The Best Hacker News Posts of 2020
We track 15,783 stories from 2020, averaging 267 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 959 stories. Together they drew 2,386,521 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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Every Google result now looks like an ad
twitter.com · cmod · 21 Jan 2020
3.6k pts
972 comments
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Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare?
zachrip · 19 Apr 2020
3.3k pts
473 comments
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Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.
apnews.com · granzymes · 7 Nov 2020
3.1k pts
4.6k comments
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Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever
buzzfeednews.com · minimaxir · 12 May 2020
3k pts
1.3k comments
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SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
nasa.gov · tosh · 30 May 2020
2.9k pts
798 comments
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Social Cooling (2017)
socialcooling.com · rapnie · 29 Sep 2020
2.7k pts
1.1k comments
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YouTube-dl's repository has been restored
github.blog · fusl · 16 Nov 2020
2.6k pts
658 comments
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Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years and counting?
genedangelo · 31 May 2020
2.6k pts
531 comments
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macOS unable to open any non-Apple application
twitter.com · mattsolle · 12 Nov 2020
2.6k pts
1.3k comments
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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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Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC
raspberrypi.org · schappim · 2 Nov 2020
2.6k pts
754 comments
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GitHub is now free for teams
github.blog · ig0r0 · 14 Apr 2020
2.6k pts
622 comments
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I Am Deleting the Blog
slatestarcodex.com · perditus · 23 Jun 2020
2.5k pts
1.5k comments
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When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport number
mango.pdf.zone · michael_fine · 16 Sep 2020
2.3k pts
340 comments
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Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID
github.com · rvnx · 4 Feb 2020
2.3k pts
615 comments
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24
The End of the Redis Adventure
antirez.com · kristoff_it · 30 Jun 2020
2.3k pts
294 comments
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Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained
reuters.com · n1000 · 21 Jan 2020
2.3k pts
696 comments
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Oppose the Earn IT Act
foundation.mozilla.org · joeyespo · 1 Jul 2020
2.2k pts
543 comments
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Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B
nvidianews.nvidia.com · czr · 13 Sep 2020
2.1k pts
752 comments
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MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?
sigpipe.macromates.com · jrk · 22 May 2020
2k pts
998 comments
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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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32
Grant Imahara Has Died
hollywoodreporter.com · jmcgough · 14 Jul 2020
2k pts
255 comments
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Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls
autocar.co.uk · trenning · 31 Mar 2020
1.9k pts
743 comments
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Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension
blog.pushbullet.com · cimnine · 13 May 2020
1.9k pts
788 comments
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Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
bbc.co.uk · isp · 9 Nov 2020
1.9k pts
1.1k comments
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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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Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices
oculus.com · superted · 18 Aug 2020
1.9k pts
1k comments
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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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Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube
support.google.com · zaggynl · 18 May 2020
1.8k pts
1.2k comments
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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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FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization
ftc.gov · minimaxir · 9 Dec 2020
1.8k pts
709 comments
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A first look at Unreal Engine 5
unrealengine.com · HammadB · 13 May 2020
1.7k pts
676 comments
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Ninth Circuit rules NSA's bulk collection of Americans' call records was illegal
politico.com · AndrewBissell · 2 Sep 2020
1.7k pts
472 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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AWS services explained in one line each
adayinthelifeof.nl · jaytaph · 26 May 2020
1.7k pts
344 comments
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55
This electrical transmission tower has a problem
twitter.com · danso · 17 Sep 2020
1.7k pts
460 comments
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56
Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
wasteme · 17 Sep 2020
1.7k pts
729 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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Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it
deprocrastination.co · vitabenes · 21 Jan 2020
1.6k pts
368 comments
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Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up
calpaterson.com · todsacerdoti · 23 Sep 2020
1.6k pts
1.3k comments
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