The Best Hacker News Posts of August 2020
We track 1,301 stories from August 2020, averaging 260 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 86 stories. Together they drew 208,637 comments, 160 per story on average.
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Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices
oculus.com · superted · 18 Aug 2020
1.9k pts
1k comments
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Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store
theverge.com · ardit33 · 13 Aug 2020
1.7k pts
1.4k comments
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Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on commercial products
blog.mozilla.org · rebelwebmaster · 11 Aug 2020
1.6k pts
1.5k comments
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American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination of daylight saving time
aasm.org · oftenwrong · 29 Aug 2020
1.6k pts
486 comments
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ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper
remarkable.com · punnerud · 27 Aug 2020
1.4k pts
685 comments
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Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making me use their app?
blickentwapft · 19 Aug 2020
1.4k pts
644 comments
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Africa declared free of wild polio
bbc.com · riffraff · 25 Aug 2020
1.4k pts
241 comments
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I thought I would have accomplished a lot more today and also before I was 35
newyorker.com · fergie · 29 Aug 2020
1.4k pts
668 comments
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Arwes – Futuristic Sci-Fi / Cyberpunk Graphical User Interface Framework
arwes.dev · keiferski · 26 Aug 2020
1.3k pts
225 comments
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Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps from the Play Store
qoto.org · mynameismonkey · 28 Aug 2020
1.3k pts
935 comments
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Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life
degoogle.jmoore.dev · ra7 · 22 Aug 2020
1.3k pts
616 comments
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Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects
msn.com · Shivetya · 6 Aug 2020
1.2k pts
469 comments
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Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account
macrumors.com · tosh · 28 Aug 2020
1.2k pts
1.5k comments
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Can't you just right click?
lapcatsoftware.com · bangonkeyboard · 19 Aug 2020
1.2k pts
746 comments
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20GB leak of Intel data: whole Git repositories, dev tools, backdoor mentions
twitter.com · phoe-krk · 6 Aug 2020
1.1k pts
444 comments
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Moved a server from one building to another with zero downtime
reddit.com · huhtenberg · 5 Aug 2020
1k pts
400 comments
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I fear App Review is getting too powerful (2015) [pdf]
judiciary.house.gov · atarian · 17 Aug 2020
985 pts
357 comments
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Unbricking a $2k bike with a $10 Raspberry Pi
ptx2.net · ptx2 · 1 Aug 2020
967 pts
230 comments
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Single Page Applications using Rust
sheshbabu.com · rkwz · 11 Aug 2020
886 pts
482 comments
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New academic journal only publishes 'unsurprising' research rejected by others
cbc.ca · apsec112 · 20 Aug 2020
884 pts
202 comments
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Show HN: I built an After Effects for dummies
storycreatorapp.com · michaelaubry · 4 Aug 2020
868 pts
291 comments
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Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com
heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com · thesephist · 26 Aug 2020
843 pts
192 comments
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Being OK with not being extraordinary
tiffanymatthe.com · tmatthe · 24 Aug 2020
830 pts
382 comments
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Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addresses on Chrome 86
androidpolice.com · atriix · 14 Aug 2020
827 pts
475 comments
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Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests
latimes.com · gamblor956 · 21 Aug 2020
824 pts
530 comments
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Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics
umami.is · bananaoomarang · 18 Aug 2020
820 pts
227 comments
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How to stop procrastinating by using the Fogg Behavior Model
deprocrastination.co · vitabenes · 11 Aug 2020
804 pts
280 comments
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Fast.ai releases new deep learning course, libraries, and book
fast.ai · amardeep · 21 Aug 2020
799 pts
81 comments
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I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with high frequency
twitter.com · caiobegotti · 9 Aug 2020
792 pts
185 comments
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Latest Firefox rolls out Enhanced Tracking Protection 2.0
blog.mozilla.org · LinuxBender · 5 Aug 2020
789 pts
471 comments
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A ride that takes 10^20k years to complete in Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 [video]
youtube.com · Taek · 3 Aug 2020
785 pts
131 comments
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Apple takes legal action against small company with pear logo
iphoneincanada.ca · _qulr · 8 Aug 2020
771 pts
333 comments
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Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify drivers as employees
theverge.com · uptown · 10 Aug 2020
769 pts
747 comments
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Efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better
psyche.co · _zhqs · 21 Aug 2020
745 pts
305 comments
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Moving from YouTube to PeerTube
battlepenguin.com · djsumdog · 20 Aug 2020
738 pts
451 comments
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US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
asia.nikkei.com · baylearn · 7 Aug 2020
734 pts
1.3k comments
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How to Write in Plain English
plainenglish.co.uk · zackhsi · 25 Aug 2020
724 pts
313 comments
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I'm Open Sourcing the Have I Been Pwned Code Base
troyhunt.com · vquemener · 7 Aug 2020
722 pts
133 comments
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Kosmonaut: web browser from scratch in Rust
github.com · adamnemecek · 15 Aug 2020
721 pts
447 comments
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Remote work is reshaping San Francisco, as tech workers flee and rents fall
wsj.com · tempsy · 14 Aug 2020
719 pts
1.1k comments
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In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds have not improved
nngroup.com · kaonwarb · 4 Aug 2020
719 pts
769 comments
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Please read the paper before you comment
buttondown.email · azhenley · 25 Aug 2020
719 pts
327 comments
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Amazon Liable for Defective Third-Party Products Rules CA Appellate Court
californiaglobe.com · hirundo · 16 Aug 2020
716 pts
369 comments
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The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)
cable.co.uk · vanilla-almond · 22 Aug 2020
712 pts
399 comments
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Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Adobe says not recoverable
petapixel.com · fraXis · 20 Aug 2020
701 pts
429 comments
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Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th
twitter.com · MBCook · 17 Aug 2020
699 pts
945 comments
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Persisting as a solo founder
vishnu.tech · vishnumohandas · 23 Aug 2020
699 pts
257 comments
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Young children would rather explore than get rewards
news.osu.edu · kyle_morris_ · 13 Aug 2020
698 pts
237 comments
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Does Facebook pay Apple 30% of revenue derived from ads made within its iOS app?
twitter.com · spenvo · 27 Aug 2020
697 pts
321 comments
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The Truth Is Paywalled but the Lies Are Free
currentaffairs.org · praptak · 3 Aug 2020
683 pts
474 comments
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