8, 8.1, 10, Windows Server, etc bugs.chromium.org · runesoerensen · 9 May 2017

594 pts 180 comments

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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017) whoishiring · 1 May 2017

589 pts 1.1k comments

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SQL is 43 years old – Here’s why we still use it today blog.sqlizer.io · d4nt · 2 May 2017

588 pts 382 comments

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Recovering from Burnout and Depression kierantie.com · kierantie · 11 May 2017

587 pts 254 comments