The Best Hacker News Posts of July 2017
We track 1,111 stories from July 2017, averaging 230 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 61 stories. Together they drew 128,480 comments, 116 per story on average.
1
Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Internet
blog.google · ghosh · 12 Jul 2017
1.7k pts
433 comments
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2
Taking control of all .io domains with a targeted registration
thehackerblog.com · koenrh · 10 Jul 2017
1.4k pts
246 comments
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3
Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Patent” license
issues.apache.org · thelarkinn · 16 Jul 2017
1.3k pts
362 comments
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4
Battle for the Internet
battleforthenet.com · anigbrowl · 12 Jul 2017
1.3k pts
487 comments
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5
“We will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020”
blogs.adobe.com · mintplant · 25 Jul 2017
1.2k pts
487 comments
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6
Making a virtual machine in Google Sheets
briansteffens.github.io · signa11 · 5 Jul 2017
1.1k pts
113 comments
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7
How a VC-funded company is undermining the open-source community
theoutline.com · posnet · 24 Jul 2017
1k pts
415 comments
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8
24-core CPU and I can’t move my mouse
randomascii.wordpress.com · joebaf · 10 Jul 2017
1k pts
499 comments
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9
The New Firefox and Ridiculous Numbers of Tabs
metafluff.com · robin_reala · 21 Jul 2017
984 pts
537 comments
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10
153k Ether Stolen in Parity Multi-Sig Attack
etherscan.io · campbelltown · 19 Jul 2017
943 pts
725 comments
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11
I'm not a Woman in Tech
communequation.wordpress.com · triplesec · 5 Jul 2017
876 pts
578 comments
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12
18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-Ticket system
blog.marai.me · atleta · 24 Jul 2017
874 pts
309 comments
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13
Wildcard Certificates Coming January 2018
letsencrypt.org · darwhy · 6 Jul 2017
857 pts
191 comments
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14
What Is Ethereum?
whatthefuckisethereum.com · songzme · 8 Jul 2017
837 pts
257 comments
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16
How Discord Scaled Elixir to 5M Concurrent Users
blog.discordapp.com · b1naryth1ef · 11 Jul 2017
802 pts
251 comments
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17
The Limitations of Deep Learning
blog.keras.io · olivercameron · 17 Jul 2017
794 pts
260 comments
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18
Ubershaders: A Ridiculous Solution to an Impossible Problem
dolphin-emu.org · voltagex_ · 30 Jul 2017
772 pts
88 comments
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19
How to make a friend fast
happyturtlethings.net · trurl42 · 9 Jul 2017
765 pts
242 comments
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20
It is as if you were doing work
pippinbarr.github.io · throwaway1892 · 5 Jul 2017
752 pts
205 comments
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22
The Facebook Algorithm Mom Problem
boffosocko.com · pmlnr · 12 Jul 2017
738 pts
301 comments
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23
Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm to bees
nature.com · etiam · 2 Jul 2017
729 pts
214 comments
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24
Cloudflare’s fight with a “patent troll” could alter the game
techcrunch.com · Stanleyc23 · 11 Jul 2017
723 pts
274 comments
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25
Deep Learning for Coders – Launching Deep Learning Part 2
fast.ai · jph00 · 30 Jul 2017
716 pts
91 comments
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26
Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub
where.coraline.codes · speaktochris · 5 Jul 2017
711 pts
529 comments
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27
Employees Who Stay in Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less
forbes.com · askafriend · 17 Jul 2017
708 pts
535 comments
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28
Mental health is still an issue in the workplace
medium.com · bcx · 6 Jul 2017
659 pts
330 comments
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29
Reverse-engineering the Starbucks ordering API
blog.tendigi.com · nickplee · 12 Jul 2017
658 pts
152 comments
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30
Out of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest
ourworldindata.org · mpweiher · 31 Jul 2017
655 pts
639 comments
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32
Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed
sciencemag.org · happy-go-lucky · 27 Jul 2017
632 pts
241 comments
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33
Defending a website with Zip bombs
blog.haschek.at · ridgewell · 6 Jul 2017
631 pts
183 comments
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34
Show HN: A virtual machine made with Google Sheets formulas (no script)
SonOfLilit · 5 Jul 2017
620 pts
37 comments
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35
Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman and Iranian to win Fields Medal, has died
thewire.in · urahara · 15 Jul 2017
614 pts
105 comments
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36
Pev: Postgres ‘Explain’ Visualizer (2016)
tatiyants.com · insulanian · 23 Jul 2017
612 pts
48 comments
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37
Things I’ve Learned from Reading IndieHackers
toomas.net · scribu · 19 Jul 2017
611 pts
153 comments
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38
The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates
propublica.org · danso · 18 Jul 2017
609 pts
263 comments
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39
Things I wish someone had told me before I started angel investing
blog.rongarret.info · lisper · 16 Jul 2017
602 pts
205 comments
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40
ECMAScript 2017 Language Specification
ecma-international.org · samerbuna · 11 Jul 2017
600 pts
241 comments
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41
Verizon Throttles Netflix Subscribers in Test It Doesn't Inform Customers About
techdirt.com · sharkweek · 24 Jul 2017
594 pts
322 comments
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43
I found a bug in Intel Skylake processors
gallium.inria.fr · testcross · 3 Jul 2017
587 pts
99 comments
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44
How Fear and Outrage Are Sold for Profit
medium.com · tontonius · 25 Jul 2017
577 pts
250 comments
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45
Here be dragons: the same 3D scene implemented with 10 different 3D APIs
github.com · adamnemecek · 25 Jul 2017
574 pts
60 comments
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46
Why Should I Start a Startup?
blog.ycombinator.com · craigcannon · 19 Jul 2017
569 pts
279 comments
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47
Math education: It’s not about numbers, it’s about learning how to think
nwaonline.com · CarolineW · 11 Jul 2017
565 pts
330 comments
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49
Scientists Reverse Brain Damage in Drowned Toddler?
newsweek.com · Deinos · 20 Jul 2017
563 pts
290 comments
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51
Counterintuitive problem: People in a room keep giving dollars to random others
decisionsciencenews.com · aqsalose · 9 Jul 2017
555 pts
240 comments
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52
I make $10k per month with the Amazon Affiliate Program
reddit.com · danso · 7 Jul 2017
550 pts
269 comments
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53
Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in Fresno
techcrunch.com · chriskanan · 14 Jul 2017
545 pts
215 comments
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54
Show HN: The JavaScript Way, a book for learning modern JavaScript from scratch
github.com · bpesquet · 27 Jul 2017
545 pts
110 comments
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55
Using Deep Learning to Create Professional-Level Photographs
research.googleblog.com · wsxiaoys · 13 Jul 2017
542 pts
120 comments
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56
Machine Learning Crash Course: The Bias-Variance Dilemma
ml.berkeley.edu · Yossi_Frenkel · 17 Jul 2017
540 pts
60 comments
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58
Kindness is Underrated (2014)
circleci.com · hengputhireach · 16 Jul 2017
536 pts
210 comments
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59
Ethereum from scratch – Part 1: Ping
ocalog.com · mjfl · 20 Jul 2017
534 pts
125 comments
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Google launches Hire, a new service for helping businesses recruit
techcrunch.com · tashoecraft · 18 Jul 2017
529 pts
341 comments
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