The Best Hacker News Posts of August 2023
We track 1,518 stories from August 2023, averaging 253 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 103 stories. Together they drew 226,414 comments, 149 per story on average.
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Bram Moolenaar has died
groups.google.com · wufocaculura · 5 Aug 2023
4.3k pts
428 comments
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Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99
arxiv.org · spekcular · 4 Aug 2023
2.4k pts
1.2k comments
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LK-99 isn’t a superconductor
nature.com · Brajeshwar · 16 Aug 2023
2.1k pts
698 comments
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4
Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video]
isro.gov.in · osivertsson · 23 Aug 2023
1.9k pts
491 comments
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5
OpenTF announces fork of Terraform
opentf.org · cube2222 · 25 Aug 2023
1.7k pts
486 comments
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6
Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no opt out
explore.zoom.us · isodev · 6 Aug 2023
1.6k pts
511 comments
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7
The first conformant M1 GPU driver
rosenzweig.io · todsacerdoti · 22 Aug 2023
1.6k pts
657 comments
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8
ISPs should not police online speech no matter how awful it is
eff.org · mantiq · 29 Aug 2023
1.5k pts
1.3k comments
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10
I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
github.com · archmaster · 9 Aug 2023
1.3k pts
307 comments
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14
A room-temperature superconductor? New developments
science.org · nneonneo · 1 Aug 2023
1.2k pts
774 comments
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15
Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf
ericdraken.com · rolph · 27 Aug 2023
1.2k pts
626 comments
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16
Temptations of an open-source Chrome extension developer (2021)
github.com · hk__2 · 9 Aug 2023
1.1k pts
360 comments
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17
Htmx is part of the GitHub Accelerator
htmx.org · jjdeveloper · 16 Aug 2023
1.1k pts
487 comments
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18
A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team
mastodon.social · luu · 3 Aug 2023
1.1k pts
585 comments
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19
Google’s Plan to DRM the Web Goes Against Everything Google Once Stood For
techdirt.com · g0xA52A2A · 3 Aug 2023
1.1k pts
416 comments
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22
Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users
kagi.com · tech234a · 4 Aug 2023
986 pts
484 comments
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Code Llama, a state-of-the-art large language model for coding
ai.meta.com · marcopicentini · 24 Aug 2023
970 pts
501 comments
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26
We reduced the cost of building Mastodon at Twitter-scale by 100x
blog.redplanetlabs.com · tekacs · 15 Aug 2023
954 pts
355 comments
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27
Ask vs. Guess Culture
jeanhsu.substack.com · kiyanwang · 18 Aug 2023
946 pts
479 comments
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28
We’re all just temporarily abled
blog.jim-nielsen.com · _xivi · 21 Aug 2023
919 pts
513 comments
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29
Open-sourcing AudioCraft: Generative AI for audio
ai.meta.com · iyaja · 2 Aug 2023
906 pts
319 comments
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30
Azure ChatGPT: Private and secure ChatGPT for internal enterprise use
github.com · taubek · 13 Aug 2023
891 pts
333 comments
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31
Man spends entire career mastering crappy codebase
taylor.town · surprisetalk · 3 Aug 2023
866 pts
570 comments
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33
I went to 50 different dentists: almost all gave a different diagnosis (1997)
rd.com · mgh2 · 6 Aug 2023
863 pts
559 comments
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35
Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel
theverge.com · Xeophon · 22 Aug 2023
858 pts
445 comments
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36
Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release
blog.mozilla.org · rc00 · 11 Aug 2023
857 pts
460 comments
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37
TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, NXP to jointly build semiconductor fab in Europe
pr.tsmc.com · king_phil · 8 Aug 2023
855 pts
500 comments
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38
Show HN: LLMs can generate valid JSON 100% of the time
github.com · remilouf · 14 Aug 2023
854 pts
303 comments
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39
Firefox finally outperforming Google Chrome in SunSpider
phoronix.com · marcodiego · 15 Aug 2023
850 pts
387 comments
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41
Comcast, CenturyLink fail to derail Utah community-owned gigabit fiber network
techdirt.com · rntn · 4 Aug 2023
827 pts
281 comments
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42
Want employees to return to the office? Then give each one an office
washingtonpost.com · fortran77 · 9 Aug 2023
825 pts
811 comments
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43
Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features
electrek.co · 1970-01-01 · 3 Aug 2023
820 pts
741 comments
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44
Show HN: I automated half of my typing
github.com · eschluntz · 30 Aug 2023
815 pts
313 comments
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45
Beating GPT-4 on HumanEval with a fine-tuned CodeLlama-34B
phind.com · rushingcreek · 25 Aug 2023
813 pts
284 comments
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46
CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Google Search ranking
theverge.com · mikece · 9 Aug 2023
801 pts
574 comments
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47
I would rather see my books get pirated than this
janefriedman.com · ilamont · 7 Aug 2023
787 pts
486 comments
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48
Google Maps has become an eyesore
fastcompany.com · nkurz · 7 Aug 2023
782 pts
680 comments
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49
Observation of zero resistance above 100 K in Pb₁₀₋ₓCuₓ(PO₄)₆O
arxiv.org · segfaultbuserr · 3 Aug 2023
779 pts
372 comments
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50
Tell HN: t.co is adding a five-second delay to some domains
xslowzone · 15 Aug 2023
749 pts
421 comments
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51
AI real-time human full-body photo generator
generated.photos · bookofjoe · 23 Aug 2023
747 pts
358 comments
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52
CT scans of coffee-making equipment
scanofthemonth.com · eucalyptuseye · 31 Aug 2023
725 pts
167 comments
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53
80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans
cnbc.com · pg_1234 · 11 Aug 2023
724 pts
601 comments
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54
Run Llama 2 uncensored locally
ollama.ai · jmorgan · 2 Aug 2023
722 pts
212 comments
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55
What happened in this GPT-3 conversation?
chat.openai.com · hersko · 8 Aug 2023
710 pts
287 comments
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56
Writing about what you learn pushes you to understand topics better
addyosmani.com · twapi · 14 Aug 2023
707 pts
158 comments
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57
Short session expiration does not help security
sjoerdlangkemper.nl · ColinWright · 18 Aug 2023
696 pts
419 comments
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58
Downloading a video should be “fair use” as recording a song from the radio
mastodon.social · luu · 13 Aug 2023
694 pts
247 comments
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59
Your computer should say what you tell it to say
eff.org · skilled · 8 Aug 2023
689 pts
254 comments
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60
Squeeze the hell out of the system you have
blog.danslimmon.com · sbmsr · 11 Aug 2023
687 pts
373 comments
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