The Best Hacker News Posts of November 2017

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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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Firefox 57.0 Released mozilla.org · l2dy · 14 Nov 2017

1.7k pts 813 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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Join the Battle for Net Neutrality battleforthenet.com · rayalez · 22 Nov 2017

1.3k pts 379 comments

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Tesla Roadster tesla.com · franl · 17 Nov 2017

1.3k pts 708 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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Chrome breaks the Web tonsky.me · bloomca · 6 Nov 2017

1.2k pts 458 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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Stanford CS007: Personal Finance For Engineers cs007.blog · destraynor · 27 Nov 2017

1.1k pts 343 comments

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An Open Letter to Intel cs.vu.nl · varjag · 7 Nov 2017

996 pts 363 comments

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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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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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Norvig's Python programs to practice or demonstrate skills github.com · federicoponzi · 27 Nov 2017

937 pts 84 comments

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Exploring different microcontrollers less than $1 jaycarlson.net · stefanpie · 6 Nov 2017

929 pts 183 comments

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Tesla Semi tesla.com · runesoerensen · 17 Nov 2017

922 pts 554 comments

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Does anyone remember websites? tttthis.com · dfps · 5 Nov 2017

895 pts 365 comments

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Code together in real time with Teletype for Atom blog.atom.io · hswolff · 15 Nov 2017

873 pts 223 comments

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My unusual hobby stephanboyer.com · curryhoward · 25 Nov 2017

856 pts 147 comments

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An Open Letter to the FCC medium.com · throwanem · 22 Nov 2017

849 pts 203 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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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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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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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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Deep image prior 'learns' on just one image dmitryulyanov.github.io · singularity2001 · 30 Nov 2017

782 pts 223 comments

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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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Ask HN: Best way to get started with AI? hackathonguy · 13 Nov 2017

709 pts 91 comments

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System76 ME Firmware Updates Plan blog.system76.com · jcastro · 30 Nov 2017

703 pts 248 comments

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The Booming Japanese Rent-A-Friend Business theatlantic.com · Firebrand · 8 Nov 2017

699 pts 255 comments

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Security alerts on GitHub github.com · stablemap · 16 Nov 2017

697 pts 100 comments

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The sound of the dialup, pictured (2012) windytan.com · bpierre · 6 Nov 2017

675 pts 103 comments

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Earth on AWS – Open geospatial data aws.amazon.com · thecodeboy · 5 Nov 2017

663 pts 89 comments

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Numpy: Plan for dropping Python 2.7 support github.com · AndrewDucker · 15 Nov 2017

662 pts 375 comments

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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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Let's Encrypt now holds 35% of the market nettrack.info · tarellel · 20 Nov 2017

659 pts 247 comments

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Paradise Papers: New leak from offshore finance firm icij.org · _abnl · 5 Nov 2017

647 pts 432 comments

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What is backpropagation and what is it doing? [video] youtube.com · adamnemecek · 4 Nov 2017

645 pts 99 comments

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RSS: there's nothing better davidyat.es · dyates · 11 Nov 2017

640 pts 287 comments

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How Stylo Brought Rust and Servo to Firefox bholley.net · mnemonik · 28 Nov 2017

639 pts 191 comments

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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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Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs wsj.com · petethomas · 22 Nov 2017

627 pts 417 comments

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Simple React Patterns lucasmreis.github.io · kawera · 10 Nov 2017

625 pts 83 comments

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

624 pts 1.2k comments

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Startup Ideas blog.ycombinator.com · kcorbitt · 16 Nov 2017

614 pts 453 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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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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Sean Parker unloads on Facebook “exploiting” human psychology axios.com · jbuild · 9 Nov 2017

603 pts 223 comments

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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