The Best Hacker News Posts of 2019

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Switch from Chrome to Firefox mozilla.org · WisNorCan · 30 May 2019

3.3k pts 983 comments

2

I Sell Onions on the Internet deepsouthventures.com · eightturn · 23 Apr 2019

3k pts 435 comments

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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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Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible quuxplusone.github.io · ingve · 20 Nov 2019

2.8k pts 1.1k comments

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Show HN: A retro video game console I've been working on in my free time internalregister.github.io · pkiller · 14 Mar 2019

2.7k pts 210 comments

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My Business Card Runs Linux thirtythreeforty.net · rcarmo · 24 Dec 2019

2.6k pts 397 comments

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Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Comments playhearthstone.com · hownottowrite · 8 Oct 2019

2.5k pts 1.1k comments

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Raspberry Pi 4 raspberrypi.org · MarcScott · 24 Jun 2019

2.5k pts 837 comments

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Twitter to ban political advertising twitter.com · coloneltcb · 30 Oct 2019

2.4k pts 1k comments

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No Thank You, Mr. Pecker medium.com · coloneltcb · 7 Feb 2019

2.4k pts 730 comments

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Julian Assange arrested in London bbc.co.uk · kragniz · 11 Apr 2019

2.4k pts 1.1k comments

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Save .org savedotorg.org · jaden · 23 Nov 2019

2.3k pts 342 comments

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Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product smartcar.com · sahaskatta · 22 Apr 2019

2.3k pts 603 comments

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Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles motorauthority.com · meteor333 · 17 Jun 2019

2.2k pts 952 comments

15

A Conspiracy to Kill IE6 blog.chriszacharias.com · zacman85 · 1 May 2019

2.2k pts 363 comments

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Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video] youtube.com · doktorn · 10 Apr 2019

2.2k pts 489 comments

17

Ken Thompson's Unix Password leahneukirchen.org · stargrave · 9 Oct 2019

2.1k pts 637 comments

18

Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company medium.com · jamesjyu · 7 Feb 2019

2.1k pts 353 comments

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Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users 9to5google.com · estranhosidade · 29 May 2019

2.1k pts 877 comments

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GitHub Sponsors github.com · Heliosmaster · 23 May 2019

2.1k pts 501 comments

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Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and Laptops Unconstitutional aclu.org · coloneltcb · 12 Nov 2019

2.1k pts 580 comments

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Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service blog.mozilla.org · dnlserrano · 12 Mar 2019

2k pts 512 comments

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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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Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything? apitman · 5 Feb 2019

2k pts 1.2k comments

25

Having Kids paulgraham.com · yarapavan · 14 Dec 2019

2k pts 863 comments

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California bans private prisons theguardian.com · anigbrowl · 12 Sep 2019

2k pts 597 comments

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Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious websites to enable camera medium.com · mplanchard · 8 Jul 2019

1.9k pts 456 comments

28

Google Is Eating Our Mail tablix.org · saintamh · 26 Apr 2019

1.9k pts 685 comments

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Joe Armstrong has died twitter.com · okket · 20 Apr 2019

1.9k pts 188 comments

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I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me blog.samuelmaddock.com · smaddock · 2 Apr 2019

1.9k pts 605 comments

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Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair timetoplayfair.com · dmitriid · 13 Mar 2019

1.9k pts 841 comments

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Google’s GDPR Workaround brave.com · donohoe · 4 Sep 2019

1.9k pts 588 comments

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16-inch MacBook Pro apple.com · 0x4542 · 13 Nov 2019

1.8k pts 1.7k comments

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Tell HN: Thank you for not redesigning Hacker News ramphastidae · 1 Sep 2019

1.8k pts 390 comments

35

A guide to difficult conversations medium.dave-bailey.com · davesuperman · 26 Mar 2019

1.8k pts 400 comments

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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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Serverless: slower and more expensive einaregilsson.com · kiyanwang · 23 Sep 2019

1.8k pts 712 comments

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Tesla Cybertruck tesla.com · sahin · 22 Nov 2019

1.8k pts 1.9k comments

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A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store github.com · ismaildonmez · 12 Oct 2019

1.8k pts 588 comments

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Richard M. Stallman resigns fsf.org · maxdeviant · 17 Sep 2019

1.7k pts 2.2k comments

41

UC terminates subscriptions with Elsevier in push for open access universityofcalifornia.edu · tingletech · 28 Feb 2019

1.7k pts 233 comments

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Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi? xylo · 24 Jun 2019

1.7k pts 1.1k comments

43

Turning a MacBook into a Touchscreen with $1 of Hardware (2018) anishathalye.com · soegaard · 6 Aug 2019

1.7k pts 214 comments

44

IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Compete with TurboTax propublica.org · danso · 31 Dec 2019

1.7k pts 448 comments

45

We Stood Up to a Patent Troll and Won blog.cloudflare.com · eastdakota · 4 Nov 2019

1.7k pts 246 comments

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Learning at work is work, and we must make space for it sloanreview.mit.edu · sarapeyton · 11 Dec 2019

1.7k pts 453 comments

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Google terminated our business via our Google Play Developer Account blog.usejournal.com · jacquesm · 9 Feb 2019

1.7k pts 498 comments

48

The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News newyorker.com · lordnacho · 8 Aug 2019

1.7k pts 777 comments

49

You Are Not Google (2017) blog.bradfieldcs.com · gerbilly · 4 Apr 2019

1.6k pts 572 comments

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

1.6k pts 559 comments

51

Sunsetting Python 2 python.org · azizsaya · 9 Sep 2019

1.6k pts 704 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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Firefox Replay firefox-replay.com · nachtigall · 28 Nov 2019

1.6k pts 286 comments

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Firefox 70 hacks.mozilla.org · feross · 22 Oct 2019

1.6k pts 457 comments

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John Carmack: I’m going to work on artificial general intelligence facebook.com · jbredeche · 13 Nov 2019

1.6k pts 889 comments

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YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut down infosec YouTube boingboing.net · KirinDave · 4 Jul 2019

1.6k pts 429 comments

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Hacker Publishes 2TB of Data from Cayman National Bank twitter.com · andruby · 18 Nov 2019

1.5k pts 468 comments

58

Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair uspirg.org · howard941 · 16 Dec 2019

1.5k pts 429 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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Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer monicalent.com · dcu · 7 Jun 2019

1.5k pts 511 comments