The Best Hacker News Posts of January 2020
We track 1,296 stories from January 2020, averaging 266 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 77 stories. Together they drew 184,890 comments, 143 per story on average.
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Every Google result now looks like an ad
twitter.com · cmod · 21 Jan 2020
3.6k pts
972 comments
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Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained
reuters.com · n1000 · 21 Jan 2020
2.3k pts
696 comments
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Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it
deprocrastination.co · vitabenes · 21 Jan 2020
1.6k pts
368 comments
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6
Which Emoji Scissors Close?
wh0.github.io · _nhynes · 3 Jan 2020
1.5k pts
126 comments
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7
Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees
dystroy.org · gilad · 9 Jan 2020
1.4k pts
287 comments
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8
Procrastination is about managing emotions, not time
bbc.com · clouddrover · 23 Jan 2020
1.4k pts
361 comments
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9
Ask HN: I've been slacking off at Google for 6 years. How can I stop this?
futur321 · 5 Jan 2020
1.3k pts
970 comments
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10
A Sad Day for Rust
words.steveklabnik.com · pjmlp · 17 Jan 2020
1.2k pts
991 comments
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11
Not everyone has an internal monologue
ryanandrewlangdon.wordpress.com · altacc · 30 Jan 2020
1.2k pts
876 comments
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13
My Second Year as a Solo Developer
mtlynch.io · mtlynch · 31 Jan 2020
1.1k pts
374 comments
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15
Congrats! Web scraping is legal! (US precedent)
parsers.me · ehurynovich · 29 Jan 2020
1.1k pts
388 comments
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16
An Update on Bradfitz: Leaving Google
bradfitz.com · jgrahamc · 27 Jan 2020
1k pts
271 comments
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17
WireGuard is now in Linus' tree
lists.zx2c4.com · axiomdata316 · 29 Jan 2020
982 pts
278 comments
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18
Software Disenchantment (2018)
tonsky.me · ibdknox · 1 Jan 2020
934 pts
488 comments
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The first chosen-prefix collision for SHA-1
sha-mbles.github.io · ynezz · 7 Jan 2020
928 pts
352 comments
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21
Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? (2010)
news.ycombinator.com · tcharlton · 2 Jan 2020
908 pts
437 comments
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22
VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary jam happening now
distractionware.com · ciroduran · 10 Jan 2020
870 pts
223 comments
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23
SMS is not 2FA-secure
issms2fasecure.com · sergeant3 · 10 Jan 2020
867 pts
371 comments
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Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
twitter.com · anonymfus · 2 Jan 2020
864 pts
505 comments
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Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince'
theguardian.com · mnem · 21 Jan 2020
834 pts
293 comments
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DigitalOcean is laying off staff
techcrunch.com · progapandist · 17 Jan 2020
816 pts
399 comments
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29
I Was Google’s Head of International Relations
medium.com · sleepyshift · 2 Jan 2020
815 pts
297 comments
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30
EA is permanently banning Linux players on Battlefield V
forums.lutris.net · WoodenKatana · 3 Jan 2020
814 pts
484 comments
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31
“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server”
twitter.com · slater · 23 Jan 2020
810 pts
378 comments
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32
What are those grids of glass in the sidewalk and why are they purple?
kqed.org · vo2maxer · 3 Jan 2020
803 pts
116 comments
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33
Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month
frits1993 · 20 Jan 2020
800 pts
187 comments
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34
Products I Wish Existed
blog.eladgil.com · eladgil · 6 Jan 2020
798 pts
419 comments
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35
Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level
drive.google.com · zuhayeer · 6 Jan 2020
792 pts
589 comments
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iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut location data flow to ad industry
appleinsider.com · clairity · 13 Jan 2020
781 pts
451 comments
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Leaked documents expose Avast antivirus subsidiary selling web browsing data
vice.com · jeremiahlee · 27 Jan 2020
759 pts
192 comments
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39
List of Twitter mute words for your timeline
gist.github.com · rmason · 24 Jan 2020
748 pts
209 comments
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40
When good ideas make bad business
tjcx.me · tomjcleveland · 3 Jan 2020
735 pts
341 comments
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41
We Wasted $50K on Google Ads So You Don't Have To (2019)
indiehackers.com · sloka · 24 Jan 2020
732 pts
199 comments
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43
Deploy your side-projects at scale for basically nothing – Google Cloud Run
alexolivier.me · alex-olivier · 12 Jan 2020
722 pts
380 comments
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44
Crew Dragon launch escape demonstration
spacex.com · eps · 19 Jan 2020
721 pts
328 comments
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45
Terrain rendering algorithm in less than 20 lines of code
github.com · netgusto · 3 Jan 2020
720 pts
116 comments
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46
Patch Critical Cryptographic Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows [pdf]
media.defense.gov · Moral_ · 14 Jan 2020
714 pts
228 comments
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48
The Polygons of Another World
fabiensanglard.net · ibobev · 2 Jan 2020
704 pts
125 comments
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For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now a hot commodity
startribune.com · sbuccini · 6 Jan 2020
701 pts
494 comments
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50
Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big thing?
kevinrooke.com · 123six · 7 Jan 2020
699 pts
671 comments
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51
Unofficial Apple Archive
applearchive.org · todotask · 16 Jan 2020
699 pts
151 comments
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52
Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people don't realize?
yarapavan · 11 Jan 2020
698 pts
727 comments
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53
Show HN: I wrote a book for engineers that want to become engineering managers
jstanier · 13 Jan 2020
695 pts
234 comments
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54
Building a BitTorrent client from the ground up in Go
blog.jse.li · eat_veggies · 4 Jan 2020
692 pts
90 comments
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55
BeOS: The Alternate Universe's Mac OS X
hackaday.com · fogus · 9 Jan 2020
672 pts
415 comments
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56
City Roads – Draw all roads in a city at once
anvaka.github.io · jordinebot · 22 Jan 2020
668 pts
143 comments
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57
Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native
engineering.shopify.com · arbhassan · 29 Jan 2020
666 pts
571 comments
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58
Access to Wikipedia restored in Turkey after more than two and a half years
wikimediafoundation.org · EndXA · 26 Jan 2020
662 pts
258 comments
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Building personal search infrastructure for your knowledge and code
beepb00p.xyz · october_sky · 27 Jan 2020
661 pts
157 comments
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