The Best Hacker News Posts of June 2020
We track 1,347 stories from June 2020, averaging 270 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 79 stories. Together they drew 209,721 comments, 156 per story on average.
1
I Am Deleting the Blog
slatestarcodex.com · perditus · 23 Jun 2020
2.5k pts
1.5k comments
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2
The End of the Redis Adventure
antirez.com · kristoff_it · 30 Jun 2020
2.3k pts
294 comments
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3
Zoom closes account of U.S.-based Chinese activist after Tiananmen event
axios.com · surajama · 10 Jun 2020
2k pts
517 comments
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4
Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for future Macs
theverge.com · happyopossum · 22 Jun 2020
1.9k pts
1.4k comments
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5
iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents every few keystrokes
twitter.com · georgespencer · 24 Jun 2020
1.8k pts
591 comments
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6
India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps
techcrunch.com · samdung · 29 Jun 2020
1.5k pts
795 comments
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7
I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors
calebporzio.com · calebporzio · 23 Jun 2020
1.5k pts
493 comments
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9
Time to Upgrade Your Monitor
tonsky.me · neonbones · 17 Jun 2020
1.2k pts
1k comments
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10
Teach Yourself Computer Science
teachyourselfcs.com · JDW1023 · 21 Jun 2020
1.2k pts
265 comments
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11
Police attacks against journalists across the U.S. since May 28
niemanlab.org · laurex · 2 Jun 2020
1.1k pts
768 comments
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12
MIT Ends Elsevier Negotiations
news.mit.edu · davrosthedalek · 11 Jun 2020
1.1k pts
263 comments
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13
Forget Google, time to end the Visa-MasterCard duopoly
medium.com · CM30 · 29 Jun 2020
1.1k pts
523 comments
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14
Zoom says it won’t encrypt free calls so it can work more with law enforcement
twitter.com · sneak · 3 Jun 2020
1.1k pts
458 comments
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15
A Facebook crawler was making 7M requests per day to my stupid website
coding.napolux.com · napolux · 11 Jun 2020
1.1k pts
407 comments
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16
Why we won’t be supporting Sign in with Apple
blog.anylist.com · dirtae · 29 Jun 2020
1.1k pts
469 comments
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17
Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at China's Request
npr.org · dehrmann · 13 Jun 2020
1.1k pts
371 comments
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18
You download the app and it doesn’t work
youdownloadtheappanditdoesntwork.com · DVassallo · 19 Jun 2020
1k pts
543 comments
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19
When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com
facebook.com · shiftpgdn · 25 Jun 2020
1k pts
425 comments
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20
New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie
kqed.org · jcarpio · 6 Jun 2020
952 pts
332 comments
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21
Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development
dev.lemmy.ml · jasonbourne1901 · 27 Jun 2020
944 pts
634 comments
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22
Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old
paraschopra · 9 Jun 2020
937 pts
128 comments
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23
Adobe to remove Flash Player from web site after December 2020
adobe.com · michaelhoffman · 15 Jun 2020
906 pts
501 comments
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24
An even worse anti-encryption bill than EARN IT
cyberlaw.stanford.edu · abecedarius · 25 Jun 2020
903 pts
351 comments
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25
Play Counter-Strike 1.6 in your browser
cs-online.club · m0ck · 12 Jun 2020
878 pts
317 comments
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26
Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chrome 85 address bar
androidpolice.com · vezycash · 14 Jun 2020
869 pts
698 comments
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27
Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut
support.apple.com · rydre · 18 Jun 2020
865 pts
387 comments
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28
Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead
secondbreakfast.co · secondbreakfast · 24 Jun 2020
857 pts
550 comments
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29
Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?
tech4all · 11 Jun 2020
855 pts
217 comments
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30
Zoom to bring end-to-end encryption to all users, including non-paying
blog.zoom.us · jmsflknr · 17 Jun 2020
845 pts
524 comments
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31
Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. first
reuters.com · rbanffy · 26 Jun 2020
836 pts
605 comments
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32
Written communication is remote work super power
snir.dev · snird · 19 Jun 2020
831 pts
190 comments
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33
Activists rally to save Internet Archive as lawsuit threatens site
decrypt.co · KANahas · 11 Jun 2020
822 pts
393 comments
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34
You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain
reddit.com · ashitlerferad · 10 Jun 2020
821 pts
363 comments
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35
Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but police often close ranks
theconversation.com · znpy · 26 Jun 2020
815 pts
532 comments
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36
Drive through cities in the browser while listening to local radio stations
driveandlisten.herokuapp.com · herval · 16 Jun 2020
804 pts
171 comments
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37
Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse
washingtonpost.com · coldsnap427 · 29 Jun 2020
795 pts
851 comments
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38
My family saw a police car hit a kid, then I learned how NYPD impunity works
propublica.org · danso · 23 Jun 2020
792 pts
603 comments
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40
Stop Taking Regular Notes; Use a Zettelkasten Instead
eugeneyan.com · 7d7n · 2 Jun 2020
785 pts
300 comments
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41
Container technologies at Coinbase: Why Kubernetes is not part of our stack
blog.coinbase.com · arkadiyt · 8 Jun 2020
778 pts
397 comments
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44
NoDesign.dev – Tools and resources for non-artistic developers
nodesign.dev · uvic · 8 Jun 2020
762 pts
160 comments
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45
ACLU sues Minnesota for police violence against the press
aclu.org · soraminazuki · 3 Jun 2020
758 pts
247 comments
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46
Lightweight Alternatives to Google Analytics
lwn.net · Tomte · 18 Jun 2020
738 pts
319 comments
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47
Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn
pcmaffey.com · rohmanhakim · 11 Jun 2020
737 pts
448 comments
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49
University of the People: Tuition-Free, Accredited Online Degree Programs
uopeople.edu · tomato2juice · 11 Jun 2020
725 pts
464 comments
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51
Elevator.js – A “back to top” button that behaves like a real elevator
tholman.com · gitgud · 24 Jun 2020
719 pts
313 comments
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52
Blackballed by PayPal, Sci-Hub switches to Bitcoin
coindesk.com · ur-whale · 25 Jun 2020
716 pts
280 comments
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54
SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Seattle Internet Exchange
peeringdb.com · walrus01 · 3 Jun 2020
715 pts
291 comments
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55
Amazon added a non-compete after the employee entered the U.S. on an L1B visa
twitter.com · luu · 14 Jun 2020
710 pts
495 comments
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56
Most tech content is bullshit
aleksandra.codes · velmu · 7 Jun 2020
709 pts
461 comments
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57
After 10 years in tech isolation, I’m now outsider to things I once had mastered
forklog.media · signa11 · 10 Jun 2020
704 pts
358 comments
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58
Reflections on Being a Female Founder
tracy.posthaven.com · ralphleon · 22 Jun 2020
699 pts
273 comments
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59
Foam – A Roam Research alternative with VSCode, Markdown and GitHub
github.com · DaniAkash · 28 Jun 2020
699 pts
226 comments
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