The Best Hacker News Posts of June 2017

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Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. nytimes.com · java_script · 21 Jun 2017

2.1k pts 1.3k comments

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Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B bloomberg.com · whatok · 16 Jun 2017

1.7k pts 824 comments

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Facebook is an attack on the open web daringfireball.net · tambourine_man · 1 Jun 2017

1.6k pts 421 comments

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Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe Sexual Harassment nytimes.com · coloneltcb · 30 Jun 2017

1.2k pts 730 comments

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Please Make Google AMP Optional alexkras.com · tambourine_man · 10 Jun 2017

1.1k pts 436 comments

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Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake processors: broken hyper-threading lists.debian.org · vbernat · 25 Jun 2017

1.1k pts 269 comments

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Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project demandrush.com · hackerews · 14 Jun 2017

1.1k pts 451 comments

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Show HN: Monica, an open-source CRM to manage friends and family monicahq.com · robinhood · 6 Jun 2017

1.1k pts 568 comments

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“Let her speak please” facebook.com · devnonymous · 7 Jun 2017

995 pts 646 comments

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Luna – Visual and textual functional programming language luna-lang.org · interpol_p · 22 Jun 2017

944 pts 310 comments

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Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Climbing World Reels npr.org · merraksh · 6 Jun 2017

928 pts 495 comments

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Ask HN: What language-agnostic programming books should I read? robschia · 5 Jun 2017

927 pts 337 comments

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Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads bloomberg.com · ahiknsr · 23 Jun 2017

903 pts 437 comments

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Developers who use spaces make more money than those who use tabs stackoverflow.blog · edward · 15 Jun 2017

881 pts 663 comments

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How is GNU `yes` so fast? reddit.com · ruleabidinguser · 13 Jun 2017

872 pts 334 comments

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Network Protocols destroyallsoftware.com · signa11 · 2 Jun 2017

842 pts 75 comments

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Georgia Tech's free math textbook collective people.math.gatech.edu · ColinWright · 18 Jun 2017

834 pts 78 comments

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TLDR Stock Options tldroptions.io · ingve · 1 Jun 2017

819 pts 205 comments

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Reverse engineering guide for beginners: Methodology and tools 0x00sec.org · ingve · 12 Jun 2017

801 pts 63 comments

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Pinboard Acquires Delicious blog.pinboard.in · cjbprime · 1 Jun 2017

800 pts 227 comments

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An easter egg for one user: Luke Skywalker einaregilsson.com · einaregilsson · 28 Jun 2017

798 pts 134 comments

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#c0ffee is the color c0ffee.surge.sh · pavel_lishin · 12 Jun 2017

783 pts 121 comments

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Euro MPs back end-to-end encryption for all citizens bbc.com · jkaljundi · 20 Jun 2017

776 pts 335 comments

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After 3072 hours of manipulating BGP, a Nyancat was drawn on this RIPE interface stat.ripe.net · job · 23 Jun 2017

776 pts 105 comments

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Chess.com stopped working on 32bit iPads because 2^31 games have been played chess.com · NewGier · 12 Jun 2017

757 pts 326 comments

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European leaders call for open access to all scientific papers by 2020 (2016) sciencemag.org · Tomte · 17 Jun 2017

756 pts 102 comments

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A subway-style diagram of the major Roman roads, based on the Empire ca. 125 AD sashat.me · curtis · 8 Jun 2017

752 pts 101 comments

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Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer resigns techcrunch.com · pyprism · 13 Jun 2017

744 pts 443 comments

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Magic-Wormhole – Get things from one computer to another, safely github.com · lelf · 27 Jun 2017

744 pts 179 comments

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Accidentally destroyed production database on first day of a job np.reddit.com · kshahkshah · 3 Jun 2017

740 pts 265 comments

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On average, skipping college and investing tuition costs nets a higher return erikrood.com · qwerty2020 · 4 Jun 2017

739 pts 640 comments

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$80k/month App Store Scam medium.com · amima · 10 Jun 2017

716 pts 195 comments

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The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity journals.uchicago.edu · cronjobber · 26 Jun 2017

707 pts 376 comments

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Oh My Gosh, It’s Covered in Rule 30s blog.stephenwolfram.com · seszett · 1 Jun 2017

703 pts 149 comments

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Your own company? You can do it (2011) jacquesmattheij.com · oliv__ · 18 Jun 2017

701 pts 366 comments

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A hands-on introduction to video technology: image, video, codec and more github.com · manorwar8 · 3 Jun 2017

694 pts 74 comments

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European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing dominance europa.eu · antr · 27 Jun 2017

690 pts 664 comments

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Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I've automated my job? workplace.stackexchange.com · Ajedi32 · 28 Jun 2017

685 pts 523 comments

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Author of cURL denied entry to the USA twitter.com · _ugfj · 27 Jun 2017

684 pts 320 comments

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Options vs. Cash danluu.com · darwhy · 7 Jun 2017

679 pts 310 comments

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I decided to disable AMP on my site alexkras.com · akras14 · 26 Jun 2017

665 pts 350 comments

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Telegram founder: US intelligence tried to bribe us to weaken encryption news.fastcompany.com · anjalik · 15 Jun 2017

654 pts 206 comments

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Hackers Are Hijacking Phone Numbers and Breaking into Email, Bank Accounts forbes.com · CarolineW · 11 Jun 2017

650 pts 362 comments

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Ask HN: Books you wish you had read earlier? _6cj7 · 3 Jun 2017

631 pts 270 comments

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WebAssembly: Mozilla Won robert.ocallahan.org · nachtigall · 1 Jun 2017

626 pts 361 comments

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Americans from Both Political Parties Overwhelmingly Support Net Neutrality blog.mozilla.org · joeyespo · 7 Jun 2017

625 pts 212 comments

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Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts mcmansionhell.com · CariadKeigher · 26 Jun 2017

621 pts 365 comments

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“Which word begins with “y” and looks like an axe in this picture?” english.stackexchange.com · Gigablah · 30 Jun 2017

615 pts 159 comments

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SQLite small blob storage: 35% Faster Than the Filesystem sqlite.org · i_feel_great · 14 Jun 2017

612 pts 202 comments

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Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile forever.sega.com · yincrash · 26 Jun 2017

610 pts 255 comments

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Ask HN: What are we doing about Facebook, Google, and the closed internet? vkb · 8 Jun 2017

609 pts 424 comments

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Teller – API for your bank account blog.teller.io · ldn_tech_exec1 · 21 Jun 2017

609 pts 269 comments

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Debian 9 Stretch released debian.org · OberstKrueger · 18 Jun 2017

595 pts 162 comments

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Be Careful with UUID or GUID as Primary Keys tomharrisonjr.com · bkudria · 9 Jun 2017

593 pts 292 comments

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My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won fymhotsauce.rocks · fischerq · 21 Jun 2017

588 pts 270 comments

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TDD did not live up to expectations blogs.msdn.microsoft.com · kiyanwang · 29 Jun 2017

586 pts 433 comments

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List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots eff.org · prawn · 6 Jun 2017

586 pts 210 comments

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Enough with the dead butterflies emilydamstra.com · mjn · 1 Jun 2017

586 pts 163 comments

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Milestone: 100M Certificates Issued letsencrypt.org · okket · 29 Jun 2017

581 pts 184 comments

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4D Toys: a box of four-dimensional toys marctenbosch.com · hcs · 2 Jun 2017

575 pts 138 comments