The Best Hacker News Posts of August 2018
We track 1,145 stories from August 2018, averaging 235 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 61 stories. Together they drew 134,263 comments, 117 per story on average.
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Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store
github.com · dhuramas · 20 Aug 2018
1.6k pts
421 comments
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2
Let's Encrypt Root Trusted by All Major Root Programs
letsencrypt.org · okket · 6 Aug 2018
1.5k pts
144 comments
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4
Intel Publishes Microcode Patches, No Benchmarking or Comparison Allowed
perens.com · jeswin · 23 Aug 2018
1.3k pts
484 comments
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5
Academic Torrents – Making 27TB of research data available
academictorrents.com · jacquesm · 12 Aug 2018
1.1k pts
140 comments
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6
Show HN: I'm 12, learning JS, and wrote Wolfram's cellular automaton in Node
bitbucket.org · liamilan · 29 Aug 2018
1.1k pts
283 comments
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9
Former Tesla Firmware Engineer Discusses the System
twitter.com · swalsh · 24 Aug 2018
948 pts
555 comments
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Google AMP – A 70% drop in our conversion rate
medium.com · nate · 8 Aug 2018
948 pts
386 comments
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11
NYU Makes Tuition Free for All Medical Students
wsj.com · mudil · 16 Aug 2018
931 pts
507 comments
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15
Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?
usenix.org · zdw · 17 Aug 2018
878 pts
171 comments
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16
Remote Code Execution on a Facebook server
blog.scrt.ch · phwd · 24 Aug 2018
877 pts
192 comments
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17
Changing Our Approach to Anti-Tracking
blog.mozilla.org · ronjouch · 30 Aug 2018
858 pts
371 comments
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18
Chemists discover how blue light speeds blindness
phys.org · maxwell · 9 Aug 2018
851 pts
332 comments
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20
Valve Rolls Out Wine-Based “Proton” for Running Windows Games on Linux
phoronix.com · kbumsik · 22 Aug 2018
819 pts
322 comments
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21
My dad’s resume and skills from 1980
github.com · ilaksh · 18 Aug 2018
814 pts
397 comments
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22
Learning from Terminals to Design the Future of User Interfaces
brandur.org · juancampa · 3 Aug 2018
785 pts
370 comments
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23
Markov Chains Explained Visually (2014)
setosa.io · aogl · 15 Aug 2018
779 pts
68 comments
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24
Using FOIA Data and Unix to halve major source of parking tickets
mchap.io · tptacek · 13 Aug 2018
769 pts
237 comments
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25
How I recorded user behaviour on my competitor’s websites
dejanseo.com.au · lukestevens · 23 Aug 2018
766 pts
309 comments
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26
DuckDuckGo Raises $10M
news.crunchbase.com · exotree · 28 Aug 2018
762 pts
249 comments
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27
To Remember Everything You Learn, Surrender to This Algorithm (2008)
wired.com · colinprince · 7 Aug 2018
740 pts
208 comments
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28
Stacking concrete blocks is a surprisingly efficient way to store energy
qz.com · nabla9 · 18 Aug 2018
726 pts
382 comments
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29
Don’t Do This in Production
stephenmann.io · pattrn · 19 Aug 2018
696 pts
284 comments
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30
Learning Math for Machine Learning
blog.ycombinator.com · vincentschen · 1 Aug 2018
695 pts
117 comments
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31
LEGO built a life-size, drivable Bugatti from over a million Technic pieces
lego.com · cududa · 30 Aug 2018
682 pts
151 comments
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33
Twenty-two states ask appeals court to bring back net neutrality
techcrunch.com · AhmadM91 · 21 Aug 2018
675 pts
242 comments
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35
Building a Kickass Portfolio
zen-of-programming.com · aspit · 2 Aug 2018
648 pts
280 comments
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36
Um – Create your own man pages so you can remember how to do stuff
github.com · quickthrower2 · 20 Aug 2018
647 pts
165 comments
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37
Anki: Memorization with Spaced Learning
apps.ankiweb.net · tarboreus · 26 Aug 2018
636 pts
172 comments
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38
24-core CPU and I can’t type an email
randomascii.wordpress.com · ghuntley · 17 Aug 2018
629 pts
310 comments
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39
John McCain has died
nytimes.com · aaronbrethorst · 26 Aug 2018
628 pts
210 comments
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40
Show HN: Pts.js – A library for visualization and creative coding
ptsjs.org · wmnn · 8 Aug 2018
611 pts
71 comments
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41
I’m a very slow thinker (2016)
sivers.org · gary__ · 6 Aug 2018
604 pts
224 comments
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43
How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind
sbnation.com · Tomte · 1 Aug 2018
602 pts
454 comments
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44
EU to recommend that member states abolish daylight saving time
theguardian.com · bkfh · 31 Aug 2018
602 pts
362 comments
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45
Filament: Physically-based rendering engine
google.github.io · corysama · 3 Aug 2018
599 pts
125 comments
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46
Facebook has asked U.S. banks to share financial information about customers
wsj.com · tysone · 6 Aug 2018
597 pts
213 comments
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49
Show HN: Retool – build internal tools faster
tryretool.com · dvdhsu · 9 Aug 2018
592 pts
109 comments
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50
Startup School: Every Company That Applied Is Now Accepted
blog.ycombinator.com · runesoerensen · 21 Aug 2018
585 pts
292 comments
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52
Facebook Wanted Gizmodo to Kill Investigative Tool
gizmodo.com · uptown · 7 Aug 2018
580 pts
167 comments
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53
Craft: A simple Minecraft clone written in C using OpenGL shaders
github.com · sbjs · 23 Aug 2018
578 pts
154 comments
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54
National prison strike launches over underpaid labor and prison conditions
slate.com · eplanit · 21 Aug 2018
573 pts
369 comments
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55
Edge Computing at Chick-fil-A
medium.com · ayanai · 22 Aug 2018
570 pts
379 comments
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56
Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data during wildfire
arstechnica.com · jamroom · 21 Aug 2018
567 pts
339 comments
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57
What happens when you ask people to draw a bike (2016)
gianlucagimini.it · dlazar · 6 Aug 2018
566 pts
187 comments
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58
Sci-Hub Proves That Piracy Can Be Dangerously Useful
torrentfreak.com · okket · 4 Aug 2018
566 pts
170 comments
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59
EPA is allowing asbestos back into manufacturing
archpaper.com · okket · 7 Aug 2018
560 pts
338 comments
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60
Facebook Field Guide to Machine Learning – video series
research.fb.com · tosh · 7 Aug 2018
552 pts
63 comments
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