The Best Hacker News Posts of December 2022
We track 1,475 stories from December 2022, averaging 261 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 106 stories. Together they drew 248,690 comments, 169 per story on average.
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US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved
energy.gov · novateg · 13 Dec 2022
2.8k pts
1k comments
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Riffusion – Stable Diffusion fine-tuned to generate music
riffusion.com · MitPitt · 15 Dec 2022
2.4k pts
465 comments
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3
Building a Virtual Machine Inside ChatGPT
engraved.blog · 317070 · 3 Dec 2022
2k pts
908 comments
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4
John Carmack Leaves Meta
facebook.com · viburnum · 17 Dec 2022
1.9k pts
1.2k comments
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5
Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]
twitter.com · operatingthetan · 18 Dec 2022
1.8k pts
1.2k comments
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Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups
support.apple.com · frizlab · 7 Dec 2022
1.6k pts
1k comments
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8
Thanks Dang, Happy Holidays
news.ycombinator.com · O__________O · 23 Dec 2022
1.5k pts
152 comments
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9
ElonJet Is Now Suspended
twitter.com · ffsoftboiled · 14 Dec 2022
1.4k pts
1.3k comments
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Show HN: Obsidian Canvas – An infinite space for your ideas
obsidian.md · ericax · 20 Dec 2022
1.4k pts
387 comments
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People tricking ChatGPT “like watching an Asimov novel come to life”
twitter.com · isp · 2 Dec 2022
1.3k pts
592 comments
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12
SBF Arrested by Bahamian Authorities
twitter.com · zone411 · 12 Dec 2022
1.3k pts
812 comments
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Show HN: Portable Secret – How I store my secrets and communicate privately
mprimi.github.io · mprime1 · 21 Dec 2022
1.3k pts
376 comments
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15
Draw SVG rope using JavaScript
muffinman.io · stanko · 31 Dec 2022
1.2k pts
66 comments
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17
Ask HN: Has anyone here turned around their life in their 40s?
Deutscher · 19 Dec 2022
1.1k pts
726 comments
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Twitter applies 7-day suspension to half a dozen journalists
washingtonpost.com · prawn · 16 Dec 2022
1.1k pts
1.7k comments
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19
Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now
twitter.com · sanketpatrikar · 18 Dec 2022
1.1k pts
1k comments
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Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab
ft.com · zackoverflow · 11 Dec 2022
1.1k pts
801 comments
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22
Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job
stevenbuccini.com · sbuccini · 28 Dec 2022
1k pts
570 comments
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23
I liberate the ending to Minecraft from Microsoft and give it to you
theeggandtherock.substack.com · dihydro · 8 Dec 2022
989 pts
739 comments
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25
Promotion of alternative social platforms policy
help.twitter.com · ttepasse · 18 Dec 2022
978 pts
743 comments
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27
Apple blocks Coinbase Wallet
twitter.com · stale2002 · 1 Dec 2022
939 pts
904 comments
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28
Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?
CM30 · 18 Dec 2022
931 pts
694 comments
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30
Barnes and Noble's surprising turnaround
tedgioia.substack.com · AlbertCory · 28 Dec 2022
917 pts
484 comments
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31
A circuit simulator that doesn't look like it was made in 2003
withdiode.com · malerba118 · 14 Dec 2022
905 pts
259 comments
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32
Show HN: I wrote a free eBook about many lesser-known/secret database tricks
sqlfordevs.com · tpetry · 2 Dec 2022
865 pts
174 comments
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33
Ask HN: Developer abused “sign in with GitHub”?
2Gkashmiri · 9 Dec 2022
860 pts
480 comments
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Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative
itcommunity.stanford.edu · ryzvonusef · 18 Dec 2022
843 pts
1.8k comments
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Apple GPU drivers now in Asahi Linux
asahilinux.org · sohkamyung · 7 Dec 2022
826 pts
331 comments
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38
Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account
twitter.com · SXX · 14 Dec 2022
815 pts
1.3k comments
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39
Finding the B-21's hangar location from the stars in its press image
twitter.com · johnmcelhone · 8 Dec 2022
809 pts
216 comments
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40
Golang disables Nagle's Algorithm by default
withinboredom.info · withinboredom · 29 Dec 2022
806 pts
370 comments
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41
How to Befriend Crows
fediscience.org · karmanyaahm · 26 Dec 2022
800 pts
216 comments
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42
A search engine for searching books in the Z-Library index on the IPFS network
zlib.zu1k.com · baptiste313 · 29 Dec 2022
776 pts
203 comments
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43
Serverless Video Transcription inspired by Cyberpunk 2077
github.com · pierremenard · 22 Dec 2022
774 pts
80 comments
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44
ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists’ physical location
forbes.com · alphabetting · 22 Dec 2022
758 pts
466 comments
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45
Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll
twitter.com · calcifer · 18 Dec 2022
756 pts
720 comments
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46
January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are open to all
web.law.duke.edu · CharlesW · 20 Dec 2022
756 pts
461 comments
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47
Dwarf Fortress’ graphical upgrade provides a new way into a wildly wonky game
arstechnica.com · danso · 6 Dec 2022
747 pts
267 comments
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48
UnifiedPush: A decentralized, open-source push notification protocol
f-droid.org · mikece · 22 Dec 2022
741 pts
146 comments
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49
Apple kills plans to scan for CSAM in iCloud
wired.com · ashton314 · 7 Dec 2022
736 pts
408 comments
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Stable Diffusion with Core ML on Apple Silicon
machinelearning.apple.com · 2bit · 1 Dec 2022
723 pts
178 comments
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54
Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer
bbc.com · sonabinu · 11 Dec 2022
722 pts
211 comments
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TSMC to make 4nm chips in Arizona for Apple, AMD, Nvidia
techmonitor.ai · ZinedineF · 1 Dec 2022
716 pts
510 comments
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Facial recognition tech gets woman booted from Rockettes show due to employer
nbcnewyork.com · 04rob · 20 Dec 2022
715 pts
655 comments
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57
Just use Postgres for everything
amazingcto.com · KingOfCoders · 10 Dec 2022
707 pts
430 comments
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58
Apple to allow outside app stores in overhaul spurred by EU laws
bloomberg.com · MBCook · 13 Dec 2022
696 pts
767 comments
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59
Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable
9dev · 7 Dec 2022
686 pts
631 comments
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Platform certificates used to sign malware
bugs.chromium.org · arkadiyt · 1 Dec 2022
684 pts
234 comments
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