The Best Hacker News Posts of November 2022
We track 1,487 stories from November 2022, averaging 249 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 88 stories. Together they drew 246,321 comments, 166 per story on average.
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Meta lays off 11,000 people
about.fb.com · technics256 · 9 Nov 2022
2k pts
2k comments
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Accidental Google Pixel Lock Screen Bypass
bugs.xdavidhu.me · BXWPU · 10 Nov 2022
1.6k pts
444 comments
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maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps
garrit.xyz · garritfra · 24 Nov 2022
1.4k pts
383 comments
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Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST
ntfy.sh · tambourine_man · 8 Nov 2022
1.3k pts
296 comments
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8
Monumental (if correct) advance in number theory posted to ArXiv by Yitang Zhang
gavagai691 · 7 Nov 2022
1.3k pts
417 comments
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9
Ex-Reddit CEO on Twitter moderation
twitter.com · kenferry · 3 Nov 2022
1.2k pts
937 comments
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10
Show HN: Trading cards made with e-ink displays
wyldcard.io · jonahss · 30 Nov 2022
1.1k pts
291 comments
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11
Kite is saying farewell and open-sourcing its code
kite.com · dynamicwebpaige · 20 Nov 2022
1.1k pts
528 comments
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12
FTX’s collapse was a crime, not an accident
coindesk.com · mcone · 30 Nov 2022
1.1k pts
569 comments
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13
Intentionally making close friends
neelnanda.io · rzk · 28 Nov 2022
1.1k pts
307 comments
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14
Twitter to employees: all office buildings closed, badge access suspended
twitter.com · minimaxir · 18 Nov 2022
1.1k pts
1.7k comments
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15
Hacker News Parody Thread (2013)
bradconte.com · AkshatJ27 · 20 Nov 2022
1k pts
329 comments
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16
Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun
techcrunch.com · matthieu_bl · 4 Nov 2022
1k pts
2.1k comments
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Why Twitter didn’t go down: From a real Twitter SRE
matthewtejo.substack.com · mtejo · 22 Nov 2022
1k pts
1.4k comments
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Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce
stripe.com · infrawhispers · 3 Nov 2022
997 pts
1.2k comments
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22
Delaware judge discovers hidden entity recruiting people to be patent trolls
ipde.com · Andrew_Russell · 7 Nov 2022
987 pts
349 comments
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24
Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment
mckirk · 6 Nov 2022
982 pts
753 comments
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25
Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for fraud
nytimes.com · doener · 18 Nov 2022
978 pts
770 comments
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26
AirDrop is now limited to 10 minutes
twitter.com · doener · 28 Nov 2022
959 pts
697 comments
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27
Tell HN: A hacker's life is in danger, your awareness may be life saving
michaeltimo · 5 Nov 2022
957 pts
103 comments
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28
Sapling: A new source control system with Git-compatible client
engineering.fb.com · bolinfest · 15 Nov 2022
926 pts
525 comments
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29
My full statement regarding DOOM Eternal
medium.com · bangonkeyboard · 9 Nov 2022
922 pts
276 comments
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30
The most unethical thing I was asked to build while working at Twitter in 2015
twitter.com · sgk284 · 7 Nov 2022
921 pts
408 comments
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31
Two weeks of dealing with Google as a developer
danfitdegree.hashnode.dev · danuker · 16 Nov 2022
913 pts
330 comments
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32
I fought the PayPal and I won
jessesingal.substack.com · exolymph · 4 Nov 2022
868 pts
327 comments
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34
High-documentation, low-meeting work culture
tremendous.com · seltzerboys · 22 Nov 2022
841 pts
501 comments
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35
Front end developers: stop moving things that I’m about to click on
medium.com · ingve · 27 Nov 2022
839 pts
352 comments
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36
Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop
podman-desktop.io · twelvenmonkeys · 9 Nov 2022
830 pts
191 comments
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37
Almost everything on Amazon is becoming an ad
washingtonpost.com · boplicity · 24 Nov 2022
824 pts
494 comments
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39
Photography for geeks
lcamtuf.coredump.cx · excite1997 · 27 Nov 2022
820 pts
146 comments
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40
An interactive guide to Flexbox
joshwcomeau.com · brandrick · 23 Nov 2022
813 pts
87 comments
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41
Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
curious16 · 14 Nov 2022
804 pts
503 comments
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42
American society is so focused on race that it is blind to class
economist.com · jdkee · 2 Nov 2022
794 pts
830 comments
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43
Investigating why Steam started picking a random font
blog.pkh.me · rbanffy · 19 Nov 2022
794 pts
166 comments
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44
Robot treats 500k plants per hour with 95% less chemicals [video]
youtube.com · zikohh · 16 Nov 2022
793 pts
303 comments
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45
I record myself on audio 24x7 and use an AI to process the information
roberdam.com · roberdam · 15 Nov 2022
788 pts
400 comments
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46
CRISPR cancer trial success paves the way for personalized treatments
nature.com · dsign · 10 Nov 2022
780 pts
287 comments
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47
Digital books wear out faster than physical books
blog.archive.org · Amorymeltzer · 15 Nov 2022
777 pts
435 comments
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48
Ever-expanding animation of the life of the 796th floor of a space station
floor796.com · sssilver · 15 Nov 2022
776 pts
88 comments
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49
NASA finds super-emitters of methane
smithsonianmag.com · walterbell · 1 Nov 2022
767 pts
357 comments
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50
Musk’s first email to Twitter staff ends remote work
bloomberg.com · mfiguiere · 10 Nov 2022
766 pts
1.4k comments
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51
Mom handcuffed, jailed for 8-year-old son walking half a mile
reason.com · leephillips · 16 Nov 2022
759 pts
726 comments
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52
CVE-2022-41924 – tailscaled can be used to remotely execute code on Windows
emily.id.au · ghuntley · 21 Nov 2022
755 pts
130 comments
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53
Dozens of malicious PyPI packages discovered targeting developers
blog.phylum.io · louislang · 2 Nov 2022
754 pts
320 comments
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54
Stretch iPhone to its limit: 2GiB Stable Diffusion model runs locally on device
liuliu.me · GrantS · 9 Nov 2022
749 pts
175 comments
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55
Huawei phones automatically deleting videos of the protests?
twitter.com · qwertyuiop_ · 30 Nov 2022
743 pts
512 comments
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57
Everything I wish I knew when learning C
tmewett.com · bubblehack3r · 28 Nov 2022
738 pts
391 comments
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58
Microsoft is phoning home the content of PowerPoint slides
rogermexico.bearblog.dev · memorable · 7 Nov 2022
734 pts
377 comments
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59
Firefox Translations: Translate websites in your browser without using the cloud
addons.mozilla.org · PaulKeeble · 29 Nov 2022
732 pts
178 comments
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Show HN: A color picker for named web colors
arantius.github.io · arantius · 21 Nov 2022
731 pts
169 comments
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