The Best Hacker News Posts of September 2017
We track 1,145 stories from September 2017, averaging 250 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 54 stories. Together they drew 141,564 comments, 124 per story on average.
1
W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns
boingboing.net · guelo · 18 Sep 2017
2.7k pts
978 comments
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2
Relicensing React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js
code.facebook.com · dwwoelfel · 22 Sep 2017
2.3k pts
498 comments
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3
It’s time to give Firefox another chance
techcrunch.com · uladzislau · 29 Sep 2017
1.7k pts
712 comments
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5
Equifax Faces Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Hack
bloomberg.com · jameslk · 8 Sep 2017
1.3k pts
648 comments
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8
Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch
bradfrost.com · ingve · 11 Sep 2017
1.1k pts
387 comments
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9
Delta Goes Big, Then Goes Home
flightradar24.com · devy · 7 Sep 2017
1.1k pts
188 comments
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10
Facebook recruiting and Unix systems
imgur.com · abhisuri97 · 6 Sep 2017
1.1k pts
477 comments
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11
Identity Theft, Credit Reports, and You
kalzumeus.com · darwhy · 9 Sep 2017
1.1k pts
276 comments
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12
Cybersecurity Incident Involving Consumer Information
investor.equifax.com · runesoerensen · 7 Sep 2017
1k pts
532 comments
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14
It’s time to kill the web app
blog.plan99.net · raindev · 23 Sep 2017
1k pts
702 comments
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16
Optimizing web servers for high throughput and low latency
blogs.dropbox.com · nuriaion · 6 Sep 2017
987 pts
84 comments
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17
A new kind of map: it’s about time
blog.mapbox.com · uptown · 20 Sep 2017
968 pts
201 comments
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19
Insane state of today's advertising part 3
plus.google.com · archon810 · 1 Sep 2017
961 pts
420 comments
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20
A “right to repair” movement tools up
economist.com · edward · 28 Sep 2017
928 pts
305 comments
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21
Three Paths in the Tech Industry: Founder, Executive, or Employee
blog.ycombinator.com · craigcannon · 28 Sep 2017
927 pts
602 comments
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22
Scenic Tram Simulator
alexanderperrin.com.au · fredley · 24 Sep 2017
918 pts
127 comments
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24
How the Catalan government uses IPFS to sidestep Spain's legal block
la3.org · kilburn · 29 Sep 2017
906 pts
548 comments
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25
Firefox Quantum Lands in Beta, Developer Edition
blog.mozilla.org · Vinnl · 26 Sep 2017
896 pts
439 comments
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26
Equifax Lobbied to Kill Rule Protecting Victims of Data Breaches
ibtimes.com · Dowwie · 10 Sep 2017
893 pts
167 comments
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27
The art of over-engineering your side projects
elsyms.com · elsyms · 1 Sep 2017
869 pts
257 comments
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28
How I got to 200 productive hours a month
qotoqot.com · miqkt · 22 Sep 2017
853 pts
291 comments
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29
Firefox Multi-Account Containers
blog.mozilla.org · nachtigall · 15 Sep 2017
850 pts
238 comments
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30
Cutting your salary by 40%
codewithoutrules.com · itamarst · 18 Sep 2017
844 pts
435 comments
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31
New antibody attacks 99% of HIV strains
bbc.com · hexrcs · 22 Sep 2017
829 pts
246 comments
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32
YC’s Essential Startup Advice
blog.ycombinator.com · craigcannon · 25 Sep 2017
825 pts
231 comments
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33
Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered studies”
replicationindex.wordpress.com · skmurphy · 12 Sep 2017
819 pts
328 comments
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34
Buffett wins $1M decade-old bet that the S&P500 would outperform hedgefunds
aei.org · yurisagalov · 17 Sep 2017
786 pts
312 comments
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35
How to hack a turned-off computer, or running unsigned code in Intel ME
blackhat.com · edejong · 20 Sep 2017
769 pts
240 comments
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37
“Oracle laid off all Solaris tech staff in a classic silent EOL of the product”
twitter.com · sengork · 3 Sep 2017
753 pts
387 comments
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38
HSBC is killing my business, piece by piece
medium.com · larsiusprime · 4 Sep 2017
739 pts
280 comments
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39
“Google: it is time to return to not being evil”
vivaldi.com · _lbaq · 4 Sep 2017
739 pts
237 comments
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40
Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen
michalspacek.com · flux_w42 · 23 Sep 2017
726 pts
303 comments
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41
“The moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason”
jasmcole.com · mhb · 21 Sep 2017
710 pts
270 comments
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42
Ask HN: What books have made the biggest impact on your mental models?
baran · 2 Sep 2017
692 pts
247 comments
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43
Top medical experts say we should decriminalize all drugs (2016)
washingtonpost.com · anythingnonidin · 19 Sep 2017
687 pts
367 comments
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45
Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33
blog.talosintelligence.com · spaar · 18 Sep 2017
675 pts
222 comments
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46
Uber London loses licence to operate
bbc.co.uk · gadders · 22 Sep 2017
672 pts
585 comments
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47
Google Chrome to stop autoplaying content with sound
venturebeat.com · piyushgupta27 · 15 Sep 2017
670 pts
183 comments
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48
Gas Pump Skimmers
learn.sparkfun.com · whalesalad · 19 Sep 2017
657 pts
335 comments
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49
It appears my Google account is slated for deletion
alexaobrien.com · harryh · 13 Sep 2017
657 pts
266 comments
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50
Three Equifax Managers Sold Stock Before Cyber Hack Was Revealed
bloomberg.com · _vvdf · 7 Sep 2017
650 pts
169 comments
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51
Spain Fines Facebook Over Tracking Users Without Consent
tomshardware.com · thg · 14 Sep 2017
645 pts
193 comments
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52
Draggable JS – a lightweight, responsive, modern drag-and-drop library
shopify.github.io · davidcornu · 29 Sep 2017
633 pts
114 comments
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53
Announcing CoffeeScript 2
coffeescript.org · GeoffreyBooth · 18 Sep 2017
632 pts
207 comments
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54
We've failed: open access is winning and we must change our approach
onlinelibrary.wiley.com · mathgenius · 16 Sep 2017
626 pts
377 comments
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55
How Many Years of Life Does That House Cost?
nation.maps.arcgis.com · sndean · 8 Sep 2017
616 pts
332 comments
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56
Windows for Linux Nerds
blog.jessfraz.com · geostyx · 13 Sep 2017
615 pts
381 comments
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57
Face ID, Touch ID, No ID, PINs and Pragmatic Security
troyhunt.com · louis-paul · 14 Sep 2017
612 pts
305 comments
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58
Yes, Google Uses Its Power to Quash Ideas It Doesn’t Like
gizmodo.com · IBM · 1 Sep 2017
605 pts
190 comments
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59
Rental camera gear destroyed by the 2017 eclipse
lensrentals.com · blueintegral · 2 Sep 2017
599 pts
153 comments
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60
Godot Engine – Free and open-source 2D and 3D game engine
godotengine.org · malikNF · 22 Sep 2017
593 pts
131 comments
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