The Best Hacker News Posts of March 2018
We track 1,226 stories from March 2018, averaging 258 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 59 stories. Together they drew 144,169 comments, 118 per story on average.
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Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street
reuters.com · kgwgk · 19 Mar 2018
2.4k pts
1.8k comments
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Machine Learning Crash Course
developers.google.com · matant · 1 Mar 2018
1.9k pts
222 comments
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Congrats Dropbox
blog.ycombinator.com · runesoerensen · 23 Mar 2018
1.5k pts
264 comments
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It's time to head back to RSS?
wired.com · kawera · 31 Mar 2018
1.5k pts
491 comments
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Two Photographers Unknowingly Shot the Same Millisecond in Time
petapixel.com · shawndumas · 8 Mar 2018
1.4k pts
215 comments
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Elon Musk Deletes Own, SpaceX and Tesla Facebook Pages After #deletefacebook
techcrunch.com · middle1 · 23 Mar 2018
1.4k pts
499 comments
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Theranos, CEO Holmes, and Former President Balwani Charged with Fraud
sec.gov · kgwgk · 14 Mar 2018
1.2k pts
516 comments
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Facebook Secretly Saved Videos Users Deleted
nymag.com · walterbell · 31 Mar 2018
1.2k pts
387 comments
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“Pinterest needs to be removed from Google IMO”
reddit.com · obtino · 18 Mar 2018
1.2k pts
268 comments
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Fred's ImageMagick Scripts
fmwconcepts.com · primogen · 24 Mar 2018
1.1k pts
100 comments
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Tell HN: Slack decides to close down IRC and XMPP gateways
elektron · 7 Mar 2018
1.1k pts
600 comments
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Tempe Police Release Video of Uber Accident
twitter.com · austinkhale · 21 Mar 2018
1.1k pts
1.3k comments
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FTC Probing Facebook for Use of Personal Data, Source Says
bloomberg.com · coloneltcb · 20 Mar 2018
1.1k pts
371 comments
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Show HN: RoughJS – Create hand-drawn graphics using JavaScript
roughjs.com · shihn · 12 Mar 2018
1.1k pts
92 comments
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WhatsApp co-founder tells everyone to delete Facebook
theverge.com · coloneltcb · 20 Mar 2018
1.1k pts
628 comments
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Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over Disinformation
nytimes.com · aaronbrethorst · 19 Mar 2018
1.1k pts
395 comments
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Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in Europe
techcrunch.com · pdcerb · 5 Mar 2018
1k pts
379 comments
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ACME v2 and Wildcard Certificate Support is Live
community.letsencrypt.org · schoen · 13 Mar 2018
1k pts
310 comments
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Some terrible personal news
mattcutts.com · rpledge · 8 Mar 2018
1k pts
220 comments
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Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response to FOSTA
craigslist.org · cft · 23 Mar 2018
947 pts
596 comments
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Ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine
theguardian.com · valanto · 20 Mar 2018
942 pts
384 comments
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Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany
cand.pglaf.org · jwildeboer · 3 Mar 2018
922 pts
502 comments
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I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet
threadreaderapp.com · shawndumas · 31 Mar 2018
918 pts
390 comments
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Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane alternative to jail
dfrappier · 20 Mar 2018
912 pts
410 comments
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Poor Grades Tied to Class Times That Don’t Match Our Biological Clocks
news.berkeley.edu · dpflan · 30 Mar 2018
910 pts
432 comments
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All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to an expired certificate
techcrunch.com · twinkletwinkle · 8 Mar 2018
901 pts
376 comments
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Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s
boglin.iwarp.com · rpeden · 2 Mar 2018
867 pts
417 comments
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Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation
facebook.com · runesoerensen · 21 Mar 2018
854 pts
544 comments
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Facebook Container Extension: Take control of how you’re being tracked
blog.mozilla.org · sanatgersappa · 27 Mar 2018
854 pts
229 comments
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China to bar people with bad 'social credit' from planes, trains
reuters.com · samaysharma · 16 Mar 2018
827 pts
562 comments
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Facebook scraped call, text message data for years from Android phones
arstechnica.com · node-bayarea · 25 Mar 2018
800 pts
201 comments
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Tell HN: I just wanted to say: thank you, Hacker News
d33d33 · 21 Mar 2018
799 pts
131 comments
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Round Peg in a Square Hole [video]
youtube.com · xbryanx · 10 Mar 2018
796 pts
85 comments
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How to Fall Asleep in Two Minutes or Less
artofmanliness.com · rhapsodic · 25 Mar 2018
781 pts
186 comments
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Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google
bloomberg.com · uptown · 27 Mar 2018
778 pts
615 comments
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Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your Phone's Mic
wsj.com · asclepi · 7 Mar 2018
750 pts
463 comments
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Elementary Knightship found in Conway's Game of Life
conwaylife.com · vanderZwan · 8 Mar 2018
733 pts
143 comments
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With SESTA/FOSTA, lawmakers failed to separate good intentions from bad law
eff.org · jakeogh · 23 Mar 2018
715 pts
184 comments
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Users Abandon Facebook After Cambridge Analytica Findings
nytimes.com · Cbasedlifeform · 22 Mar 2018
706 pts
328 comments
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Krita 4.0 – A painting app for cartoonists, illustrators, and concept artists
krita.org · reddotX · 22 Mar 2018
697 pts
191 comments
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Omaha man ‘liked’ a tweet, then lost his job
omaha.com · Shivetya · 23 Mar 2018
691 pts
518 comments
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The health care toll today’s work culture exacts on employees
gsb.stanford.edu · fahd777 · 22 Mar 2018
691 pts
426 comments
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FCC Authorizes SpaceX to Provide Broadband Satellite Services
fcc.gov · runesoerensen · 29 Mar 2018
691 pts
321 comments
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Google bans cryptocurrency ads
support.google.com · em3rgent0rdr · 14 Mar 2018
686 pts
344 comments
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I usually run 'w' first when troubleshooting unknown machines
rachelbythebay.com · weinzierl · 27 Mar 2018
685 pts
243 comments
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Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica
yahoo.com · rock57 · 19 Mar 2018
683 pts
172 comments
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Avoid Else, Return Early (2013)
blog.timoxley.com · signa11 · 26 Mar 2018
682 pts
578 comments
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EU wants to require platforms to filter uploaded content, including code
blog.github.com · calcifer · 15 Mar 2018
681 pts
345 comments
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Surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes (2016)
cbc.ca · navinsylvester · 29 Mar 2018
677 pts
306 comments
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Facebook’s Surveillance Machine
nytimes.com · imartin2k · 20 Mar 2018
677 pts
232 comments
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Uber Is Ripping Off Frequent Riders and Here’s How to Avoid It
therideshareguy.com · imartin2k · 29 Mar 2018
668 pts
348 comments
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Amazon won't sell you a Chromecast, but they will sell a counterfeit
amazon.com · bb88 · 3 Mar 2018
639 pts
267 comments
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Compressing and enhancing hand-written notes (2016)
mzucker.github.io · pablode · 12 Mar 2018
639 pts
70 comments
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