The Best Hacker News Posts of July 2020
We track 1,314 stories from July 2020, averaging 260 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 66 stories. Together they drew 204,580 comments, 156 per story on average.
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Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultaneous attack
coindesk.com · megadeth · 15 Jul 2020
2.6k pts
1.3k comments
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2
Oppose the Earn IT Act
foundation.mozilla.org · joeyespo · 1 Jul 2020
2.2k pts
543 comments
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3
Grant Imahara Has Died
hollywoodreporter.com · jmcgough · 14 Jul 2020
2k pts
255 comments
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4
Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software skills: study
news.ncsu.edu · sizzle · 15 Jul 2020
1.8k pts
1.1k comments
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6
Apple does not keep the 30% commission on a refund
twitter.com · metafunctor · 30 Jul 2020
1.6k pts
351 comments
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7
U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native American reservation
reuters.com · threatofrain · 9 Jul 2020
1.5k pts
1.2k comments
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8
Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad
roguelazer.com · Spellman · 14 Jul 2020
1.3k pts
630 comments
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9
When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its 30% cut [edited]
twitter.com · tomduncalf · 29 Jul 2020
1.2k pts
548 comments
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10
Where Am I? NYTimes or Google?
theinternetbytes.com · rwoll · 4 Jul 2020
1.1k pts
355 comments
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11
Amazon met with startups about investing, then launched competing products
wsj.com · mgav · 23 Jul 2020
1.1k pts
351 comments
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12
Nvidia is reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to buy ARM for more than $32B
bloomberg.com · caution · 31 Jul 2020
1.1k pts
674 comments
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13
Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages
lwn.net · jonquark · 8 Jul 2020
1.1k pts
523 comments
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14
Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
timjrobinson.com · TimJRobinson · 30 Jul 2020
1.1k pts
2k comments
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15
Reddit's website uses DRM for fingerprinting
smitop.com · smitop · 8 Jul 2020
1.1k pts
540 comments
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16
OpenAI's GPT-3 may be the biggest thing since Bitcoin
maraoz.com · maraoz · 18 Jul 2020
1.1k pts
526 comments
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17
When your coworker does great work, tell their manager
jvns.ca · asicsp · 16 Jul 2020
1.1k pts
367 comments
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18
Google offers free fabbing for 130nm open-source chips
fossi-foundation.org · tomcam · 7 Jul 2020
1.1k pts
385 comments
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19
We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)
web.mit.edu · alanpage · 8 Jul 2020
1k pts
135 comments
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20
Data structures and algorithms I actually used while working at tech companies
blog.pragmaticengineer.com · signa11 · 15 Jul 2020
1k pts
524 comments
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21
Former ICANN CEO is now co-CEO of the private equity firm that tried to buy .org
domainnamewire.com · feross · 18 Jul 2020
989 pts
135 comments
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22
Websites that look like desktop GUIs
simone.computer · fanf2 · 4 Jul 2020
981 pts
183 comments
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23
Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure called “Cloudflare”
easydns.com · StuntPope · 20 Jul 2020
972 pts
385 comments
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24
You've only added two lines – why did that take two days?
mrlacey.com · gregdoesit · 14 Jul 2020
964 pts
507 comments
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25
Systems Design for Advanced Beginners
robertheaton.com · _ttg · 21 Jul 2020
945 pts
110 comments
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26
LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke
twitter.com · dondonleroy · 2 Jul 2020
928 pts
360 comments
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28
1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders
lucaiaconistewart.com · chha · 6 Jul 2020
885 pts
197 comments
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29
I Know What You Download on BitTorrent
iknowwhatyoudownload.com · easterncalculus · 13 Jul 2020
880 pts
754 comments
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30
Things I wish I’d known about CSS
cssfordesigners.com · harshamv22 · 17 Jul 2020
878 pts
330 comments
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31
NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
newpipe.schabi.org · Nginx487 · 17 Jul 2020
864 pts
590 comments
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32
German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomous driving
mobile.reuters.com · codechicago277 · 14 Jul 2020
858 pts
611 comments
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33
New ‘Meow’ attack has deleted almost 4k unsecured databases
bleepingcomputer.com · based2 · 26 Jul 2020
841 pts
519 comments
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34
DuckDuckGo browser seemingly sends domains a user visits to DDG servers
github.com · commotionfever · 1 Jul 2020
824 pts
488 comments
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36
Abstract Wikipedia
meta.wikimedia.org · infodocket · 2 Jul 2020
798 pts
227 comments
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37
Don't close your MacBook with a cover over the camera
support.apple.com · ra7 · 10 Jul 2020
787 pts
954 comments
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38
Do not remain nameless to yourself (1966)
lettersofnote.com · andrewnc · 12 Jul 2020
782 pts
122 comments
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39
YouTube deleted an electronics repair channel [video]
youtube.com · lmilcin · 7 Jul 2020
775 pts
554 comments
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41
Show HN: TinyPilot – Build a KVM over IP using a Raspberry Pi
mtlynch.io · mtlynch · 23 Jul 2020
756 pts
279 comments
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42
The Sci-Hub Effect: Sci-Hub downloads lead to more article citations
arxiv.org · lnyan · 2 Jul 2020
754 pts
92 comments
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43
Who’s behind Wednesday’s epic Twitter hack?
krebsonsecurity.com · MindGods · 16 Jul 2020
746 pts
499 comments
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45
Historical programming-language groups disappearing from Google
lwn.net · beachwood23 · 28 Jul 2020
737 pts
332 comments
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46
New German law would force ISPs to allow secret service to install trojans
privateinternetaccess.com · corty · 9 Jul 2020
731 pts
236 comments
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47
Space Jam's 1996 website is still alive
spacejam.com · olingern · 2 Jul 2020
707 pts
266 comments
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48
Ennio Morricone has died
hollywoodreporter.com · weinzierl · 6 Jul 2020
701 pts
132 comments
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49
Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a major genealogy database
buzzfeednews.com · pseudolus · 22 Jul 2020
698 pts
397 comments
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51
Zettlr – FOSS markdown editor for personal knowledge management and publishing
zettlr.com · DerWOK · 3 Jul 2020
675 pts
261 comments
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52
How Developers Stop Learning: Rise of the Expert Beginner (2012)
daedtech.com · DerCommodore · 8 Jul 2020
672 pts
432 comments
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53
ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly
bbc.co.uk · goodcanadian · 28 Jul 2020
669 pts
449 comments
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54
Ask HN: My GitHub account got suspended without any notice
ygcodes · 14 Jul 2020
657 pts
263 comments
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55
Resignation Letter
bariweiss.com · kirillzubovsky · 14 Jul 2020
654 pts
646 comments
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56
The Wrong Abstraction (2016)
sandimetz.com · mkchoi212 · 5 Jul 2020
654 pts
240 comments
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57
First Ever Image of a Multi-Planet System Around a Sun-Like Star Captured by ESO
eso.org · rbanffy · 22 Jul 2020
654 pts
171 comments
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58
Editorial board of Index and more than 70 staff members resign
index.hu · pabo · 24 Jul 2020
653 pts
413 comments
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59
Only 9% of visitors give GDPR consent to be tracked
markosaric.com · luu · 7 Jul 2020
651 pts
446 comments
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60
Experimental blood test detects cancer up to four years before symptoms appear
scientificamerican.com · prawn · 22 Jul 2020
650 pts
189 comments
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