The Best Hacker News Posts of December 2018
We track 1,105 stories from December 2018, averaging 244 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 55 stories. Together they drew 136,322 comments, 123 per story on average.
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Bye Bye Mongo, Hello Postgres
theguardian.com · philliphaydon · 19 Dec 2018
1.6k pts
417 comments
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Please do not attempt to simplify this code
github.com · whalesalad · 27 Dec 2018
1.6k pts
627 comments
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3
Sandspiel – A falling sand game built in Rust and WebGL
sandspiel.club · 15DCFA8F · 17 Dec 2018
1.3k pts
185 comments
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4
Ask HN: What are your “brain hacks” that help you manage everyday situations?
simonswords82 · 3 Dec 2018
1.3k pts
366 comments
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5
Quora User Data Compromised
blog.quora.com · joebeetee · 4 Dec 2018
1.3k pts
505 comments
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Congress votes to make open government data the default in the United States
e-pluribusunum.org · danso · 23 Dec 2018
1.1k pts
154 comments
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Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial officer in Vancouver
theglobeandmail.com · ericzawo · 5 Dec 2018
1.1k pts
586 comments
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9
Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo
namepros.com · rahiel · 12 Dec 2018
1.1k pts
410 comments
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Microsoft is building a Chromium browser to replace Edge on Windows 10
windowscentral.com · rattt · 4 Dec 2018
1.1k pts
733 comments
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The Yoda of Silicon Valley
nytimes.com · sohkamyung · 17 Dec 2018
976 pts
331 comments
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13
Robinhood launches 3% checking account
techcrunch.com · ccwilson10 · 13 Dec 2018
972 pts
661 comments
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15
Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
bbc.com · tartoran · 18 Dec 2018
952 pts
886 comments
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16
Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra: Vectors, Matrices, and Least Squares
vmls-book.stanford.edu · yarapavan · 14 Dec 2018
938 pts
123 comments
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17
A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics
jeremykun.com · chocolateboy · 1 Dec 2018
937 pts
214 comments
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18
Slack closes account of an Iranian user living in Canada
twitter.com · jwildeboer · 20 Dec 2018
902 pts
608 comments
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19
Facial recognition: It’s time for action
blogs.microsoft.com · benryon · 7 Dec 2018
877 pts
270 comments
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20
Announcing Open Source of WPF, Windows Forms, and WinUI
blogs.windows.com · TiredOfLife · 4 Dec 2018
874 pts
375 comments
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21
Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?
jestinjoy1 · 23 Dec 2018
842 pts
332 comments
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22
CenturyLink is blocking customer internet, saying Utah legislators told them to
richsnapp.com · snapwich · 14 Dec 2018
830 pts
283 comments
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23
Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
netmarketshare.com · ngokevin · 4 Dec 2018
824 pts
740 comments
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24
For First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter Public Domain
smithsonianmag.com · ingve · 19 Dec 2018
814 pts
264 comments
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25
An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algorithms and my son's birth
twitter.com · waffle_ss · 12 Dec 2018
790 pts
337 comments
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26
Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, report says
electrek.co · touristtam · 6 Dec 2018
781 pts
323 comments
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27
DigitalOcean launches its container service
techcrunch.com · neom · 11 Dec 2018
765 pts
251 comments
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28
Things I Don’t Know as of 2018
overreacted.io · nhebb · 28 Dec 2018
753 pts
211 comments
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29
A well-known URL for changing passwords
github.com · fanf2 · 6 Dec 2018
749 pts
172 comments
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30
Facebook's seized files published by MPs
bbc.co.uk · AndrewDucker · 5 Dec 2018
738 pts
477 comments
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MailChimp deleted my account with no warning
blog.rongarret.info · lisper · 19 Dec 2018
715 pts
253 comments
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33
Choose Firefox Now, or Later You Won't Get a Choice (2014)
robert.ocallahan.org · jakub_g · 7 Dec 2018
698 pts
329 comments
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34
Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much?
motherjones.com · curtis · 5 Dec 2018
689 pts
509 comments
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35
Ask HN: What to do after $8M (all cash, post tax) exit?
throwaway8m · 4 Dec 2018
687 pts
508 comments
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37
Ask HN: Which tool do you use to create beautiful diagrams?
lichtenberger · 30 Dec 2018
681 pts
212 comments
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38
How Facebook tracks you on Android [video]
media.ccc.de · gala8y · 30 Dec 2018
673 pts
203 comments
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39
Samsung used my DSLR photo to fake their phone’s “portrait mode”
diyphotography.net · minikites · 4 Dec 2018
669 pts
267 comments
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40
Guide to scaling engineering organizations
stripe.com · joeyespo · 5 Dec 2018
664 pts
139 comments
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41
Inter UI, a typeface designed for user interfaces
rsms.me · dsego · 29 Dec 2018
664 pts
92 comments
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43
Show HN: Fully-automatic image background removal tool
remove.bg · groe · 17 Dec 2018
640 pts
108 comments
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44
How DOOM fire was done
fabiensanglard.net · ingve · 29 Dec 2018
637 pts
115 comments
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45
Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?
vchernobyl · 23 Dec 2018
629 pts
601 comments
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46
Super Micro says review found no malicious chips in motherboards
reuters.com · teddyfrozevelt · 11 Dec 2018
629 pts
336 comments
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47
UCLA asked faculty to consider declining to review for Elsevier journals
chronicle.com · faitswulff · 14 Dec 2018
619 pts
128 comments
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48
We should replace Facebook with personal websites
motherboard.vice.com · jbegley · 20 Dec 2018
614 pts
307 comments
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49
Windows Sandbox
techcommunity.microsoft.com · prostoalex · 19 Dec 2018
597 pts
319 comments
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50
Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue
techcrunch.com · pseudolus · 31 Dec 2018
594 pts
383 comments
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51
Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S.
ajc.com · SQL2219 · 27 Dec 2018
592 pts
375 comments
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52
Google’s Secret China Project “Effectively Ended” After Internal Confrontation
theintercept.com · uptown · 17 Dec 2018
592 pts
356 comments
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53
Virgin Galactic successfully reaches space
bbc.com · adzicg · 13 Dec 2018
592 pts
215 comments
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56
I quit Instagram and Facebook and it made me happier
cnbc.com · lxm · 2 Dec 2018
574 pts
312 comments
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57
SpaceX Is Raising $500M at a $30.5B Valuation
wsj.com · dcgudeman · 18 Dec 2018
565 pts
338 comments
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58
Show HN: Visalist – Find visa requirements for countries around the world
visalist.io · 1hakr · 9 Dec 2018
565 pts
252 comments
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59
Comcast rejected by small town, residents vote for municipal fiber instead
arstechnica.com · coatta · 12 Dec 2018
561 pts
249 comments
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How the Valley treats experienced people
rachelbythebay.com · zdw · 30 Dec 2018
554 pts
493 comments
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