The Best Hacker News Posts of 2020

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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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Bye, Amazon tbray.org · grey-area · 4 May 2020

3.8k pts 1.1k 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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No Cookie for You github.blog · todsacerdoti · 17 Dec 2020

2.9k pts 609 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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Gears ciechanow.ski · robert-boehnke · 12 Feb 2020

2.8k pts 222 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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Thank HN: You helped me get a new job atum47 · 15 Jan 2020

2.4k pts 193 comments

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Tell HN: Thank You Dang sinak · 27 Nov 2020

2.4k pts 249 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 outage – resolved abluecloud · 14 Dec 2020

2.3k pts 827 comments

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John Conway has died twitter.com · ColinWright · 11 Apr 2020

2.3k pts 178 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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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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Cameras and Lenses ciechanow.ski · mariuz · 9 Dec 2020

2.1k pts 213 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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Deno 1.0 deno.land · 0xedb · 13 May 2020

2.1k pts 583 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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Grant Imahara Has Died hollywoodreporter.com · jmcgough · 14 Jul 2020

2k pts 255 comments

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The Day AppGet Died keivan.io · lostmsu · 27 May 2020

1.9k pts 535 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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Zoom Acquires Keybase keybase.io · vikram7 · 7 May 2020

1.9k pts 712 comments

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Factorio 1.0 factorio.com · Akronymus · 14 Aug 2020

1.9k pts 615 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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NPM Is Joining GitHub github.blog · mholt · 16 Mar 2020

1.8k pts 557 comments

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It’s Time to Build a16z.com · jger15 · 18 Apr 2020

1.8k pts 1k 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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GitHub Codespaces github.com · CraftThatBlock · 6 May 2020

1.8k pts 601 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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Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died npr.org · _zhqs · 18 Sep 2020

1.7k pts 1.5k 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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Goodbye, Clean Code overreacted.io · danabramov · 11 Jan 2020

1.7k pts 575 comments

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Shirt Without Stripes github.com · elsamuko · 20 Apr 2020

1.7k pts 617 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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This electrical transmission tower has a problem twitter.com · danso · 17 Sep 2020

1.7k pts 460 comments

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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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Del.icio.us del.icio.us · kome · 29 Jul 2020

1.6k pts 506 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