The Best Hacker News Posts of September 2019
We track 1,226 stories from September 2019, averaging 260 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 67 stories. Together they drew 175,058 comments, 143 per story on average.
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The boring technology behind a one-person Internet company (2018)
broadcast.listennotes.com · mxschumacher · 16 Sep 2019
2k pts
451 comments
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2
California bans private prisons
theguardian.com · anigbrowl · 12 Sep 2019
2k pts
597 comments
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4
Tell HN: Thank you for not redesigning Hacker News
ramphastidae · 1 Sep 2019
1.8k pts
390 comments
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5
Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option when installing Windows
reddit.com · rahuldottech · 28 Sep 2019
1.8k pts
766 comments
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6
Serverless: slower and more expensive
einaregilsson.com · kiyanwang · 23 Sep 2019
1.8k pts
712 comments
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7
Richard M. Stallman resigns
fsf.org · maxdeviant · 17 Sep 2019
1.7k pts
2.2k comments
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Colorado Town Offers 1 Gbps for $60 After Years of Battling Comcast
techdirt.com · CrankyBear · 18 Sep 2019
1.6k pts
498 comments
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10
How to do a code review
google.github.io · iamaelephant · 5 Sep 2019
1.5k pts
367 comments
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11
94k Bitcoin (1B USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet
twitter.com · jonkratz · 9 Sep 2019
1.4k pts
680 comments
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12
Questions to ask a company during a job interview
github.com · viraptor · 9 Sep 2019
1.4k pts
455 comments
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13
France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
reuters.com · superhumanuser · 14 Sep 2019
1.3k pts
783 comments
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14
Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?
bloomberg.com · phissk · 28 Sep 2019
1.2k pts
556 comments
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15
WeWork and Counterfeit Capitalism
mattstoller.substack.com · cjbest · 25 Sep 2019
1.2k pts
414 comments
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16
9th Circuit holds that scraping a public website does not violate the CFAA [pdf]
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov · donohoe · 9 Sep 2019
1.1k pts
275 comments
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17
Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911
seattletimes.com · throwaway413 · 24 Sep 2019
1.1k pts
659 comments
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18
Get Started Making Music
learningmusic.ableton.com · capableweb · 13 Sep 2019
1.1k pts
184 comments
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19
Uber lays off 435 people
techcrunch.com · coloneltcb · 10 Sep 2019
976 pts
579 comments
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Apple’s New Mac Pro to Be Made in Texas
apple.com · infodocket · 23 Sep 2019
946 pts
433 comments
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21
It's later than you think
linkedin.com · cloudytoday · 10 Sep 2019
914 pts
136 comments
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24
Show HN: See a Satellite Tonight. No Telescope Required
james.darpinian.com · modeless · 21 Sep 2019
863 pts
151 comments
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26
Gitlab More Than Doubles Valuation to $2.75B Ahead of Planned 2020 IPO
forbes.com · andygcook · 17 Sep 2019
848 pts
349 comments
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27
Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
nytimes.com · Anon84 · 7 Sep 2019
806 pts
694 comments
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29
What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL (2014)
wozniak.ca · BerislavLopac · 20 Sep 2019
795 pts
634 comments
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30
Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in global study
cbc.ca · simonebrunozzi · 27 Sep 2019
785 pts
368 comments
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32
Show HN: Cyberpunk web design made easy, really easy
augmented-ui.com · JaneOri · 9 Sep 2019
775 pts
108 comments
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33
Edward Snowden: Permanent Record
amazon.com · peterkelly · 11 Sep 2019
759 pts
429 comments
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35
Everything I googled in a week as a professional software engineer
localghost.dev · _quhg · 6 Sep 2019
745 pts
378 comments
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36
In Defense of Richard Stallman
geoff.greer.fm · ash · 30 Sep 2019
744 pts
607 comments
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37
Estimates that mineral levels in vegetables have dropped by up to 90% since 1914
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · hispanic · 13 Sep 2019
743 pts
301 comments
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38
3D Ken Burns Effect from a Single Image
sniklaus.com · sniklaus · 15 Sep 2019
729 pts
131 comments
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39
WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO
wsj.com · mudil · 24 Sep 2019
728 pts
533 comments
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42
California passes bill that classifies gig economy workers as employees
nytimes.com · tempsy · 11 Sep 2019
721 pts
721 comments
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43
Show HN: Browse Reddit in 3D
3dforreddit.com · masterspy7 · 10 Sep 2019
720 pts
162 comments
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44
Stripe’s new funding round values company at $35B
wsj.com · tempsy · 19 Sep 2019
709 pts
253 comments
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45
Running GitHub on Rails 6.0
github.blog · edmorley · 9 Sep 2019
703 pts
369 comments
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46
Leon Sans, a geometric typeface made with code
github.com · BafS · 1 Sep 2019
687 pts
74 comments
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47
Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Facebook
ft.com · hhs · 18 Sep 2019
685 pts
500 comments
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48
In a swipe at Chrome, Firefox now blocks ad trackers by default
wired.co.uk · whalabi · 4 Sep 2019
679 pts
420 comments
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49
Let's Encrypt makes certs for 30% of web domains
leebutterman.com · lsb · 6 Sep 2019
673 pts
141 comments
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50
Human speech may have a universal transmission rate: 39 bits per second
sciencemag.org · headalgorithm · 4 Sep 2019
671 pts
250 comments
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51
California Approves Statewide Rent Control
nytimes.com · dawhizkid · 11 Sep 2019
670 pts
964 comments
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52
What do executives do, anyway?
apenwarr.ca · panic · 27 Sep 2019
666 pts
203 comments
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53
Can I Email: ‘Can I Use’ for email
caniemail.com · heidijavi · 12 Sep 2019
666 pts
196 comments
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56
Equifax doesn't want consumers to get their $125
nytimes.com · CaliforniaKarl · 17 Sep 2019
649 pts
272 comments
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57
A database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online
techcrunch.com · bifrost · 4 Sep 2019
649 pts
165 comments
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58
Why I Write Games in C (yes, C)
jonathanwhiting.com · WoodenChair · 21 Sep 2019
647 pts
544 comments
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59
Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other blockers for Safari
github.com · n1000 · 20 Sep 2019
645 pts
431 comments
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60
WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO
reuters.com · pseudolus · 30 Sep 2019
645 pts
384 comments
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