The Best Hacker News Posts of July 2022
We track 1,352 stories from July 2022, averaging 255 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 83 stories. Together they drew 224,520 comments, 166 per story on average.
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Ask HN: What are some cool but obscure data structures you know about?
Uptrenda · 21 Jul 2022
2.1k pts
753 comments
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Compare Webb's Images to Hubble
johnedchristensen.github.io · hexomancer · 12 Jul 2022
1.6k pts
244 comments
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Apple previews Lockdown Mode
apple.com · todsacerdoti · 6 Jul 2022
1.6k pts
742 comments
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Bun: Fast JavaScript runtime, transpiler, and NPM client written in Zig
bun.sh · firloop · 5 Jul 2022
1.4k pts
314 comments
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Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement
sec.gov · coloneltcb · 8 Jul 2022
1.3k pts
1.5k comments
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I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
techradar.com · p4bl0 · 17 Jul 2022
1.2k pts
674 comments
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Glassdoor not so anonymous
webworm.co · Mandatum · 19 Jul 2022
1.1k pts
479 comments
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Deepest infrared image of universe
nasa.gov · l- · 11 Jul 2022
1.1k pts
347 comments
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James Webb first images – complete set of high resolution shots now live
webbtelescope.org · crhulls · 12 Jul 2022
1.1k pts
396 comments
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EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, approved
consilium.europa.eu · Gareth321 · 20 Jul 2022
1.1k pts
1.4k comments
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15
I should have loved biology
jsomers.net · h2odragon · 9 Jul 2022
1k pts
271 comments
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Tell HN: You can't hire because you don't post salary ranges
Carrok · 21 Jul 2022
1k pts
523 comments
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Pirate Library Mirror: Preserving 7TB of books (that are not in Libgen)
pilimi.org · ValentineC · 3 Jul 2022
996 pts
418 comments
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Uber broke laws, duped police and built lobbying operation, leak reveals
theguardian.com · colin_jack · 10 Jul 2022
965 pts
528 comments
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Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks
flipperzero.one · clouddrover · 20 Jul 2022
956 pts
263 comments
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DALL·E now available in beta
openai.com · todsacerdoti · 20 Jul 2022
924 pts
551 comments
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Map showing birthplaces of "notable people" around the world
tjukanovt.github.io · jbesomi · 29 Jul 2022
924 pts
332 comments
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Tesla remotely converts battery pack, cutting 1/3 of range
twitter.com · noasaservice · 26 Jul 2022
899 pts
638 comments
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Cheap junk flooding Amazon has brand names like MOFFBUZW
twitter.com · rafaelm · 22 Jul 2022
880 pts
408 comments
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Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title
chess24.com · CawCawCaw · 20 Jul 2022
872 pts
443 comments
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How far can you go by train in 5h?
chronotrains-eu.vercel.app · mritzmann · 29 Jul 2022
871 pts
439 comments
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FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be removed from app stores
blog.malwarebytes.com · scanr · 19 Jul 2022
835 pts
847 comments
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US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design
arstechnica.com · papa-whisky · 29 Jul 2022
829 pts
742 comments
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We're going to need a lot of solar panels
caseyhandmer.wordpress.com · lionheart · 22 Jul 2022
823 pts
808 comments
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Amazon admits giving police Ring camera footage without consent
theintercept.com · Pakdef · 13 Jul 2022
818 pts
510 comments
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Why we ignore thousands of daily car crashes
strongtowns.org · oftenwrong · 21 Jul 2022
798 pts
979 comments
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Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astronomy
quantamagazine.org · theafh · 25 Jul 2022
782 pts
422 comments
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Large Hadron Collider discovers three new exotic particles
home.cern · geox · 5 Jul 2022
767 pts
273 comments
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How much health insurers pay for almost everything is about to go public
khn.org · nojito · 1 Jul 2022
766 pts
359 comments
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Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious
maxutility · 25 Jul 2022
759 pts
316 comments
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Tell HN: Internet Archive is facing a Big 4 Publishers lawsuit
antiverse · 18 Jul 2022
746 pts
216 comments
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The Dangers of Microsoft Pluton
gabrielsieben.tech · gjsman-1000 · 26 Jul 2022
733 pts
533 comments
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SSD will fail at 40k power-on hours (2021)
cisco.com · dredmorbius · 10 Jul 2022
723 pts
254 comments
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Python 3.11 vs 3.10 performance
github.com · hyperbovine · 6 Jul 2022
715 pts
444 comments
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TeamViewer installs suspicious font only useful for web fingerprinting
ctrl.blog · kevincox · 20 Jul 2022
706 pts
235 comments
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Former Coinbase PM charged in cryptocurrency insider trading tipping scheme
justice.gov · tempsy · 21 Jul 2022
705 pts
421 comments
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Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent
theguardian.com · phs318u · 14 Jul 2022
704 pts
611 comments
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DNS Esoterica – Why you can't dig Switzerland
shkspr.mobi · edent · 14 Jul 2022
703 pts
113 comments
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Why is it so hard to give Google money?
paulbutler.org · paulgb · 26 Jul 2022
696 pts
404 comments
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Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greater rates
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · ivanvas · 18 Jul 2022
693 pts
411 comments
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More invested in nuclear fusion in last 12 months than past decade
growthbusiness.co.uk · bilsbie · 23 Jul 2022
692 pts
663 comments
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EU approves legislation to regulate Apple, Google, Meta, and other tech firms
macrumors.com · marcobambini · 5 Jul 2022
691 pts
900 comments
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Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social networking era
axios.com · jedwhite · 26 Jul 2022
683 pts
664 comments
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YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burning, but leaves up tips
boingboing.net · PretzelFisch · 1 Jul 2022
682 pts
587 comments
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SQLite Internals: Pages and B-trees
fly.io · eatonphil · 27 Jul 2022
667 pts
142 comments
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Amazon sales of Deep Learning with Python are counterfeit
twitter.com · jmillikin · 24 Jul 2022
665 pts
193 comments
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55
Take more screenshots
alexwlchan.net · goranmoomin · 24 Jul 2022
657 pts
231 comments
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Rogers network outage across Canada hits banks, businesses and consumers
reuters.com · cupofpython · 8 Jul 2022
655 pts
387 comments
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Soft deletion probably isn't worth it
brandur.org · lfittl · 19 Jul 2022
654 pts
494 comments
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New documents reveal scale of US Government’s cell phone location data tracking
aclu.org · DamnInteresting · 18 Jul 2022
638 pts
295 comments
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Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after two decades
cnn.com · cpeterso · 20 Jul 2022
633 pts
581 comments
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AlphaFold reveals the structure of the protein universe
deepmind.com · MindGods · 28 Jul 2022
633 pts
236 comments
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