The Best Hacker News Posts of 2018
We track 13,612 stories from 2018, averaging 243 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 673 stories. Together they drew 1,658,531 comments, 122 per story on average.
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
techcrunch.com · mpweiher · 6 Feb 2018
3k pts
871 comments
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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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IBM acquires Red Hat
redhat.com · nopriorarrests · 28 Oct 2018
2.6k pts
1.1k comments
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Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off
lore.kernel.org · fejkp · 16 Sep 2018
2.6k pts
998 comments
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The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Amazon and Apple
bloomberg.com · Osiris30 · 4 Oct 2018
2.5k pts
770 comments
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Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies
twitter.com · jwildeboer · 25 Sep 2018
2.4k pts
810 comments
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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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Why I’m done with Chrome
blog.cryptographyengineering.com · user982 · 23 Sep 2018
2.4k pts
838 comments
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Reading privileged memory with a side-channel
googleprojectzero.blogspot.com · brandon · 3 Jan 2018
2.3k pts
593 comments
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Apple open-sources FoundationDB
foundationdb.org · spullara · 19 Apr 2018
2.1k pts
441 comments
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Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programming
byorgey.wordpress.com · weatherlight · 7 May 2018
2.1k pts
310 comments
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“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from being BDFL”
mail.python.org · randlet · 12 Jul 2018
2k pts
721 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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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 Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real World Tasks Over the Phone
ai.googleblog.com · ivank · 8 May 2018
1.9k pts
750 comments
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Linus Torvalds: “Somebody is pushing complete garbage for unclear reasons.”
lkml.iu.edu · Valmar · 22 Jan 2018
1.9k pts
656 comments
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EU copyright law proposal rejected
twitter.com · iMerNibor · 5 Jul 2018
1.8k pts
314 comments
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Google Tried to Patent My Work After a Job Interview
patentpandas.org · jerryX · 30 Nov 2018
1.8k pts
487 comments
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Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself
mtlynch.io · mtlynch · 28 Feb 2018
1.8k pts
751 comments
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Paper Airplane Designs
foldnfly.com · wilsonfiifi · 18 Oct 2018
1.8k pts
206 comments
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Farewell, Google Maps
inderapotheke.de · ScottWRobinson · 19 Jul 2018
1.7k pts
527 comments
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EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’
theverge.com · daninet · 12 Sep 2018
1.7k pts
1k 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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Facebook Network Breach Impacts Up to 50M Users
nytimes.com · coloneltcb · 28 Sep 2018
1.7k pts
609 comments
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We are Google employees – Google must drop Dragonfly
medium.com · daveowei · 27 Nov 2018
1.7k pts
840 comments
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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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US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone location data
zdnet.com · voctor · 16 May 2018
1.6k pts
625 comments
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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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Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers
blog.google · Nemant · 8 Oct 2018
1.6k pts
699 comments
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Why Raspberry Pi Isn't Vulnerable to Spectre or Meltdown
raspberrypi.org · TiredOfLife · 5 Jan 2018
1.6k pts
215 comments
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Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL
bugs.chromium.org · gouggoug · 6 Sep 2018
1.6k pts
876 comments
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Bye Bye Mongo, Hello Postgres
theguardian.com · philliphaydon · 19 Dec 2018
1.6k pts
417 comments
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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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Please do not attempt to simplify this code
github.com · whalesalad · 27 Dec 2018
1.6k pts
627 comments
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Congrats Dropbox
blog.ycombinator.com · runesoerensen · 23 Mar 2018
1.5k pts
264 comments
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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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It's time to head back to RSS?
wired.com · kawera · 31 Mar 2018
1.5k pts
491 comments
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The Stuxnet worm may be the most sophisticated software ever written
quora.com · graposaymaname · 18 May 2018
1.5k pts
481 comments
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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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Twitter ‘smytes’ customers
techcrunch.com · panarky · 22 Jun 2018
1.4k pts
551 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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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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EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019
dw.com · joshdance · 17 Sep 2018
1.4k pts
708 comments
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Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US
alexa.com · Mahn · 30 May 2018
1.4k pts
584 comments
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Mozilla Files Suit Against FCC to Protect Net Neutrality
blog.mozilla.org · lainon · 16 Jan 2018
1.4k pts
186 comments
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Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access To Your Shadow Contact Information
gizmodo.com · dhotson · 27 Sep 2018
1.4k pts
458 comments
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The Importance of Deep Work and the 30-Hour Method for Learning a New Skill
azeria-labs.com · ingve · 26 May 2018
1.3k pts
197 comments
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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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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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Intel Publishes Microcode Patches, No Benchmarking or Comparison Allowed
perens.com · jeswin · 23 Aug 2018
1.3k pts
484 comments
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Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out to random contact
kiro7.com · spking · 24 May 2018
1.3k pts
710 comments
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