The Best Hacker News Posts of May 2023
We track 1,481 stories from May 2023, averaging 248 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 102 stories. Together they drew 224,819 comments, 152 per story on average.
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Google “We have no moat, and neither does OpenAI”
semianalysis.com · klelatti · 4 May 2023
2.5k pts
1k comments
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2
Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing
old.reddit.com · robbiet480 · 31 May 2023
2k pts
1.3k comments
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See this page fetch itself, byte by byte, over TLS
subtls.pages.dev · gmac · 10 May 2023
1.3k pts
173 comments
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7
Get started making music
learningmusic.ableton.com · prhrb · 14 May 2023
1.2k pts
243 comments
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Show HN: Boring Report, a news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news
boringreport.org · aquaVitae · 11 May 2023
1.2k pts
332 comments
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Federal judge: Border searches of cell phones require a warrant
eff.org · panarky · 30 May 2023
1.1k pts
319 comments
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JMAP – a modern email open standard
jmap.io · tambourine_man · 30 May 2023
1k pts
361 comments
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MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admins are angry
theverge.com · dustedcodes · 3 May 2023
1k pts
722 comments
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Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and warns of danger ahead
nytimes.com · ramraj07 · 1 May 2023
1k pts
1.2k comments
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Scaling up the Prime Video audio/video monitoring service and reducing costs
primevideotech.com · debdut · 4 May 2023
989 pts
507 comments
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16
Let us serve you, but don't bring us down
blog.archive.org · _delirium · 29 May 2023
976 pts
243 comments
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17
Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantly deteriorated lately?
behnamoh · 31 May 2023
947 pts
756 comments
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18
When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of your ability to think
twitter.com · blueridge · 11 May 2023
941 pts
571 comments
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Everything you always wanted to know about mathematics (2013) [pdf]
math.cmu.edu · ggr2342 · 25 May 2023
941 pts
147 comments
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20
Don Knuth plays with ChatGPT
cs.stanford.edu · talonx · 20 May 2023
927 pts
622 comments
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I criticized Amazon’s policies in a blog – their lawyers have subpoenaed me
twitter.com · graeme · 30 May 2023
922 pts
222 comments
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Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI
reuters.com · vforgione · 16 May 2023
914 pts
1.2k comments
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GitHub Copilot Chat Leaked Prompt
twitter.com · marvinvonhagen · 12 May 2023
910 pts
609 comments
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Replit's new Code LLM: Open Source, 77% smaller than Codex, trained in 1 week
latent.space · swyx · 3 May 2023
891 pts
220 comments
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Setris – Tetris with Sand Physics
mslivo.itch.io · Akharin · 29 May 2023
869 pts
185 comments
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IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants
washingtonpost.com · elicash · 15 May 2023
856 pts
567 comments
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29
Same Stop: Life after 26 years as a programmer for Apple
engineersneedart.com · chmaynard · 22 May 2023
842 pts
424 comments
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India ruling party's IT cell used AI to show smile on arrested protesters' faces
altnews.in · throwaway384629 · 29 May 2023
820 pts
443 comments
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33
Bank Failures Visualized
observablehq.com · A_D_E_P_T · 3 May 2023
819 pts
317 comments
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Three Companies Impersonated Millions to Influence Internet Policy
ag.ny.gov · RecycledEle · 14 May 2023
812 pts
290 comments
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35
Hacking my “smart” toothbrush
kuenzi.dev · PikelEmi · 30 May 2023
808 pts
302 comments
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Ask HN: What is new in algorithms and data structures these days?
jvanderbot · 10 May 2023
737 pts
211 comments
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39
What happened with ASUS routers this morning?
downtowndougbrown.com · zdw · 18 May 2023
736 pts
450 comments
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40
Tarkovsky's films online for free
kottke.org · bookofjoe · 27 May 2023
735 pts
176 comments
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JPMorgan Chase and Co tracks employees to dystopian extents
old.reddit.com · notRobot · 16 May 2023
734 pts
376 comments
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42
Show HN: Beepberry – a portable e-paper computer for hackers
beepberry.sqfmi.com · erohead · 17 May 2023
731 pts
227 comments
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43
Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease
science.org · lonelyasacloud · 16 May 2023
721 pts
325 comments
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44
Show HN: I open sourced the QR designer from my failed startup
github.com · koch · 30 May 2023
711 pts
73 comments
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46
Help make mass surveillance of entire populations uneconomical
prism-break.org · doener · 1 May 2023
707 pts
273 comments
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47
Scar tissues make relationships wear out (2013)
gist.github.com · ColinWright · 27 May 2023
706 pts
191 comments
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Meta AI announces Massive Multilingual Speech code, models for 1000+ languages
github.com · crakenzak · 22 May 2023
705 pts
222 comments
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50
Notes apps are where ideas go to die (2022)
reproof.app · pps · 31 May 2023
694 pts
223 comments
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51
Apple brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad
apple.com · isomorph · 9 May 2023
688 pts
568 comments
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52
Language models can explain neurons in language models
openai.com · mfiguiere · 9 May 2023
688 pts
477 comments
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54
Why is my dryer radioactive?
physics.stackexchange.com · jpitz · 18 May 2023
674 pts
159 comments
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57
Ask HN: How do you not take criticism of your work personally?
molly0 · 24 May 2023
667 pts
629 comments
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58
Evidence that the shingles vaccine prevents a good chunk of dementia cases
twitter.com · guiambros · 26 May 2023
667 pts
273 comments
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59
YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
bleepingcomputer.com · jacooper · 10 May 2023
666 pts
1.4k comments
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Meta fined $1.3B over data transfers to U.S.
wsj.com · jaredwiener · 22 May 2023
664 pts
520 comments
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