The Best Hacker News Posts of December 2021
We track 1,415 stories from December 2021, averaging 256 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 103 stories. Together they drew 226,832 comments, 160 per story on average.
1
Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
google.com · edge17 · 20 Dec 2021
2.2k pts
373 comments
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2
Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much work we do?
ConfessionTime · 16 Dec 2021
1.7k pts
1.1k comments
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3
AWS us-east-1 outage
status.aws.amazon.com · judge2020 · 7 Dec 2021
1.7k pts
957 comments
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4
Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg
bmj.com · DrHilarius · 17 Dec 2021
1.6k pts
644 comments
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5
TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS
twitter.com · cwaffles · 17 Dec 2021
1.5k pts
498 comments
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6
I started a paper website business
daily.tinyprojects.dev · tinyprojects · 14 Dec 2021
1.5k pts
257 comments
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7
100 years of whatever this will be
apenwarr.ca · mumblemumble · 2 Dec 2021
1.5k pts
896 comments
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9
Pixel prevented me from calling 911
old.reddit.com · sohkamyung · 9 Dec 2021
1.4k pts
654 comments
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10
Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]
github.com · mkdirp · 25 Dec 2021
1.3k pts
538 comments
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11
Don't start with microservices – monoliths are your friend
arnoldgalovics.com · galovics · 16 Dec 2021
1.2k pts
445 comments
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12
This website has 81% battery power remaining
solar.lowtechmagazine.com · behnamoh · 12 Dec 2021
1.2k pts
351 comments
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13
“Play-to-Earn” and Bullshit Jobs
paulbutler.org · paulgb · 28 Dec 2021
1.2k pts
670 comments
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14
Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with China in 2016
macrumors.com · baybal2 · 8 Dec 2021
1.2k pts
707 comments
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15
Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
Jaruzel · 25 Dec 2021
1.2k pts
313 comments
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16
Wish HN: Happy Holidays
artsandculture.google.com · rcarmo · 24 Dec 2021
1.1k pts
252 comments
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17
CT scans of AirPods evolution
scanofthemonth.com · vitruvius · 6 Dec 2021
1.1k pts
334 comments
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18
U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware
reuters.com · amadeuspagel · 3 Dec 2021
1.1k pts
592 comments
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19
A deep dive into an NSO zero-click iMessage exploit: Remote Code Execution
googleprojectzero.blogspot.com · arkadiyt · 15 Dec 2021
1k pts
341 comments
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20
Apple broke up with me
merecivilian.com · MereCivilian · 5 Dec 2021
985 pts
682 comments
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21
Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Wikipedia
modernwiki.app · sjdz · 6 Dec 2021
979 pts
409 comments
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24
This shouldn't have happened: A vulnerability postmortem
googleprojectzero.blogspot.com · trulyrandom · 1 Dec 2021
938 pts
481 comments
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25
Germany: New government plans 'right to encryption'
tutanota.com · Audiophilip · 3 Dec 2021
899 pts
285 comments
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26
Prince of Persia in JavaScript
princejs.com · colinprince · 28 Dec 2021
887 pts
225 comments
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28
Ask HN: How did my LastPass master password get leaked?
gregsadetsky · 27 Dec 2021
877 pts
515 comments
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29
Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their key fob for remote start
arstechnica.com · slobotron · 13 Dec 2021
876 pts
716 comments
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30
25-Dec. Shout-out to everyone else at work
sandworm101 · 25 Dec 2021
872 pts
202 comments
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31
President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment
purdueexponent.org · h2odragon · 17 Dec 2021
867 pts
964 comments
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33
Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers
sprocketfox.io · ghuntley · 2 Dec 2021
860 pts
419 comments
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35
Plans you're not supposed to talk about
dynomight.net · dynm · 14 Dec 2021
846 pts
635 comments
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37
YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of the dislike count
youtube.com · jafitc · 3 Dec 2021
807 pts
565 comments
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39
Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell
folli · 23 Dec 2021
782 pts
841 comments
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40
uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results
github.com · nothrowaways · 14 Dec 2021
769 pts
294 comments
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41
Internet addiction and the habit of book reading
benwajdi.com · shankarro · 18 Dec 2021
760 pts
370 comments
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42
The gift of it's your problem now
apenwarr.ca · Tomte · 30 Dec 2021
756 pts
293 comments
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44
Sleep technique used by Salvador Dalí works
livescience.com · ohiovr · 10 Dec 2021
737 pts
238 comments
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45
iPhone camera app replaces person’s head with a leaf in photo
twitter.com · davidbarker · 30 Dec 2021
732 pts
454 comments
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46
Go Replaces Interface{} with 'Any'
github.com · brosciencecode · 14 Dec 2021
726 pts
459 comments
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48
FTC sues to block Nvidia-Arm merger
ftc.gov · badwolf · 2 Dec 2021
722 pts
398 comments
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49
Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threatening
eff.org · dredmorbius · 9 Dec 2021
718 pts
375 comments
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50
Windows 11 Officially Shuts Down Firefox’s Default Browser Workaround
howtogeek.com · beezle · 16 Dec 2021
715 pts
545 comments
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52
Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules
bbc.com · goodcanadian · 10 Dec 2021
702 pts
717 comments
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53
Townscaper Running in the Browser
oskarstalberg.com · krstffr · 1 Dec 2021
701 pts
97 comments
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54
Log4Shell update: second Log4j vulnerability published
lunasec.io · freeqaz · 15 Dec 2021
698 pts
278 comments
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55
A New Coefficient of Correlation
arxiv.org · malshe · 25 Dec 2021
682 pts
158 comments
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56
Regulators Shut Down Lending Platform (YC Alum) LendUp
consumerfinance.gov · boeingUH60 · 22 Dec 2021
669 pts
646 comments
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57
We will be retiring Alexa.com
support.alexa.com · dlackty · 8 Dec 2021
667 pts
241 comments
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58
Running your own email is increasingly an artisanal choice, not a practical one
utcc.utoronto.ca · throw0101a · 24 Dec 2021
664 pts
510 comments
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59
How to draw S-curved arrows between boxes
dragonman225.js.org · alex_stoddard · 22 Dec 2021
664 pts
57 comments
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60
Lego has designed a set that can't be taken apart
brickset.com · brycehalley · 3 Dec 2021
663 pts
399 comments
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