The Best Hacker News Posts of November 2017
We track 1,102 stories from November 2017, averaging 253 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 59 stories. Together they drew 132,516 comments, 120 per story on average.
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macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty password
twitter.com · vladikoff · 28 Nov 2017
3k pts
1.1k comments
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How Firefox Got Fast Again
hacks.mozilla.org · bpierre · 13 Nov 2017
2.2k pts
687 comments
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Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People
bloomberg.com · coloneltcb · 21 Nov 2017
1.7k pts
572 comments
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Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will
m.nautil.us · rajeshmr · 20 Nov 2017
1.5k pts
496 comments
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FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see
washingtonpost.com · rbanffy · 21 Nov 2017
1.3k pts
646 comments
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Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web
neustadt.fr · livatlantis · 2 Nov 2017
1.3k pts
503 comments
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8
Join the Battle for Net Neutrality
battleforthenet.com · rayalez · 22 Nov 2017
1.3k pts
379 comments
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Paradise Papers: Dear Tim Cook
projekte.sueddeutsche.de · mpweiher · 8 Nov 2017
1.2k pts
791 comments
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Senators push to ditch social security numbers in light of Equifax hack
techcrunch.com · Varcht · 8 Nov 2017
1.1k pts
464 comments
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Waymo now testing its self-driving cars on public roads with no one at the wheel
techcrunch.com · lemiant · 7 Nov 2017
1.1k pts
609 comments
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14
Stanford CS007: Personal Finance For Engineers
cs007.blog · destraynor · 27 Nov 2017
1.1k pts
343 comments
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16
Using SVG as image placeholders
medium.com · FriedPickles · 14 Nov 2017
983 pts
134 comments
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I'm on the FCC. Please stop us from killing net neutrality
latimes.com · mjfern · 23 Nov 2017
966 pts
407 comments
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18
Google collects cell tower info even if location services are disabled
qz.com · kshatrea · 21 Nov 2017
953 pts
401 comments
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19
Norvig's Python programs to practice or demonstrate skills
github.com · federicoponzi · 27 Nov 2017
937 pts
84 comments
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20
Exploring different microcontrollers less than $1
jaycarlson.net · stefanpie · 6 Nov 2017
929 pts
183 comments
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23
Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom
blog.atom.io · hswolff · 15 Nov 2017
873 pts
223 comments
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Freelancer.com has ruined my life
trustpilot.com · hohaa · 4 Nov 2017
845 pts
344 comments
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Asking members to support journalism, The Guardian raises more revenue than ads
niemanlab.org · gk1 · 27 Nov 2017
841 pts
350 comments
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Hello, world: this is WikiTribune
wikitribune.com · nafizh · 29 Nov 2017
830 pts
235 comments
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29
Facebook users in Romania see content related to street protests reviewed
business-review.eu · dcro · 27 Nov 2017
828 pts
350 comments
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30
Microsoft and GitHub team up to take Git virtual file system to macOS, Linux
arstechnica.com · dmmalam · 17 Nov 2017
796 pts
218 comments
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31
The fake Facebook profile industry
ici.radio-canada.ca · imartin2k · 14 Nov 2017
795 pts
258 comments
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Terrain rendering in fewer than 20 lines of code
github.com · blaze33 · 24 Nov 2017
793 pts
93 comments
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Voters say “yes” to city-run broadband in Colorado
arstechnica.com · peterjmag · 8 Nov 2017
789 pts
218 comments
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34
Deep image prior 'learns' on just one image
dmitryulyanov.github.io · singularity2001 · 30 Nov 2017
782 pts
223 comments
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35
Netflix Stole My VHS Cassette Photos for Its Stranger Things Boxed Set
petapixel.com · johnhenry · 28 Nov 2017
780 pts
370 comments
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More Than a Million Pro-Repeal Net Neutrality Comments Were Likely Faked
hackernoon.com · sus_007 · 25 Nov 2017
766 pts
322 comments
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“We have obtained fully functional JTAG for Intel CSME via USB DCI”
twitter.com · cryogenic_soul · 10 Nov 2017
760 pts
392 comments
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38
Ask HN: Best way to get started with AI?
hackathonguy · 13 Nov 2017
709 pts
91 comments
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39
System76 ME Firmware Updates Plan
blog.system76.com · jcastro · 30 Nov 2017
703 pts
248 comments
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40
The Booming Japanese Rent-A-Friend Business
theatlantic.com · Firebrand · 8 Nov 2017
699 pts
255 comments
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42
The sound of the dialup, pictured (2012)
windytan.com · bpierre · 6 Nov 2017
675 pts
103 comments
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43
Earth on AWS – Open geospatial data
aws.amazon.com · thecodeboy · 5 Nov 2017
663 pts
89 comments
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44
Numpy: Plan for dropping Python 2.7 support
github.com · AndrewDucker · 15 Nov 2017
662 pts
375 comments
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45
DRM’s Dead Canary: How We Lost the Web, What We Learned, and What to Do Next
eff.org · mimi89999 · 28 Nov 2017
660 pts
290 comments
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46
Let's Encrypt now holds 35% of the market
nettrack.info · tarellel · 20 Nov 2017
659 pts
247 comments
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47
Paradise Papers: New leak from offshore finance firm
icij.org · _abnl · 5 Nov 2017
647 pts
432 comments
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48
What is backpropagation and what is it doing? [video]
youtube.com · adamnemecek · 4 Nov 2017
645 pts
99 comments
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50
How Stylo Brought Rust and Servo to Firefox
bholley.net · mnemonik · 28 Nov 2017
639 pts
191 comments
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51
I'm Testifying to Congress about Data Breaches – What Should I Say?
troyhunt.com · Ajedi32 · 21 Nov 2017
637 pts
230 comments
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52
Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs
wsj.com · petethomas · 22 Nov 2017
627 pts
417 comments
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53
Simple React Patterns
lucasmreis.github.io · kawera · 10 Nov 2017
625 pts
83 comments
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54
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2017)
whoishiring · 1 Nov 2017
624 pts
1.2k comments
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Fearless Concurrency in Firefox Quantum
blog.rust-lang.org · ahomescu1 · 15 Nov 2017
611 pts
174 comments
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57
Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago
pbs.org · mtberatwork · 22 Nov 2017
608 pts
310 comments
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58
Sean Parker unloads on Facebook “exploiting” human psychology
axios.com · jbuild · 9 Nov 2017
603 pts
223 comments
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59
A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs to farm
washingtonpost.com · blueatlas · 24 Nov 2017
600 pts
416 comments
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Inside a low-budget consumer hardware espionage implant
ha.cking.ch · patadune · 11 Nov 2017
591 pts
92 comments
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