The Best Hacker News Posts of March 2020
We track 1,405 stories from March 2020, averaging 249 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 80 stories. Together they drew 184,111 comments, 131 per story on average.
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Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls
autocar.co.uk · trenning · 31 Mar 2020
1.9k pts
743 comments
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3
Zoom needs to clean up its privacy act
blogs.harvard.edu · seapunk · 27 Mar 2020
1.6k pts
509 comments
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4
Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t have a Facebook account
vice.com · softwaredoug · 26 Mar 2020
1.4k pts
360 comments
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5
Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says
npr.org · tmlee · 11 Mar 2020
1.2k pts
1k comments
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6
Zoom meetings aren’t end-to-end encrypted, despite marketing
theintercept.com · tony101 · 31 Mar 2020
1.2k pts
339 comments
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7
SETI@home shuts down after 21 years
bleepingcomputer.com · ingve · 3 Mar 2020
1.2k pts
343 comments
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8
DuckDuckGo is good enough for regular use
bitlog.com · braythwayt · 6 Mar 2020
1.2k pts
476 comments
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9
Open letter from Italy to the international scientific community
left.it · magoghm · 14 Mar 2020
1.1k pts
693 comments
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MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester
web.mit.edu · ryeights · 10 Mar 2020
1k pts
586 comments
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12
Private client-side-only PWAs are hard, but now Apple made them impossible
andregarzia.com · soapdog · 25 Mar 2020
963 pts
896 comments
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13
Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days
bbc.co.uk · tompagenet2 · 19 Mar 2020
953 pts
744 comments
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14
Zotero: Personal Research Assistant
zotero.org · supdatecron · 26 Mar 2020
945 pts
206 comments
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15
FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by June 2021 [pdf]
docs.fcc.gov · hbcondo714 · 31 Mar 2020
929 pts
335 comments
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16
U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days
nbcnews.com · sahin · 12 Mar 2020
920 pts
866 comments
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17
Using Anki to remember what you read
superorganizers.substack.com · dshipper · 5 Mar 2020
901 pts
304 comments
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18
Jitsi Meet: An open source alternative to Zoom
meet.jit.si · LockAndLol · 23 Mar 2020
897 pts
285 comments
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20
Firefox is showing the way back to a world that’s private by default
theverge.com · doener · 2 Mar 2020
854 pts
330 comments
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21
Amazon fires worker who led strike over virus
bloomberg.com · blago · 31 Mar 2020
835 pts
345 comments
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22
GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobilization
bloomberg.com · avonmach · 19 Mar 2020
831 pts
548 comments
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23
Zig cc: A drop-in replacement for GCC/Clang
andrewkelley.me · hazebooth · 24 Mar 2020
831 pts
288 comments
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24
“Just walk out” technology by Amazon
justwalkout.com · bookofjoe · 9 Mar 2020
825 pts
742 comments
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25
People kept working, became healthier while on basic income: report
cbc.ca · fraqed · 5 Mar 2020
822 pts
782 comments
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27
I got my file from Clearview AI
onezero.medium.com · us0r · 25 Mar 2020
811 pts
224 comments
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28
Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?
sakopov · 21 Mar 2020
809 pts
1.2k comments
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31
How the Zoom macOS installer does its job without you clicking ‘install’
twitter.com · _Microft · 31 Mar 2020
796 pts
325 comments
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32
COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator
gatesfoundation.org · sandGorgon · 10 Mar 2020
795 pts
148 comments
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33
TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people and the poor
theintercept.com · Gonzih · 17 Mar 2020
790 pts
341 comments
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35
Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country
bbc.com · colinprince · 9 Mar 2020
787 pts
854 comments
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36
Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees
courdecassation.fr · Aissen · 4 Mar 2020
786 pts
588 comments
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37
4.2″ and 7.5″ NFC-powered e-Paper Displays Work without Battery
cnx-software.com · homarp · 17 Mar 2020
770 pts
146 comments
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38
WireGuard 1.0 for Linux 5.6
lists.zx2c4.com · zx2c4 · 30 Mar 2020
768 pts
203 comments
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39
Linux Kernel Teaching
linux-kernel-labs.github.io · throwaway_7718 · 13 Mar 2020
757 pts
78 comments
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40
WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN
wired.com · axiomdata316 · 2 Mar 2020
741 pts
295 comments
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41
What's so hard about PDF text extraction?
filingdb.com · maest · 3 Mar 2020
733 pts
342 comments
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42
I think Catalina 10.15.4 broke SSH
feed.tyler.io · chmaynard · 31 Mar 2020
733 pts
340 comments
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43
Chelsea Manning ordered to be released [pdf]
courtlistener.com · pera · 12 Mar 2020
731 pts
322 comments
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44
“Let’s use Kubernetes.” Now you have eight problems
pythonspeed.com · signa11 · 5 Mar 2020
719 pts
469 comments
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45
The EARN IT act is an attack on end-to-end encryption
blog.cryptographyengineering.com · jmsflknr · 6 Mar 2020
715 pts
309 comments
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46
How to burn the most money with a single click in Azure
mijailovic.net · Metalnem · 29 Mar 2020
699 pts
397 comments
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47
Things you can do with a browser in 2020
github.com · therealmarv · 19 Mar 2020
698 pts
382 comments
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48
WebKit will delete all local storage after 7 days
ar.al · jlelse · 25 Mar 2020
698 pts
1 comments
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49
Spot the Drowning Child (2015)
spotthedrowningchild.com · vinnyglennon · 4 Mar 2020
697 pts
405 comments
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51
Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming
staatsoperlive.com · tosh · 15 Mar 2020
689 pts
73 comments
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53
Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life?
sondog · 29 Mar 2020
679 pts
584 comments
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54
Chrome phasing out support for User-Agent
infoq.com · oftenwrong · 25 Mar 2020
672 pts
318 comments
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55
Senate leadership pushing a surveillance bill as Americans focused on Covid-19
politico.com · tlrobinson · 17 Mar 2020
670 pts
117 comments
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56
Google Kubernetes Engine is introducing a cluster management fee on June 6
cloud.google.com · agoell · 4 Mar 2020
665 pts
610 comments
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57
Cloud Storage for $2 per TB per month
blog.sia.tech · beedrillzzzzz · 6 Mar 2020
659 pts
334 comments
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58
Who is Facebook's mysterious “Lan Tim 2”?
shkspr.mobi · edent · 6 Mar 2020
657 pts
315 comments
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59
Explaining copyright broke the YouTube copyright system
law.nyu.edu · pulisse · 4 Mar 2020
653 pts
278 comments
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60
Grocy: web-based, self-hosted grocery and household management
grocy.info · jka · 21 Mar 2020
652 pts
141 comments
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