The Best Hacker News Posts of October 2020
We track 1,348 stories from October 2020, averaging 261 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 63 stories. Together they drew 203,711 comments, 151 per story on average.
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YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA
github.com · phantop · 23 Oct 2020
4.2k pts
1.4k comments
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How journalists use youtube-dl
freedom.press · thisisparker · 26 Oct 2020
1.7k pts
328 comments
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3
Show HN: I made a site where you practice typing by retyping entire novels
typelit.io · Octouroboros · 6 Oct 2020
1.6k pts
378 comments
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4
U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly
nytimes.com · 1915cb1f · 20 Oct 2020
1.6k pts
824 comments
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Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in Belarus
iphoneincanada.ca · tomekw · 10 Oct 2020
1.5k pts
607 comments
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6
AWS forked my project and launched it as its own service
twitter.com · tnolet · 16 Oct 2020
1.5k pts
637 comments
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7
Facebook Container for Firefox
mozilla.org · sushicalculus · 21 Oct 2020
1.5k pts
425 comments
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8
We Hacked Apple for 3 Months
samcurry.net · samwcyo · 8 Oct 2020
1.5k pts
308 comments
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9
My Resignation from the Intercept
greenwald.substack.com · yasp · 29 Oct 2020
1.4k pts
1.6k comments
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Show HN: I built a Rotten Tomatoes-style platform for durable products
buyforlifeproducts.com · hubraumhugo · 7 Oct 2020
1.4k pts
398 comments
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Chrome exempts Google sites from user site data settings
lapcatsoftware.com · arm · 18 Oct 2020
1.3k pts
492 comments
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13
A warning about Glassdoor
reddit.com · nosmokewhereiam · 15 Oct 2020
1.3k pts
329 comments
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14
Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa program requiring higher pay
wsj.com · grej · 6 Oct 2020
1.3k pts
1.4k comments
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15
Stop the Earn IT Bill Before It Breaks Encryption
act.eff.org · DyslexicAtheist · 6 Oct 2020
1.3k pts
342 comments
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I am an Uighur who faced China’s concentration camps
varsity.co.uk · yk42bb · 24 Oct 2020
1.2k pts
536 comments
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Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time
quantamagazine.org · theafh · 14 Oct 2020
1.2k pts
354 comments
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Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu on macOS Big Sur
twitter.com · robenkleene · 20 Oct 2020
1.2k pts
616 comments
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YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git
github.com · madars · 25 Oct 2020
1.1k pts
315 comments
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21
Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-out use of Excel
bbc.com · cjlm · 5 Oct 2020
1k pts
801 comments
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22
My friend starts her job today, after learning to program in prison
twitter.com · danso · 1 Oct 2020
1k pts
622 comments
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23
Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling industry veteran says
cbc.ca · vivekd · 8 Oct 2020
1k pts
415 comments
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24
Animation of how bridges were built in Central Europe in the Middle Ages [video]
youtube.com · BerislavLopac · 16 Oct 2020
959 pts
238 comments
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25
This page is a truly naked, brutalist HTML quine
secretgeek.github.io · Symmetry · 19 Oct 2020
952 pts
179 comments
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26
PayPal to allow cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping on its network
reuters.com · epaga · 21 Oct 2020
942 pts
372 comments
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27
Facebook account banned after linking Oculus account
reddit.com · warp · 14 Oct 2020
895 pts
425 comments
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28
Wikimedia is moving to Gitlab
mediawiki.org · input_sh · 28 Oct 2020
889 pts
390 comments
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29
Facebook, Twitter block the NY Post from posting
nationalreview.com · henriquez · 14 Oct 2020
883 pts
1.1k comments
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30
Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response among old and young
reuters.com · pseudolus · 26 Oct 2020
879 pts
674 comments
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31
Dropbox Converts to Permanent WFH
businessinsider.com · jeffbee · 15 Oct 2020
855 pts
465 comments
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32
I reverse engineered McDonalds’ internal API
twitter.com · swyx · 22 Oct 2020
845 pts
420 comments
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Fastly hires entire Wasmtime team from Mozilla
bytecodealliance.org · swyx · 26 Oct 2020
813 pts
135 comments
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34
Gravity is not a force – free-fall parabolas are straight lines in spacetime
timhutton.github.io · tim_hutton · 18 Oct 2020
801 pts
433 comments
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35
One Guy Ruined Hacktoberfest 2020
joel.net · Sandeepg33k · 2 Oct 2020
787 pts
480 comments
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36
Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reignites bias claims
bbc.com · nkurz · 15 Oct 2020
780 pts
1.7k comments
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37
Honda quits F1, invests in carbon-free tech instead
arstechnica.com · fn1 · 3 Oct 2020
777 pts
389 comments
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38
Google's new logos are bad
techcrunch.com · LopRabbit · 28 Oct 2020
776 pts
333 comments
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39
RIAA’s YouTube-dl takedown ticks off developers and GitHub’s CEO
torrentfreak.com · ikeboy · 27 Oct 2020
772 pts
276 comments
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40
Google disabled my husband's account
twitter.com · Eyas · 15 Oct 2020
763 pts
483 comments
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41
AMD Zen 3/Ryzen 5000 announcement [video]
youtube.com · thg · 8 Oct 2020
761 pts
674 comments
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42
Face ID and Touch ID for the Web
webkit.org · Austin_Conlon · 19 Oct 2020
757 pts
355 comments
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43
Pandoc – A universal document converter
pandoc.org · johnsonjo · 24 Oct 2020
756 pts
168 comments
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44
Show HN: What would mechanical programming look like?
mockmechanics.com · felipereigosa · 29 Oct 2020
719 pts
149 comments
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45
Full-Bleed Layout Using CSS Grid
joshwcomeau.com · feross · 5 Oct 2020
716 pts
268 comments
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46
French bar owners arrested for offering free WiFi but not keeping logs
privateinternetaccess.com · seigando · 4 Oct 2020
714 pts
330 comments
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47
The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of the Linux Kernel
phoronix.com · akvadrako · 11 Oct 2020
707 pts
462 comments
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49
Congress should invest in open-source software
brookings.edu · gilad · 15 Oct 2020
692 pts
164 comments
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50
ProtonMail CEO calls Apple's forced in-app purchases 'Mafia extortion'
techspot.com · illuminated · 9 Oct 2020
681 pts
370 comments
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51
What is the best dumb TV?
pointerclicker.com · evo_9 · 2 Oct 2020
674 pts
644 comments
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52
Over 80% of Covid-19 patients in a hospital study have Vitamin D deficiency
endocrine.org · walterbell · 27 Oct 2020
654 pts
363 comments
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53
Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other
nytimes.com · piker · 9 Oct 2020
650 pts
191 comments
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54
DigitalOcean App Platform
pages.news.digitalocean.com · digianarchist · 6 Oct 2020
646 pts
346 comments
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55
IBM is splitting itself into two public companies
reuters.com · dredmorbius · 8 Oct 2020
645 pts
426 comments
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56
Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster for Google
arstechnica.com · randtrain34 · 8 Oct 2020
643 pts
748 comments
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58
Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account
melovedata.com · dsaavy · 26 Oct 2020
632 pts
705 comments
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Please stop using CDNs for external JavaScript libraries
shkspr.mobi · edent · 11 Oct 2020
627 pts
347 comments
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