The Best Hacker News Posts of December 2020
We track 1,374 stories from December 2020, averaging 268 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 79 stories. Together they drew 225,690 comments, 164 per story on average.
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FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization
ftc.gov · minimaxir · 9 Dec 2020
1.8k pts
709 comments
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Zero-click, wormable, cross-platform remote code execution in Microsoft Teams
github.com · Tomte · 7 Dec 2020
1.3k pts
317 comments
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Tips for a Better Life
ideopunk.com · CapitalistCartr · 23 Dec 2020
1.3k pts
463 comments
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Jetbrains founders turn billionaires without VC help
bloomberg.com · OJFord · 18 Dec 2020
1.2k pts
514 comments
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YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud
blog.youtube · 1cvmask · 9 Dec 2020
1.2k pts
3.1k comments
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Amazon disallows pointing out paid reviews
blog.kevmod.com · kmod · 17 Dec 2020
1.1k pts
479 comments
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14
Hotwire: HTML over the Wire
hotwire.dev · samename · 22 Dec 2020
1.1k pts
545 comments
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Ten year study: No link between violent video games and aggressive behavior
gamesage.net · chops · 29 Dec 2020
1k pts
566 comments
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16
Firefox Was Always Enough
ianbicking.org · adambyrtek · 16 Dec 2020
1k pts
586 comments
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Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who built Covid-19 dashboard
tallahassee.com · 8ig8 · 7 Dec 2020
969 pts
635 comments
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With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work on Linux
protondb.com · OJFord · 7 Dec 2020
938 pts
544 comments
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Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges
theverge.com · brundolf · 2 Dec 2020
933 pts
740 comments
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A Modern JavaScript Tutorial
javascript.info · ivanche · 7 Dec 2020
893 pts
292 comments
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25
Drone Footage of Arecibo Observatory Collapse
nsf.gov · uptown · 3 Dec 2020
892 pts
229 comments
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Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys
joealcorn.co.uk · buttscicles · 13 Dec 2020
869 pts
422 comments
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Radicle: A peer-to-peer alternative to GitHub
radicle.xyz · dweberz · 5 Dec 2020
864 pts
255 comments
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States bring action against Google under federal and state antitrust laws [pdf]
texasattorneygeneral.gov · pondsider · 16 Dec 2020
860 pts
501 comments
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30
Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack
salesforce.com · jmsflknr · 1 Dec 2020
858 pts
633 comments
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Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America?
grubstreet.com · polm23 · 29 Dec 2020
844 pts
323 comments
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Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder
github.com · andyjpb · 16 Dec 2020
833 pts
533 comments
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Advanced Compilers: Self-Guided Online Course
cs.cornell.edu · matt_d · 11 Dec 2020
827 pts
232 comments
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All problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone (2014)
theguardian.com · chesterfield · 20 Dec 2020
826 pts
446 comments
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Write code. Not too much. Mostly functions.
brandons.me · brundolf · 21 Dec 2020
825 pts
352 comments
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Amazon reportedly has Pinkerton agents surveil workers who try to form unions
npr.org · pdkl95 · 3 Dec 2020
809 pts
445 comments
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Why can’t you buy a good webcam?
vsevolod.net · murkt · 22 Dec 2020
783 pts
773 comments
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Russian opposition leader Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned
cnn.com · antfarm · 21 Dec 2020
783 pts
248 comments
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Arecibo Observatory Collapsed
space.com · BrentOzar · 1 Dec 2020
776 pts
309 comments
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U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government – sources
reuters.com · re_re · 13 Dec 2020
773 pts
362 comments
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Tokio 1.0 – async runtime for Rust
tokio.rs · carllerche · 23 Dec 2020
769 pts
402 comments
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More challenging projects every programmer should try
web.eecs.utk.edu · pavehawk2007 · 20 Dec 2020
757 pts
223 comments
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44
Netscape and Sun Announce JavaScript (1995)
web.archive.org · brandrick · 4 Dec 2020
755 pts
455 comments
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Facebook being investigated in Germany for tying Oculus use to Facebook accounts
techcrunch.com · Liriel · 10 Dec 2020
752 pts
237 comments
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Hyundai to acquire Boston Dynamics
therobotreport.com · tazlor · 9 Dec 2020
748 pts
248 comments
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48
I Have Resigned from the Google AMP Advisory Committee
shkspr.mobi · edent · 18 Dec 2020
745 pts
314 comments
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Post Mortem of Google Outage on 14 December 2020
status.cloud.google.com · saifulwebid · 18 Dec 2020
729 pts
198 comments
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51
Dasung just released a 25 inch eInk monitor
reddit.com · tyler109 · 25 Dec 2020
725 pts
382 comments
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52
Linus Torvalds' good taste argument for linked lists, explained
github.com · mkirchner · 6 Dec 2020
717 pts
326 comments
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Teddit: a free and open-source Reddit front end focused on privacy
teddit.net · oftenwrong · 5 Dec 2020
716 pts
293 comments
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54
A former Uber engineer's disaster story
twitter.com · epaga · 10 Dec 2020
710 pts
332 comments
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55
Ask HN: What's the best paper you've read in 2020?
luizfelberti · 8 Dec 2020
705 pts
192 comments
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57
S3 Strong Consistency
aws.amazon.com · juliansimioni · 2 Dec 2020
699 pts
227 comments
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58
Being kind to others is good for your health
bbc.com · diminish · 19 Dec 2020
690 pts
254 comments
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59
Ask HN: Why does Pinterest dominate Google text search results?
Winterflow3r · 25 Dec 2020
689 pts
312 comments
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Zoom executive charged with disrupting meetings commemorating Tiananmen Square
justice.gov · imraj96 · 19 Dec 2020
685 pts
228 comments
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