The Best Hacker News Posts of January 2018
We track 1,220 stories from January 2018, averaging 243 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 62 stories. Together they drew 140,738 comments, 115 per story on average.
1
Reading privileged memory with a side-channel
googleprojectzero.blogspot.com · brandon · 3 Jan 2018
2.3k pts
593 comments
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2
Linus Torvalds: “Somebody is pushing complete garbage for unclear reasons.”
lkml.iu.edu · Valmar · 22 Jan 2018
1.9k pts
656 comments
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3
Why Raspberry Pi Isn't Vulnerable to Spectre or Meltdown
raspberrypi.org · TiredOfLife · 5 Jan 2018
1.6k pts
215 comments
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5
Mozilla Files Suit Against FCC to Protect Net Neutrality
blog.mozilla.org · lainon · 16 Jan 2018
1.4k pts
186 comments
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6
Montana becomes first state to implement net neutrality after FCC repeal
thehill.com · erict15 · 22 Jan 2018
1.2k pts
153 comments
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8
Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan to Create Healthcare Company
bloomberg.com · uptown · 30 Jan 2018
1.1k pts
520 comments
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Intel Confronts Potential ‘PR Nightmare’ With Reported Chip Flaw
bloomberg.com · el_duderino · 3 Jan 2018
1k pts
543 comments
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12
The Death of Microservice Madness in 2018
dwmkerr.com · Sandman · 21 Jan 2018
993 pts
441 comments
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14
The mysterious case of the Linux Page Table Isolation patches
pythonsweetness.tumblr.com · KirinDave · 1 Jan 2018
988 pts
254 comments
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15
An Experimental Course on Operating Systems
web.stanford.edu · jzoch · 12 Jan 2018
967 pts
243 comments
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17
Firefox’s new streaming and tiering compiler
hacks.mozilla.org · markdog12 · 17 Jan 2018
912 pts
220 comments
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18
JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake
jspaint.ml · hjek · 18 Jan 2018
906 pts
248 comments
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20
“My ten hour white noise video now has five copyright claims”
twitter.com · ryanlol · 5 Jan 2018
860 pts
241 comments
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21
NASA’s IMAGE satellite, lost since 2005, is alive
skyriddles.wordpress.com · sohkamyung · 26 Jan 2018
826 pts
91 comments
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22
NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging morale, unpopular reorg
washingtonpost.com · sea6ear · 3 Jan 2018
824 pts
514 comments
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23
LuLu: An open-source macOS firewall that blocks unknown outgoing connections
objective-see.com · mcone · 19 Jan 2018
804 pts
238 comments
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24
Facebook open-sources Detectron
research.fb.com · rmason · 23 Jan 2018
801 pts
178 comments
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25
Signal partners with Microsoft to bring end-to-end encryption to Skype
signal.org · Aissen · 11 Jan 2018
794 pts
331 comments
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26
Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two words for tea
qz.com · ValentineC · 12 Jan 2018
788 pts
317 comments
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27
Things I Wish I'd Known About Bash
zwischenzugs.com · zwischenzug · 6 Jan 2018
781 pts
268 comments
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28
Intel Has a Big Problem
bloomberg.com · MilnerRoute · 20 Jan 2018
780 pts
337 comments
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30
The growing body of evidence that digital distraction is damaging our minds
theglobeandmail.com · mmayberry · 8 Jan 2018
759 pts
463 comments
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31
Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches cause instability
securityweek.com · tomtoise · 29 Jan 2018
757 pts
315 comments
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33
Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video]
recurse.com · davidbalbert · 30 Jan 2018
750 pts
295 comments
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34
Many packages suddenly disappeared
github.com · xxkylexx · 6 Jan 2018
749 pts
492 comments
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35
DuckDuckGo moves beyond search to also protect you while browsing
spreadprivacy.com · brisance · 23 Jan 2018
727 pts
322 comments
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36
Curry spice turmeric boosts memory by nearly 30%, eases depression, study finds
ac.els-cdn.com · bcaulfield · 24 Jan 2018
726 pts
386 comments
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38
Harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from websites
medium.com · swyx · 6 Jan 2018
720 pts
121 comments
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39
Today is the fifth anniversary of Aaron Swartz's death
saaronm · 11 Jan 2018
709 pts
82 comments
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40
Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017)
johnsalvatier.org · rgun · 19 Jan 2018
699 pts
294 comments
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41
Strava heatmap can be used to locate military bases
twitter.com · domoritz · 28 Jan 2018
695 pts
267 comments
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42
Researchers find that one person likely drove Bitcoin from $150 to $1,000
techcrunch.com · middle1 · 15 Jan 2018
692 pts
190 comments
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43
LinuxBoot: Linux as Firmware
linuxboot.org · doener · 29 Jan 2018
691 pts
178 comments
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44
Courts: Violating a Website’s Terms of Service Is Not a Crime
eff.org · uptown · 10 Jan 2018
689 pts
161 comments
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45
Walkable Streets Are More Economically Productive
strongtowns.org · oftenwrong · 18 Jan 2018
662 pts
415 comments
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46
Show HN: Observable Notebooks
beta.observablehq.com · jashkenas · 31 Jan 2018
654 pts
128 comments
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47
The screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Saturday
twitter.com · robin_reala · 16 Jan 2018
653 pts
363 comments
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48
My new favorite book of all time
gatesnotes.com · yarapavan · 29 Jan 2018
651 pts
396 comments
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49
Show HN: Self-generated custom art for your home or Airbnb
eliotand.me · sdubois · 23 Jan 2018
644 pts
166 comments
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50
Linux page table isolation is not needed on AMD processors
lkml.org · fanf2 · 2 Jan 2018
640 pts
293 comments
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51
How to Run Your Own Mail Server (2017)
c0ffee.net · j_s · 26 Jan 2018
638 pts
325 comments
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52
“Get Out of Jail Free” Cards in New York
marginalrevolution.com · pjc50 · 22 Jan 2018
621 pts
207 comments
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53
Content-aware image resize library
github.com · boyter · 30 Jan 2018
614 pts
78 comments
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54
Finding a CPU Design Bug in the Xbox 360
randomascii.wordpress.com · nikbackm · 8 Jan 2018
606 pts
76 comments
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55
Germany vs. Elsevier: universities win temporary free journal access
nature.com · delib · 5 Jan 2018
603 pts
143 comments
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56
Is it time for open processors?
lwn.net · signa11 · 19 Jan 2018
596 pts
234 comments
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57
Intel Responds to Security Research Findings
newsroom.intel.com · runesoerensen · 3 Jan 2018
588 pts
229 comments
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58
Learn FFmpeg the hard way
github.com · dreampeppers99 · 20 Jan 2018
586 pts
79 comments
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59
Useful Mental Models (2016)
defmacro.org · Mougatine · 8 Jan 2018
586 pts
73 comments
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60
Turning web design mockups into code with Deep Learning
blog.floydhub.com · narenst · 10 Jan 2018
580 pts
116 comments
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