The Best Hacker News Posts of February 2021

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How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% nee.lv · kuroguro · 28 Feb 2021

3.9k pts 699 comments

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The Framework Laptop frame.work · bitigchi · 25 Feb 2021

2.6k pts 991 comments

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Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked twitter.com · benhurmarcel · 8 Feb 2021

2k pts 1.2k comments

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Show HN: Redbean – Single-file distributable web server justine.lol · jart · 26 Feb 2021

2k pts 249 comments

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Email from Jeff Bezos to employees aboutamazon.com · marc__1 · 2 Feb 2021

1.9k pts 1k comments

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Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take to cancel it imgur.com · jandll · 18 Feb 2021

1.8k pts 812 comments

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My experience as a Gazan girl getting into Silicon Valley companies daliaawad28.medium.com · daliaawad · 24 Feb 2021

1.7k pts 460 comments

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Github1s – One second to read GitHub code with VS Code github.com · tardismechanic · 9 Feb 2021

1.7k pts 214 comments

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Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water joshdata.me · raldi · 20 Feb 2021

1.7k pts 171 comments

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Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video] youtube.com · malloreon · 18 Feb 2021

1.7k pts 495 comments

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Total Cookie Protection blog.mozilla.org · todsacerdoti · 23 Feb 2021

1.5k pts 427 comments

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Show HN: Can’t afford Bloomberg Terminal? No prob, I built the next best thing github.com · sexy_year · 25 Feb 2021

1.4k pts 289 comments

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20% of requests for Wikimedia Commons are for one image of a flower phabricator.wikimedia.org · IfOnlyYouKnew · 8 Feb 2021

1.4k pts 362 comments

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Architecture.md matklad.github.io · todsacerdoti · 6 Feb 2021

1.3k pts 153 comments

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VideoLAN is 20 years old today videolan.org · jbk · 1 Feb 2021

1.3k pts 316 comments

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Judge: Citibank isn't entitled to $500M it sent to various creditors last August arstechnica.com · danbr · 18 Feb 2021

1.2k pts 601 comments

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Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows twitter.com · fireball_blaze · 19 Feb 2021

1.2k pts 283 comments

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Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal signal.org · arkadiyt · 4 Feb 2021

1.2k pts 388 comments

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“I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure” twitter.com · fireball_blaze · 12 Feb 2021

1.2k pts 455 comments

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Tauri: An Electron alternative written in Rust tauri.studio · metalwhale · 19 Feb 2021

1.1k pts 417 comments

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Daft Punk Break Up pitchfork.com · psychanarch · 22 Feb 2021

1.1k pts 432 comments

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Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Other Companies medium.com · Robadob · 10 Feb 2021

1.1k pts 402 comments

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I Still Use RSS atthis.link · todsacerdoti · 3 Feb 2021

1k pts 357 comments

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Getting better at Linux with mini-projects carltheperson.com · carltheperson · 2 Feb 2021

1k pts 120 comments

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Beej's Guide to Network Programming (1994-2020) beej.us · ColinWright · 11 Feb 2021

993 pts 165 comments

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Whistleblowers: Software keeping inmates in Arizona prisons beyond release dates kjzz.org · macg333 · 22 Feb 2021

987 pts 417 comments

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What I Worked On paulgraham.com · tosh · 16 Feb 2021

986 pts 398 comments

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Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index cbeci.org · apples_oranges · 10 Feb 2021

982 pts 1.8k comments

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Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA testing kit theregister.com · anfilt · 7 Feb 2021

981 pts 496 comments

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MasterCard to open up network to cryptocurrencies reuters.com · ArtTimeInvestor · 11 Feb 2021

975 pts 875 comments

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Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to trigger copyright filters vice.com · edward · 9 Feb 2021

969 pts 487 comments

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Free for Developers free-for.dev · fs111 · 23 Feb 2021

967 pts 197 comments

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A visual guide to SSH tunnels robotmoon.com · brendanfalk · 7 Feb 2021

963 pts 80 comments

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Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are tracked bnnbloomberg.ca · johncena33 · 26 Feb 2021

927 pts 353 comments

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DigitalOcean S-1 sec.gov · marc__1 · 25 Feb 2021

924 pts 424 comments

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OpenStreetMap proven to be a highly accurate map in top US cities eng.lyft.com · clarecorthell · 9 Feb 2021

880 pts 243 comments

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America's 1% Has Taken $50T From the Bottom 90% time.com · paulpauper · 11 Feb 2021

870 pts 917 comments

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Statement on New York Times Article astralcodexten.substack.com · jger15 · 14 Feb 2021

866 pts 411 comments

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Rust Foundation: Hello, World foundation.rust-lang.org · steveklabnik · 8 Feb 2021

865 pts 268 comments

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Homebrew 3.0 brew.sh · blucell · 5 Feb 2021

859 pts 490 comments

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Why did I leave Google or, why did I stay so long? paygo.media · mrowland · 17 Feb 2021

825 pts 806 comments

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Monolith First (2015) martinfowler.com · asyrafql · 19 Feb 2021

820 pts 340 comments

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Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with one update blog.malwarebytes.com · decrypt · 8 Feb 2021

819 pts 442 comments

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TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Taxes for Free (2019) propublica.org · anigbrowl · 8 Feb 2021

807 pts 199 comments

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Computer Graphics from Scratch gabrielgambetta.com · AlexeyBrin · 3 Feb 2021

805 pts 116 comments

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Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace test cbc.ca · walterbell · 11 Feb 2021

792 pts 587 comments

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50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to Blame Fat (2016) npr.org · mgh2 · 13 Feb 2021

789 pts 460 comments

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Google Analytics: Stop feeding the beast casparwre.de · caspii · 25 Feb 2021

771 pts 383 comments

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Apple watch keyboard developer put off by app store scammers twitter.com · masalah · 1 Feb 2021

761 pts 320 comments

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Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in the future techcrunch.com · Cookingboy · 8 Feb 2021

758 pts 1.3k comments

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Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders starlink.com · sf_rob · 18 Feb 2021

755 pts 523 comments

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Ask HN: Advice for finding an entry-level remote job? AskHNremote2021 · 17 Feb 2021

740 pts 199 comments

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“User Engagement” Is Code for “Addiction” craigwritescode.medium.com · wilsocr88 · 16 Feb 2021

737 pts 336 comments

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My product is my garden herman.bearblog.dev · square_usual · 3 Feb 2021

731 pts 147 comments

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United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet separates from engine avherald.com · haunter · 20 Feb 2021

723 pts 464 comments

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Shitbowl: The algorithmically powered in-home physical caching platform shitbowl.com · fallingfrog · 13 Feb 2021

722 pts 237 comments

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Chick Corea has died chickcorea.com · rock_artist · 12 Feb 2021

704 pts 191 comments

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Why I Built Litestream litestream.io · benbjohnson · 11 Feb 2021

703 pts 176 comments

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CS193p: Developing Apps for iOS cs193p.sites.stanford.edu · rangoon626 · 10 Feb 2021

700 pts 165 comments

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Functorio bartoszmilewski.com · ibobev · 16 Feb 2021

697 pts 193 comments