The Best Hacker News Posts of January 2019

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Announcing unlimited free private repos blog.github.com · razer6 · 7 Jan 2019

2.9k pts 684 comments

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Start with a Website, Not a Mobile App atrium.co · jenthoven · 4 Jan 2019

1.6k pts 559 comments

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FaceTime bug lets you hear audio of person you are calling before they pick up 9to5mac.com · uptown · 28 Jan 2019

1.5k pts 429 comments

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Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin bugs.chromium.org · Apylon777 · 22 Jan 2019

1.5k pts 739 comments

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Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? jarredsumner.com · firloop · 30 Jan 2019

1.5k pts 588 comments

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Algorithms, by Jeff Erickson jeffe.cs.illinois.edu · bdr · 2 Jan 2019

1.5k pts 238 comments

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Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN techcrunch.com · randomacct3847 · 29 Jan 2019

1.5k pts 445 comments

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Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received a large tip workingwa.org · timebomb0 · 29 Jan 2019

1.3k pts 675 comments

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Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefers to keep that blurry latimes.com · lxm · 23 Jan 2019

1.2k pts 588 comments

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John C. Bogle Has Died wsj.com · gdubs · 16 Jan 2019

1.1k pts 200 comments

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Show HN: I taught my little brother JS, and he made this videogame in a week s-poony.github.io · lovasoa · 9 Jan 2019

1.1k pts 270 comments

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China lands Chang'e-4 on far side of Moon planetary.org · docbrown · 3 Jan 2019

1k pts 226 comments

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I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in six days blog.usejournal.com · voroninman · 18 Jan 2019

1k pts 692 comments

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Ask HN: How did you decide what problems to solve in your lifetime? amadk · 6 Jan 2019

985 pts 439 comments

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When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re selling hiringengineersbook.com · ashitlerferad · 20 Jan 2019

973 pts 662 comments

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Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases notion.so · torvald · 14 Jan 2019

970 pts 479 comments

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DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps spreadprivacy.com · shritesh · 15 Jan 2019

961 pts 468 comments

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GoDaddy injecting JavaScript into websites and how to stop it igorkromin.net · ikromin · 13 Jan 2019

949 pts 302 comments

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Elsevier journal editors resign, start rival open-access journal insidehighered.com · dankohn1 · 15 Jan 2019

940 pts 123 comments

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Ending our Medium integration write.as · thebaer · 30 Jan 2019

936 pts 367 comments

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How to Be Successful blog.samaltman.com · sama · 24 Jan 2019

894 pts 299 comments

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Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps theverge.com · rising-sky · 31 Jan 2019

882 pts 641 comments

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Penguin travels every year to visit man who rescued him (2016) cbc.ca · colinprince · 9 Jan 2019

862 pts 289 comments

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KABOOM in 180 lines of bare C++ github.com · haqreu · 27 Jan 2019

854 pts 63 comments

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Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete Facebook bloomberg.com · ourmandave · 9 Jan 2019

848 pts 463 comments

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Show HN: Mkcert – Valid HTTPS certificates for localhost blog.filippo.io · FiloSottile · 7 Jan 2019

839 pts 115 comments

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AlphaStar: Mastering the Real-Time Strategy Game StarCraft II deepmind.com · zawerf · 24 Jan 2019

805 pts 453 comments

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Feds Can't Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or Face, Judge Rules forbes.com · koolba · 14 Jan 2019

787 pts 281 comments

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Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament nytimes.com · johnny313 · 15 Jan 2019

777 pts 1.2k comments

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My dog was killed on a walk with a walker ordered through Wag facebook.com · griffinmb · 18 Jan 2019

775 pts 442 comments

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Sears has another chance to avoid closing down cnbc.com · craigferg501 · 8 Jan 2019

773 pts 536 comments

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Show HN: HN.Academy – Top online courses recommended by Hacker News users hn.academy · yaj54 · 3 Jan 2019

773 pts 85 comments

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How to Start Learning Computer Graphics Programming erkaman.github.io · phodo · 6 Jan 2019

754 pts 120 comments

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Google Urged the U.S. to Limit Protection for Activist Workers bloomberg.com · pseudolus · 24 Jan 2019

749 pts 440 comments

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How to Find Hidden Cameras and Spy Gear senteltechsecurity.com · loteck · 16 Jan 2019

749 pts 182 comments

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Mobile customer location data is ending up in the hands of bounty hunters motherboard.vice.com · petethomas · 8 Jan 2019

748 pts 239 comments

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The Man in Seat Sixty-One seat61.com · robin_reala · 13 Jan 2019

738 pts 117 comments

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Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps theverge.com · epaga · 30 Jan 2019

735 pts 310 comments

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I Can No Longer Recommend Google Fi onemileatatime.com · hispanic · 11 Jan 2019

733 pts 450 comments

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Mickey Mouse and Batman will soon be public domain arstechnica.com · Tomte · 1 Jan 2019

727 pts 307 comments

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Firefox 65.0 released mozilla.org · theodorejb · 29 Jan 2019

724 pts 414 comments

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Most of What We Read on the Internet is Written by Insane People reddit.com · unquote · 11 Jan 2019

718 pts 309 comments

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Mastercard will stop free trials from automatically billing once they're over newsroom.mastercard.com · hbcondo714 · 17 Jan 2019

716 pts 339 comments

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Programming Fonts – Test Drive app.programmingfonts.org · ChrisGranger · 21 Jan 2019

712 pts 283 comments

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Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and Pressuring Employees wsj.com · treebro · 22 Jan 2019

707 pts 476 comments

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Microsoft acquires Citus Data (YC S11) blogs.microsoft.com · whatok · 24 Jan 2019

707 pts 187 comments

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The US spends more on healthcare for no gain says new report from Johns Hopkins jhsph.edu · grecy · 8 Jan 2019

698 pts 514 comments

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New Horizons’ first hi-res imagery of Ultima Thule pluto.jhuapl.edu · mbrundle · 2 Jan 2019

697 pts 143 comments

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Software Engineering at Google (2017) arxiv.org · weinzierl · 3 Jan 2019

685 pts 309 comments

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Practical Linux Hardening Guide github.com · _5b62 · 24 Jan 2019

683 pts 213 comments

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Airbnb and security camera disclosure jeffreybigham.com · pmlnr · 16 Jan 2019

680 pts 393 comments

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Twitter migrates data to Google Cloud cloud.google.com · 0xedb · 23 Jan 2019

680 pts 234 comments

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Websocketd websocketd.com · mmcclure · 25 Jan 2019

680 pts 220 comments

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Ask HN: How to self-study mathematics from the undergrad through graduate level? hsikka · 18 Jan 2019

654 pts 227 comments

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What it’s like to pursue a dream for 30 years and fail thehustle.co · davesailer · 27 Jan 2019

652 pts 177 comments

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How I Built a $5K a Month Side Project campfirelabs.co · jaxsonkhan · 10 Jan 2019

647 pts 239 comments

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50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame Fat (2016) npr.org · deegles · 18 Jan 2019

645 pts 279 comments

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The Hand Licking Incident raisingfutureadults.blogspot.com · DoreenMichele · 7 Jan 2019

641 pts 339 comments

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Google’s also peddling a data collector through Apple’s back door techcrunch.com · minimaxir · 30 Jan 2019

640 pts 258 comments

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Startup Playbook (2015) playbook.samaltman.com · navinsylvester · 16 Jan 2019

640 pts 55 comments