The Best Hacker News Posts of May 2021

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Hosting SQLite databases on GitHub Pages or any static file hoster phiresky.github.io · phiresky · 2 May 2021

1.8k pts 244 comments

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Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge blog.ethereum.org · vishnu_ks · 18 May 2021

1.7k pts 1.7k comments

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I quit my job to focus on SerenityOS full time awesomekling.github.io · there · 28 May 2021

1.6k pts 249 comments

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A teenager's guide to avoiding actual work madned.substack.com · mad_ned · 19 May 2021

1.5k pts 254 comments

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Sublime Text 4 sublimetext.com · ascom · 21 May 2021

1.4k pts 630 comments

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Welcome to Libera Chat libera.chat · smitop · 19 May 2021

1.4k pts 529 comments

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Project Starline: Feel like you're there, together blog.google · ra7 · 18 May 2021

1.3k pts 513 comments

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One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks columbianewsservice.com · anandaverma18 · 23 May 2021

1.3k pts 544 comments

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The Animal Is Tired robinhobb.com · montenegrohugo · 9 May 2021

1.3k pts 426 comments

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Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM github.com · dekuNukem · 2 May 2021

1.3k pts 404 comments

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Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10 years (2020) turriate.com · EntICOnc · 15 May 2021

1.3k pts 728 comments

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Instagram ads Facebook won't show you signal.org · HieronymusBosch · 4 May 2021

1.2k pts 177 comments

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A URL Lengthener aaa.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com · ykdojo · 14 May 2021

1.2k pts 294 comments

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Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel dental.washington.edu · beefman · 29 May 2021

1.2k pts 347 comments

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Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering workspaceupdates.googleblog.com · lewisjoe · 12 May 2021

1.2k pts 930 comments

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Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C github.com · epermyakov · 12 May 2021

1.1k pts 262 comments

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Drunk Post: Things I've Learned as a Sr Engineer old.reddit.com · tosh · 30 May 2021

1.1k pts 494 comments

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M1racles: An Apple M1 covert channel vulnerability m1racles.com · paulgerhardt · 26 May 2021

1.1k pts 277 comments

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Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ‘free shipping’ mattstoller.substack.com · yarapavan · 30 May 2021

1.1k pts 440 comments

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Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', opposition says bbc.co.uk · cjnicholls · 23 May 2021

1k pts 829 comments

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LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online techstartups.com · ro_bit · 6 May 2021

1k pts 676 comments

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Amazon refused to refund $7k after shipping an empty box instead of a Sony A1 petapixel.com · luu · 30 May 2021

1k pts 624 comments

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Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps? bbc.com · vanusa · 17 May 2021

1k pts 637 comments

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Stripe Payment Links stripe.com · joeyespo · 25 May 2021

988 pts 312 comments

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Extreme HTTP Performance Tuning talawah.io · talawahtech · 20 May 2021

976 pts 145 comments

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It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cryptocurrency twitter.com · cratermoon · 30 May 2021

949 pts 1.1k comments

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The tools and tech I use to run a one-woman hardware company blog.thea.codes · todsacerdoti · 18 May 2021

925 pts 130 comments

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Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata [video] youtube.com · bitcharmer · 1 May 2021

922 pts 487 comments

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Crazy New Ideas paulgraham.com · razin · 6 May 2021

901 pts 774 comments

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I’ve had the same supper for 10 years theguardian.com · pumpkinhead · 8 May 2021

888 pts 749 comments

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River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up river-runner.samlearner.com · prawn · 27 May 2021

877 pts 127 comments

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YouTube approves ad by Belarusian gov with journalist from hijackd Ryanair plane twitter.com · notimetocry · 25 May 2021

876 pts 265 comments

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Servers as they should be – shipping early 2022 oxide.computer · ykl · 26 May 2021

876 pts 256 comments

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Overkill objects for everyday life neil.computer · mrzool · 30 May 2021

856 pts 706 comments

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Learn CSS web.dev · markodenic · 21 May 2021

842 pts 189 comments

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Please fix the AWS free tier before somebody gets hurt cloudirregular.substack.com · forrestbrazeal · 4 May 2021

840 pts 439 comments

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How I, as someone who is visually impaired, use my iPhone (2020) twitter.com · eevilspock · 27 May 2021

832 pts 228 comments

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Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals? zffr · 27 May 2021

819 pts 271 comments

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ClearURLs – automatically remove tracking elements from URLs github.com · stanislavb · 5 May 2021

803 pts 307 comments

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Observing my cellphone switch towers fabiensanglard.net · ingve · 16 May 2021

800 pts 132 comments

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“Shared libraries are not a good thing in general” lore.kernel.org · pengaru · 1 May 2021

792 pts 501 comments

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DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin stash seized krebsonsecurity.com · feross · 14 May 2021

787 pts 584 comments

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Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B reuters.com · helsinkiandrew · 26 May 2021

780 pts 820 comments

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Why I prefer making useless stuff web.eecs.utk.edu · azhenley · 23 May 2021

772 pts 270 comments

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Freesound just reached 500K Creative Commons sounds blog.freesound.org · diibv · 21 May 2021

772 pts 67 comments

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Request for comments regarding topics to be discussed at Dark Patterns workshop regulations.gov · sincerely · 2 May 2021

769 pts 529 comments

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Belarus diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist bbc.com · kensai · 23 May 2021

766 pts 4 comments

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Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) to be retired on June 15, 2022 blogs.windows.com · smukherjee19 · 19 May 2021

763 pts 294 comments

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Neovim 0.5 is overpowering crispgm.com · imbnwa · 26 May 2021

753 pts 421 comments

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Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side rarehistoricalphotos.com · pmoriarty · 25 May 2021

741 pts 581 comments

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It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code (2020) qntm.org · avinassh · 25 May 2021

733 pts 658 comments

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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning ford.com · awb · 21 May 2021

727 pts 1.4k comments

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Poor in Tech megelison.com · tosh · 19 May 2021

725 pts 782 comments

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Back in 1993, I was taking a number theory class twitter.com · renameme · 3 May 2021

722 pts 214 comments

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AMP pages no longer get preferential treatment in Google search plausible.io · ColinWright · 18 May 2021

719 pts 172 comments

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The Ultimate Guide to Inflation lynalden.com · jger15 · 9 May 2021

712 pts 344 comments

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Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data over privacy concerns euronews.com · giuliomagnifico · 11 May 2021

709 pts 185 comments

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Collusion rings threaten the integrity of computer science research m-cacm.acm.org · djoldman · 26 May 2021

707 pts 395 comments

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Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio apple.com · todsacerdoti · 17 May 2021

702 pts 699 comments

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Pentagon surveilling Americans without a warrant, Senator Wyden reveals vice.com · jbegley · 13 May 2021

699 pts 247 comments