The Best Hacker News Posts of June 2018
We track 1,130 stories from June 2018, averaging 245 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 52 stories. Together they drew 141,071 comments, 125 per story on average.
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Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub
bloomberg.com · miguelrochefort · 3 Jun 2018
2.9k pts
1.4k comments
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GitLab sees huge spike in project imports
monitor.gitlab.net · AgentK20 · 3 Jun 2018
1.7k pts
455 comments
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3
How to be a Manager – A step-by-step guide to leading a team
getweeklyupdate.com · voska · 5 Jun 2018
1.6k pts
224 comments
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4
Firefox is back. It's time to give it a try
mobile.nytimes.com · MilnerRoute · 21 Jun 2018
1.6k pts
722 comments
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6
Blender is testing PeerTube after YouTube blocks their videos worldwide
blender.org · gargron · 19 Jun 2018
1.5k pts
426 comments
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8
Twitter ‘smytes’ customers
techcrunch.com · panarky · 22 Jun 2018
1.4k pts
551 comments
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Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant to Track Your Cellphone
npr.org · gok · 22 Jun 2018
1.3k pts
265 comments
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10
Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Keyboard
ifixit.org · andrewke · 28 Jun 2018
1.2k pts
897 comments
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11
Alternatives to Google Products
restoreprivacy.com · wuschel · 10 Jun 2018
1.2k pts
504 comments
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12
Microsoft acquires Github
blogs.microsoft.com · okket · 4 Jun 2018
1.2k pts
798 comments
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13
Ask HN: Pros and cons of working at a startup in 2018?
snowmaker · 11 Jun 2018
1.1k pts
939 comments
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14
YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Videos, and More
torrentfreak.com · gooseus · 18 Jun 2018
1.1k pts
250 comments
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15
Why nobody ever wins the car at the mall
thehustle.co · sxv · 25 Jun 2018
1.1k pts
447 comments
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16
Things I Regret About Node.js [video]
youtube.com · dazhbog · 6 Jun 2018
994 pts
491 comments
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17
Earliest images of the moon were better than people realised
worldofindie.co.uk · theindieg · 14 Jun 2018
976 pts
194 comments
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19
Why you should not use Google Cloud
medium.com · samdung · 30 Jun 2018
895 pts
357 comments
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20
Canada legalises recreational cannabis use
bbc.co.uk · pmoriarty · 20 Jun 2018
822 pts
406 comments
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21
How SQL Database Engines Work, by the Creator of SQLite (2008) [video]
youtube.com · zbaylin · 24 Jun 2018
813 pts
129 comments
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Mumbai bans plastic bags, bottles, and single-use plastic containers
theguardian.com · hw · 26 Jun 2018
812 pts
354 comments
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23
Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends
nytimes.com · sna1l · 4 Jun 2018
792 pts
215 comments
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25
Mozilla Project Fusion: Tor Integration into Firefox
trac.torproject.org · jerheinze · 1 Jun 2018
757 pts
239 comments
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26
Norwegian Consumer Council report on how tech companies use dark patterns [pdf]
fil.forbrukerradet.no · erlend_sh · 27 Jun 2018
731 pts
160 comments
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27
Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened?
blog.growthbot.org · cjauvin · 8 Jun 2018
720 pts
500 comments
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28
Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up
techcrunch.com · xuki · 29 Jun 2018
718 pts
569 comments
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29
MIT 9.11: The Human Brain (Spring 2018)
nancysbraintalks.mit.edu · indescions_2018 · 2 Jun 2018
709 pts
69 comments
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30
U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes, Ramesh Balwani
wsj.com · dcgudeman · 15 Jun 2018
701 pts
500 comments
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31
We're Baking ‘Have I Been Pwned’ into Firefox and 1Password
troyhunt.com · edward · 25 Jun 2018
688 pts
191 comments
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32
Learn just a little Awk (2010)
gregable.com · mason55 · 15 Jun 2018
684 pts
244 comments
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33
Certificates for localhost
letsencrypt.org · colinprince · 20 Jun 2018
684 pts
152 comments
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34
Keyboard Service Program for MacBook and MacBook Pro
apple.com · minimaxir · 22 Jun 2018
682 pts
458 comments
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35
Show HN: Open Logos – Free logos for open source projects
openlogos.org · arasatasaygin · 19 Jun 2018
680 pts
108 comments
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36
European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrous’ copyright bill
bbc.com · sebst · 20 Jun 2018
675 pts
390 comments
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37
YAML: probably not so great after all (2017)
arp242.net · tlb · 20 Jun 2018
673 pts
394 comments
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38
Deprecation of OpenGL and OpenCL
developer.apple.com · WoodenChair · 4 Jun 2018
668 pts
452 comments
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39
GitLab Ultimate and Gold now free for education and open source
about.gitlab.com · lunchbreak · 5 Jun 2018
667 pts
207 comments
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40
Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game
github.com · cyberfart · 18 Jun 2018
656 pts
274 comments
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41
I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational complexity researcher. AMA
ScottAaronson · 29 Jun 2018
649 pts
356 comments
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42
How to get rich without getting lucky
threadreaderapp.com · madmax108 · 1 Jun 2018
647 pts
506 comments
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44
AI at Google: our principles
blog.google · dannyrosen · 7 Jun 2018
644 pts
405 comments
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45
Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the public domain
arstechnica.com · buserror · 10 Jun 2018
644 pts
205 comments
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46
Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve
bloomberg.com · danso · 27 Jun 2018
640 pts
441 comments
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47
The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official
nytimes.com · mcargian · 11 Jun 2018
633 pts
405 comments
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48
Grow the Puzzle Around You
foundersatwork.posthaven.com · katm · 30 Jun 2018
613 pts
49 comments
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49
Show HN: Why Do I Procrastinate? – Web MD for Procrastination
whydoiprocrastinate.com · ppterodactyl · 21 Jun 2018
611 pts
192 comments
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50
The Matrix Calculus You Need for Deep Learning
explained.ai · lxm · 29 Jun 2018
610 pts
77 comments
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51
Habits of Highly Miserable People
alternet.org · gscott · 11 Jun 2018
603 pts
297 comments
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52
Why does a spray bottle work?
alexanderellis.github.io · otras · 9 Jun 2018
601 pts
123 comments
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53
Performance Reviews Are a Waste of Time
blog.bradfieldcs.com · ozanonay · 6 Jun 2018
597 pts
321 comments
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55
Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B
techcrunch.com · dogichow · 28 Jun 2018
576 pts
318 comments
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56
Machine Learning: The High Interest Credit Card of Technical Debt (2014)
ai.google · amzans · 18 Jun 2018
576 pts
88 comments
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57
U.S. Supreme Court to hear civil forfeiture case
nytimes.com · wcbeard10 · 25 Jun 2018
575 pts
235 comments
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58
Bitcoin’s Price Was Artificially Inflated Last Year, Researchers Say
nytimes.com · Osiris30 · 13 Jun 2018
574 pts
388 comments
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59
I discovered a browser bug
jakearchibald.com · cgtyoder · 21 Jun 2018
574 pts
130 comments
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Layoffs at Watson Health Reveal IBM’s Problem with AI
spectrum.ieee.org · amynordrum · 25 Jun 2018
570 pts
250 comments
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