The Best Hacker News Posts of April 2021

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Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] supremecourt.gov · pdoconnell · 5 Apr 2021

4.1k pts 932 comments

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“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose” lore.kernel.org · kdbg · 21 Apr 2021

3k pts 1.9k comments

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Internal Combustion Engine ciechanow.ski · algui91 · 30 Apr 2021

2.3k pts 393 comments

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Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible? lmueongoqx · 7 Apr 2021

2k pts 1.1k comments

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Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer signal.org · derekerdmann · 21 Apr 2021

1.9k pts 332 comments

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Linux bans University of Minnesota for sending buggy patches in name of research neowin.net · prsutherland · 21 Apr 2021

1.9k pts 8 comments

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Just Be Rich keenen.xyz · kjcharles · 13 Apr 2021

1.9k pts 1.1k comments

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uBlock Origin works best on Firefox github.com · anonymfus · 9 Apr 2021

1.6k pts 509 comments

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Microsoft Coffee microsoftcoffee.org · todsacerdoti · 2 Apr 2021

1.6k pts 371 comments

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Why Lichess will always be free lichess.org · hydroxideOH- · 23 Apr 2021

1.5k pts 446 comments

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Dan Kaminsky has died twitter.com · rincebrain · 24 Apr 2021

1.4k pts 176 comments

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“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today” twitter.com · minimaxir · 30 Apr 2021

1.4k pts 2k comments

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The architecture behind a one-person tech startup anthonynsimon.com · ksahin · 8 Apr 2021

1.3k pts 320 comments

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533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online businessinsider.com · cjbprime · 3 Apr 2021

1.3k pts 496 comments

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Yayagram twitter.com · paulhart · 29 Apr 2021

1.3k pts 175 comments

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Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, has died npr.org · edwinbalani · 28 Apr 2021

1.3k pts 180 comments

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Thanks for the Bonus, I Quit madned.substack.com · todsacerdoti · 17 Apr 2021

1.2k pts 656 comments

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Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years blog.google · braymundo · 15 Apr 2021

1.2k pts 415 comments

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I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put me on the no fly list aclu.org · jbegley · 6 Apr 2021

1.2k pts 487 comments

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My Current HTML Boilerplate matuzo.at · adrian_mrd · 27 Apr 2021

1.2k pts 276 comments

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Show HN: Lofi.cafe lofi.cafe · linuz90 · 14 Apr 2021

1.2k pts 230 comments

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Google have declared Droidscript is malware groups.google.com · croes · 27 Apr 2021

1.2k pts 647 comments

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Embrace the Grind jacobian.org · karl42 · 9 Apr 2021

1.2k pts 310 comments

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The Endless Acid Banger: algorithmic self-composing acid techno music vitling.xyz · clomond · 20 Apr 2021

1.1k pts 255 comments

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Google can ban your Android app if they think you’ve clicked on your own ads danfabulich.medium.com · dfabulich · 28 Apr 2021

1k pts 393 comments

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Screw it, I’ll host it myself markozivanovic.com · markozivanovic · 7 Apr 2021

1k pts 476 comments

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Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress unusualwhales.com · seriousquestion · 15 Apr 2021

1k pts 474 comments

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Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong paulosyibelo.com · hyperpape · 2 Apr 2021

986 pts 304 comments

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Apple Introduces AirTag apple.com · davidbarker · 20 Apr 2021

947 pts 923 comments

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Yamauchi No.10 Family Office y-n10.com · cmod · 14 Apr 2021

946 pts 276 comments

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Stranded sailor allowed to leave abandoned ship after four years bbc.com · alphachloride · 22 Apr 2021

931 pts 406 comments

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Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter tips.ariyh.com · tdmckinlay · 15 Apr 2021

920 pts 502 comments

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Feynman: I am burned out and I'll never accomplish anything (1985) asc.ohio-state.edu · ent101 · 25 Apr 2021

915 pts 276 comments

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EFF sues Proctorio on behalf of student falsely DMCA'd eff.org · oxylibrium · 22 Apr 2021

913 pts 520 comments

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Changes at Basecamp world.hey.com · massel · 26 Apr 2021

883 pts 792 comments

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Et Tu, Signal? stephendiehl.com · darylyu · 7 Apr 2021

880 pts 443 comments

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Breaking GitHub Private Pages for $35k robertchen.cc · SuperSandro2000 · 6 Apr 2021

847 pts 106 comments

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Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure Covid-19 montrealgazette.com · mvzvm · 26 Apr 2021

831 pts 491 comments

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Adobe charges subscription cancellation fee twitter.com · CSDude · 12 Apr 2021

817 pts 587 comments

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YouTube suspends account for linking to a PhD research on WPA2 vulnerability reddit.com · decrypt · 14 Apr 2021

801 pts 290 comments

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Microsoft says mandatory password changing is “ancient and obsolete” (2019) arstechnica.com · Tomte · 19 Apr 2021

797 pts 424 comments

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How People Get Rich Now paulgraham.com · prakhargurunani · 12 Apr 2021

779 pts 903 comments

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The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered blogs.sciencemag.org · hprotagonist · 23 Apr 2021

763 pts 277 comments

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Apple is sued for telling you that you're “buying” movies nofilmschool.com · paulcarroty · 23 Apr 2021

753 pts 464 comments

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Show HN: PDFs from HTML pdf.math.dev · abhinav22 · 4 Apr 2021

742 pts 265 comments

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Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters tom7.org · zdw · 2 Apr 2021

727 pts 165 comments

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Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic scientificamerican.com · Brajeshwar · 29 Apr 2021

726 pts 765 comments

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Coinbase from YC to DPO blog.ycombinator.com · todsacerdoti · 14 Apr 2021

714 pts 846 comments

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Amazon illegally fired activist workers, Labor Board finds nytimes.com · pseudolus · 5 Apr 2021

713 pts 380 comments

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This Blog is now hosted on a GPS/LTE modem nns.ee · dtx1 · 2 Apr 2021

711 pts 201 comments

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Grafana, Loki, and Tempo will be relicensed to AGPLv3 grafana.com · WalterSobchak · 20 Apr 2021

710 pts 559 comments

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It's your device, you should be able to repair it bbc.com · lsllc · 30 Apr 2021

707 pts 553 comments

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OpenSearch: AWS fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana aws.amazon.com · ke4qqq · 12 Apr 2021

706 pts 424 comments

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Use console.log() like a pro (2020) markodenic.com · vuciv1 · 12 Apr 2021

700 pts 148 comments

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IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal email address git.kernel.org · ibmthrwy · 20 Apr 2021

695 pts 450 comments

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The health benefits of better air dynomight.net · spekcular · 28 Apr 2021

693 pts 455 comments

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Docker without Docker fly.io · kwindla · 9 Apr 2021

689 pts 210 comments

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EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after Spotify complaint cnbc.com · headmelted · 30 Apr 2021

684 pts 809 comments

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Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with lasers freethink.com · HiroProtagonist · 26 Apr 2021

684 pts 464 comments

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Apple sued for terminating account with $25k worth of apps and videos arstechnica.com · imgabe · 25 Apr 2021

684 pts 388 comments