The Best Hacker News Posts of April 2018
We track 1,147 stories from April 2018, averaging 249 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 55 stories. Together they drew 146,516 comments, 128 per story on average.
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Apple open-sources FoundationDB
foundationdb.org · spullara · 19 Apr 2018
2.1k pts
441 comments
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1.1.1.1: Fast, privacy-first consumer DNS service
blog.cloudflare.com · _l4jh · 1 Apr 2018
1.9k pts
657 comments
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Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project
nytimes.com · s3r3nity · 4 Apr 2018
1.4k pts
1.1k comments
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Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Replacing Intel
bloomberg.com · uptown · 2 Apr 2018
1.3k pts
1.1k comments
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5
Facebook Container for Firefox
mozilla.org · aaossa · 17 Apr 2018
1.3k pts
394 comments
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You probably don't need AI/ML. You can make do with well written SQL scripts
threadreaderapp.com · passenger · 22 Apr 2018
1.1k pts
322 comments
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Comcast, AT&T and Verizon pose a greater surveillance risk than Facebook
theguardian.com · pmoriarty · 6 Apr 2018
1.1k pts
276 comments
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9
I wandered off and built an IDE
blog.querystorm.com · anakic · 6 Apr 2018
1.1k pts
256 comments
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Hijack of Amazon’s domain service used to reroute web traffic for two hours
doublepulsar.com · coloneltcb · 24 Apr 2018
1k pts
284 comments
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11
The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user
jameshfisher.com · jamesfisher · 7 Apr 2018
1k pts
506 comments
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12
EU agrees on total ban of bee-harming pesticides
theguardian.com · YeGoblynQueenne · 27 Apr 2018
1k pts
314 comments
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13
Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online
msn.com · DoreenMichele · 25 Apr 2018
1k pts
544 comments
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14
AV1: A new general-purpose video codec
people.xiph.org · TD-Linux · 9 Apr 2018
909 pts
243 comments
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15
IBM is not doing "cognitive computing" with Watson (2016)
rogerschank.com · dirtyaura · 30 Apr 2018
904 pts
435 comments
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Non-profit’s $300 hepatitis C cure as effective as $84k alternative
theguardian.com · lnguyen · 12 Apr 2018
874 pts
295 comments
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18
DNS Performance compared: CloudFlare 1.1.1.1 x Google 8.8.8.8 x Quad9 x OpenDNS
medium.com · nykolasz · 2 Apr 2018
860 pts
311 comments
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Grindr Shares Personal Information With Third-Parties
github.com · tjwds · 2 Apr 2018
840 pts
308 comments
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20
Berkeley offers its data science course online for free
news.berkeley.edu · seycombi · 5 Apr 2018
801 pts
158 comments
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21
Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files from government website
cbc.ca · eigenvector · 16 Apr 2018
793 pts
483 comments
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22
Amazon warehouse workers 'peed in bottles' fearing punishment for taking breaks
pulse.ng · vezycash · 16 Apr 2018
785 pts
689 comments
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23
Fuchsia is not Linux
fuchsia.googlesource.com · navigaid · 11 Apr 2018
784 pts
688 comments
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24
Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engineering Role
fuzzyblog.io · fuzzygroup · 24 Apr 2018
772 pts
741 comments
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25
“Lifefaker.com makes faking perfection easy”
lifefaker.com · olifrost · 29 Apr 2018
751 pts
234 comments
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26
Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ
twitter.com · coloneltcb · 3 Apr 2018
745 pts
514 comments
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27
Matrix and Riot Confirmed as the Basis for France’s Secure Instant Messenger App
matrix.org · arctux · 26 Apr 2018
738 pts
198 comments
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GraalVM: Run Programs Faster Anywhere
graalvm.org · nirvdrum · 17 Apr 2018
731 pts
207 comments
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29
Be careful what you copy: Invisibly inserting usernames into text
medium.com · spongysponges · 3 Apr 2018
727 pts
191 comments
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30
StreetLend.com shuts down, citing GDPR regulations
streetlend.com · cbeach · 29 Apr 2018
724 pts
1.1k comments
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32
A home-made lithographically-fabricated integrated circuit
sam.zeloof.xyz · DEFCON28 · 30 Apr 2018
712 pts
116 comments
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33
A Taxonomy of Technical Debt
engineering.riotgames.com · edroche · 11 Apr 2018
711 pts
113 comments
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35
Towards Battery-Free HD Video Streaming [video]
batteryfreevideo.cs.washington.edu · InclinedPlane · 20 Apr 2018
701 pts
99 comments
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36
Spotify opens on NYSE, valuing company at almost $30B
techcrunch.com · harshgupta · 3 Apr 2018
692 pts
453 comments
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37
Magnasanti: Large and Terrifying SimCity (2010)
rumorsontheinternets.org · ingve · 26 Apr 2018
690 pts
153 comments
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38
Now Is the Perfect Time for an RSS Renaissance
neflabs.com · neflabs · 23 Apr 2018
687 pts
349 comments
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39
Python 2 will be replaced with Python 3 in the next RHEL major release
access.redhat.com · alianinfo · 11 Apr 2018
684 pts
334 comments
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40
Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines
vas3k.com · sneks · 4 Apr 2018
677 pts
460 comments
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41
Why it took a long time to build the tiny link preview on Wikipedia
blog.wikimedia.org · subset · 23 Apr 2018
677 pts
243 comments
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42
Why Does “=” Mean Assignment?
hillelwayne.com · panic · 10 Apr 2018
674 pts
354 comments
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43
Two Koreas Agree to End War This Year, Pursue Denuclearization
bloomberg.com · almost_usual · 27 Apr 2018
673 pts
400 comments
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44
The latest trend for tech interviews: Days of unpaid homework
work.qz.com · draven · 19 Apr 2018
659 pts
997 comments
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45
TextQL: Execute SQL Against CSV or TSV
github.com · TAForObvReasons · 7 Apr 2018
658 pts
91 comments
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46
My account is sending spam emails
productforums.google.com · benpink · 22 Apr 2018
647 pts
143 comments
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47
Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case
bbc.com · zeveb · 13 Apr 2018
642 pts
429 comments
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48
H&R Block and Intuit Lobbying Against Simpler Tax Filing (2017)
propublica.org · bajsejohannes · 15 Apr 2018
631 pts
232 comments
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49
How to Decide What to Build
dcgross.com · danicgross · 12 Apr 2018
630 pts
175 comments
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50
Apple Hires Google’s A.I. Chief
nytimes.com · ninkendo · 3 Apr 2018
628 pts
237 comments
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52
Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook
inthemesh.com · bpierre · 19 Apr 2018
623 pts
342 comments
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55
ReactOS releases 0.4.8 with experimental Vista/7/10 software compatibility
reactos.org · bratao · 15 Apr 2018
617 pts
312 comments
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56
A journalism student who found out she won a Pulitzer in class
cjr.org · mrleiter · 21 Apr 2018
614 pts
101 comments
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58
Publishers Haven't Realized How Big a Deal GDPR Is
baekdal.com · transpute · 8 Apr 2018
607 pts
454 comments
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Wells Fargo Hit with $1B in Fines
npr.org · smaili · 20 Apr 2018
603 pts
418 comments
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