The Best Hacker News Posts of March 2021
We track 1,406 stories from March 2021, averaging 269 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 79 stories. Together they drew 232,626 comments, 165 per story on average.
1
GitHub, fuck your name change
mooseyanon.medium.com · leontrolski · 17 Mar 2021
3.4k pts
2k comments
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2
Whistleblower: Ubiquiti Breach “Catastrophic”
krebsonsecurity.com · picture · 30 Mar 2021
1.9k pts
785 comments
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3
I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an email service
tinyprojects.dev · tinyprojects · 11 Mar 2021
1.7k pts
612 comments
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Remembering Allan McDonald, who refused to approve the Challenger launch
text.npr.org · everybodyknows · 7 Mar 2021
1.5k pts
298 comments
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6
Is that ship still stuck?
istheshipstillstuck.com · ColinWright · 25 Mar 2021
1.5k pts
1.2k comments
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7
All my servers have an 8 GB empty file on disk
brianschrader.com · sonicrocketman · 25 Mar 2021
1.3k pts
696 comments
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8
Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf]
github.com · aty268 · 29 Mar 2021
1.2k pts
367 comments
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9
Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
palant.info · autoditype · 1 Mar 2021
1.2k pts
487 comments
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10
Why the Wuhan lab leak theory shouldn't be dismissed
eu.usatoday.com · ruaraidh · 22 Mar 2021
1.2k pts
985 comments
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11
Fire declared in OVH SBG2 datacentre building
travaux.ovh.net · finniananderson · 10 Mar 2021
1.1k pts
589 comments
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12
Demoscene accepted as UNESCO cultural heritage in Germany
demoscene-the-art-of-coding.net · quakeguy · 20 Mar 2021
1.1k pts
136 comments
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13
Beyond Meat signs global supply deals with McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut
agfundernews.com · adrian_mrd · 2 Mar 2021
1.1k pts
910 comments
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15
Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated
reuters.com · WJW · 29 Mar 2021
1.1k pts
569 comments
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17
Backblaze submitting names and sizes of files in B2 buckets to Facebook
twitter.com · celsoazevedo · 22 Mar 2021
1.1k pts
516 comments
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18
Suez canal blocked by a massive ship
twitter.com · tilolebo · 23 Mar 2021
1.1k pts
427 comments
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19
30k U.S. organizations newly hacked via holes in Microsoft Exchange Server
krebsonsecurity.com · picture · 5 Mar 2021
1k pts
437 comments
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20
NASA's Perseverance rover sends stunning images
bbc.com · astdb · 3 Mar 2021
1k pts
347 comments
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21
Rockstar thanks GTA Online player who fixed load times, official update coming
pcgamer.com · mmhsieh · 15 Mar 2021
1k pts
321 comments
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22
Dhcpcd Will Need a New Maintainer
roy.marples.name · elvis70 · 13 Mar 2021
1k pts
221 comments
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23
“ISO obstructs adoption of standards by paywalling them”
twitter.com · linksbro · 8 Mar 2021
1k pts
312 comments
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24
Female Founder Secrets: Men Clamming Up
femfosec.com · femfosec · 28 Mar 2021
1k pts
1.4k comments
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25
I want a computer that I own
misc-stuff.terraaeon.com · bezelbuttons · 9 Mar 2021
994 pts
655 comments
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26
SQLite is not a toy database
antonz.org · nalgeon · 25 Mar 2021
986 pts
354 comments
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27
Firefox 87 trims HTTP Referrers by default to protect user privacy
blog.mozilla.org · twapi · 22 Mar 2021
972 pts
251 comments
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28
Only Google is really allowed to crawl the web
knuckleheads.club · skinkestek · 26 Mar 2021
957 pts
346 comments
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30
Louvre makes its entire collection available online
collections.louvre.fr · colinprince · 27 Mar 2021
932 pts
205 comments
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31
Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no profiling
theregister.com · samizdis · 3 Mar 2021
931 pts
411 comments
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32
Show HN: I wrote a book about Go
practical-go-lessons.com · maximilienandi · 24 Mar 2021
919 pts
157 comments
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34
Manim – an animation engine for explanatory math videos
3b1b.github.io · vermilingua · 18 Mar 2021
905 pts
75 comments
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37
Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay
wsj.com · undefined1 · 4 Mar 2021
881 pts
2.2k comments
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38
Git's list of banned C functions
github.com · muds · 4 Mar 2021
876 pts
613 comments
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39
The Drivers Cooperative
drivers.coop · pasquinelli · 26 Mar 2021
866 pts
319 comments
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40
Plan 9 from Bell Labs in Cyberspace
bell-labs.com · __d · 23 Mar 2021
865 pts
261 comments
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41
'Fake' Amazon workers defend company on Twitter
bbc.com · alexrustic · 30 Mar 2021
846 pts
405 comments
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43
Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF
techrights.org · wrycoder · 21 Mar 2021
844 pts
856 comments
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44
Don't End the Week with Nothing (2014)
training.kalzumeus.com · mooreds · 21 Mar 2021
824 pts
269 comments
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46
Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS
therecord.media · gormandizer · 30 Mar 2021
816 pts
442 comments
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47
Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
github.com · URfejk · 24 Mar 2021
815 pts
363 comments
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48
Fuckin' user interface design, I swear
blog.plover.com · luu · 8 Mar 2021
814 pts
498 comments
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49
Baserow.io – Self-hosted Airtable alternative
baserow.io · punnerud · 13 Mar 2021
802 pts
224 comments
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50
Valve's Proton Has Enabled 7000 Windows Games on Linux
boilingsteam.com · ekianjo · 5 Mar 2021
796 pts
327 comments
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51
On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't
residentcontrarian.substack.com · maxwelljoslyn · 1 Mar 2021
792 pts
884 comments
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53
Inside a viral website
notfunatparties.substack.com · panic · 31 Mar 2021
787 pts
294 comments
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54
Young female Japanese biker is 50-year-old man using FaceApp
mothership.sg · amrrs · 19 Mar 2021
774 pts
495 comments
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55
NFTs Are a Dangerous Trap
seths.blog · josephscott · 7 Mar 2021
772 pts
752 comments
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56
Dolt is Git for Data: a SQL database that you can fork, clone, branch, merge
github.com · crazypython · 6 Mar 2021
752 pts
176 comments
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58
Why I rewrote my Rust keyboard firmware in Zig: consistency, mastery, and fun
kevinlynagh.com · iansinnott · 7 Mar 2021
743 pts
387 comments
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59
ICANN Refuses to Accredit Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Due to His ‘Background’
torrentfreak.com · input_sh · 3 Mar 2021
743 pts
296 comments
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60
Crystal 1.0 – What to expect
crystal-lang.org · mfkp · 22 Mar 2021
739 pts
340 comments
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