The Best Hacker News Posts of October 2021
We track 1,412 stories from October 2021, averaging 260 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 70 stories. Together they drew 219,109 comments, 155 per story on average.
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Facebook-owned sites were down
facebook.com · nabeards · 4 Oct 2021
2.6k pts
1.3k comments
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IoT hacking and rickrolling my high school district
whitehoodhacker.net · revicon · 12 Oct 2021
1.9k pts
383 comments
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3
Willingness to look stupid
danluu.com · ZephyrBlu · 21 Oct 2021
1.9k pts
777 comments
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4
MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
apple.com · 0xedb · 18 Oct 2021
1.7k pts
2.1k comments
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5
Things I’ve learned in my 20 years as a software engineer
simplethread.com · D_Guidi · 8 Oct 2021
1.6k pts
722 comments
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6
Facebook bans, sends C&D letter to developer of Unfollow Everything extension
techspot.com · mmastrac · 8 Oct 2021
1.5k pts
583 comments
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Google has a secret deal with FB called “Jedi Blue” that they knew was illegal
twitter.com · ColinWright · 24 Oct 2021
1.4k pts
405 comments
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Pandora papers: biggest leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich
theguardian.com · pseudolus · 3 Oct 2021
1.3k pts
594 comments
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Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
missouriindependent.com · davidw · 14 Oct 2021
1.3k pts
678 comments
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Despite having just 5.8% sales, over 38% of bug reports come from Linux
old.reddit.com · otreblan · 24 Oct 2021
1.3k pts
255 comments
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Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central District of California
signal.org · Sami_Lehtinen · 29 Oct 2021
1.3k pts
580 comments
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12
Twitch source code and customer data has reportedly been leaked
videogameschronicle.com · cvak · 6 Oct 2021
1.3k pts
581 comments
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13
55 GiB/s FizzBuzz
codegolf.stackexchange.com · luu · 28 Oct 2021
1.3k pts
255 comments
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14
Understanding how Facebook disappeared from the internet
blog.cloudflare.com · jgrahamc · 4 Oct 2021
1.2k pts
260 comments
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15
This word does not exist
thisworddoesnotexist.com · adrian_mrd · 26 Oct 2021
1.2k pts
413 comments
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Facebook Whistleblower Leaks Thousands of Pages of Incriminating Internal Docs
npr.org · sizzle · 5 Oct 2021
1.1k pts
692 comments
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17
Facebook Renames to Meta
about.facebook.com · TiredOfLife · 28 Oct 2021
1.1k pts
1.1k comments
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18
NYT journalist hacked with Pegasus after reporting on previous hacking attempts
citizenlab.ca · giuliomagnifico · 24 Oct 2021
1.1k pts
310 comments
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Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
apple.com · emdashcomma · 18 Oct 2021
1.1k pts
983 comments
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Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31
developer.apple.com · ezhik_ · 6 Oct 2021
1k pts
498 comments
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22
Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink
bleepingcomputer.com · LordAtlas · 16 Oct 2021
970 pts
470 comments
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23
EU court rules no EULA can forbid decompilation, if you want to fix a bug
curia.europa.eu · aleclm · 9 Oct 2021
938 pts
224 comments
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24
Conterintuitive facts in mathematics, CS, and physics
axisofordinary.substack.com · raviparikh · 5 Oct 2021
936 pts
323 comments
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25
Open Source Tractor
opensourceecology.dozuki.com · vincent_s · 11 Oct 2021
887 pts
204 comments
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26
Dislike button would improve Spotify's recommendations
news.cornell.edu · aww_dang · 16 Oct 2021
881 pts
598 comments
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27
A viable solution for Python concurrency
lwn.net · zorgmonkey · 15 Oct 2021
841 pts
358 comments
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28
I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own
codeamigo.dev · plondon514 · 28 Oct 2021
832 pts
250 comments
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29
Overly analytical guide to escorting
knowingless.com · exolymph · 19 Oct 2021
826 pts
440 comments
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30
Apple Joins Blender Development Fund
blender.org · dagmx · 14 Oct 2021
826 pts
280 comments
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31
The FBI's internal guide for getting data from AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
vice.com · arkadiyt · 25 Oct 2021
818 pts
265 comments
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NFT projects are just MLMs for tech elites
every.to · dtjb · 1 Oct 2021
817 pts
658 comments
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33
John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
arstechnica.com · JaimeThompson · 22 Oct 2021
817 pts
304 comments
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34
Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices
github.com · detaro · 14 Oct 2021
816 pts
382 comments
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36
Google 'colluded' with Facebook to bypass Apple privacy
theregister.com · webmaven · 23 Oct 2021
808 pts
246 comments
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39
AWS is playing chess, Cloudflare is playing Go
swyx.io · pimterry · 18 Oct 2021
797 pts
286 comments
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40
Feds order Google to track people searching certain names or details
dailymail.co.uk · ColinWright · 25 Oct 2021
752 pts
312 comments
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41
Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions
support.mozilla.org · mikro2nd · 7 Oct 2021
748 pts
690 comments
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42
The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without a prescription
npr.org · cf100clunk · 19 Oct 2021
744 pts
448 comments
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43
Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in the Brave browser
brave.com · skellertor · 20 Oct 2021
738 pts
534 comments
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44
An enormous thread on alleged Google Facebook collusion
twitter.com · choppaface · 23 Oct 2021
737 pts
349 comments
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45
What caused all the supply chain bottlenecks?
twitter.com · CalChris · 28 Oct 2021
735 pts
657 comments
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46
I keep making things out of checkboxes
bryanbraun.com · vortex_ape · 11 Oct 2021
725 pts
111 comments
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47
New MacBook Pro has first ‘DIY-friendly’ battery replacement design since 2012
ifixit.com · tailspin2019 · 27 Oct 2021
718 pts
613 comments
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48
Google digital advertising antitrust litigation [pdf]
storage.courtlistener.com · pg_bot · 24 Oct 2021
718 pts
258 comments
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50
Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane
noaa.gov · duck · 1 Oct 2021
711 pts
174 comments
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51
Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]
scss.tcd.ie · giuliomagnifico · 11 Oct 2021
700 pts
367 comments
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53
Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return
economist.com · sidcool · 7 Oct 2021
685 pts
578 comments
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54
E-Ink Magic Calendar that runs off a battery powered Raspberry Pi
github.com · edward · 3 Oct 2021
685 pts
165 comments
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55
It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news
greendude29 · 9 Oct 2021
682 pts
282 comments
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56
Esbuild – An extremely fast JavaScript bundler
esbuild.github.io · taitems · 14 Oct 2021
679 pts
281 comments
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57
Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan
asia.nikkei.com · thedday · 11 Oct 2021
679 pts
216 comments
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58
Long Beach has temporarily suspended container stacking limitations
twitter.com · yblu · 23 Oct 2021
678 pts
485 comments
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59
Show HN: I built a fake VS Code to browse live cricket score in office
cric-code.pankajtanwar.in · the2ndfloorguy · 25 Oct 2021
674 pts
209 comments
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Ask HN: Best way to host a website for 500 years?
adamkochanowicz · 22 Oct 2021
666 pts
787 comments
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