The Best Hacker News Posts of October 2023
We track 1,483 stories from October 2023, averaging 232 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 99 stories. Together they drew 210,218 comments, 142 per story on average.
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German court prohibits LinkedIn from ignoring "Do Not Track" signals
stackdiary.com · isodev · 31 Oct 2023
1.2k pts
575 comments
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California suspends Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment
reuters.com · ra7 · 24 Oct 2023
1.2k pts
1.2k comments
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Log is the "Pro" in iPhone 15 Pro
prolost.com · robenkleene · 11 Oct 2023
1.2k pts
409 comments
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First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by CS student
scrollprize.org · razin · 12 Oct 2023
1.1k pts
207 comments
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I accidentally saved my company half a million dollars
ludic.mataroa.blog · softskunk · 30 Oct 2023
1.1k pts
458 comments
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Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max
apple.com · ehPReth · 31 Oct 2023
1k pts
1.1k comments
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Protomaps – A free and open source map of the world
protomaps.com · rcarmo · 23 Oct 2023
1k pts
163 comments
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What every software developer must know about Unicode in 2023
tonsky.me · mrzool · 2 Oct 2023
989 pts
555 comments
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Firefox tooltip bug fixed after 22 years
bugzilla.mozilla.org · MallocVoidstar · 10 Oct 2023
966 pts
337 comments
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Scrollbars are becoming a problem
artemis.sh · dredmorbius · 13 Oct 2023
953 pts
919 comments
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Return to Office Is Bullshit and Everyone Knows It
soatok.blog · Kye · 2 Oct 2023
926 pts
885 comments
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John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity
venturebeat.com · AndrewKemendo · 9 Oct 2023
926 pts
435 comments
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An interactive intro to CRDTs
jakelazaroff.com · jakelazaroff · 4 Oct 2023
922 pts
130 comments
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A Dutch graphic artist reconstructed Tenochtitlan in 3D
tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl · GuardianCaveman · 22 Oct 2023
919 pts
100 comments
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Free IRS-run tax filing pilot to be available in 13 states
irs.gov · dwynings · 17 Oct 2023
906 pts
329 comments
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Phind Model beats GPT-4 at coding, with GPT-3.5 speed and 16k context
phind.com · rushingcreek · 31 Oct 2023
891 pts
347 comments
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Where does my computer get the time from?
dotat.at · fanf2 · 5 Oct 2023
851 pts
250 comments
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Write more "useless" software
ntietz.com · greenSunglass · 17 Oct 2023
846 pts
254 comments
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Pythagorean Theorem found on clay tablet 1k years older than Pythagoras (2009)
link.springer.com · samaysharma · 5 Oct 2023
836 pts
236 comments
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We have used too many levels of abstractions
unixsheikh.com · riidom · 21 Oct 2023
834 pts
530 comments
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Show HN: OpenAPI DevTools – Chrome extension that generates an API spec
github.com · mrmagoo2 · 25 Oct 2023
811 pts
102 comments
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Anything longer ago than yesterday should just say the actual date
grumpy.website · microflash · 14 Oct 2023
798 pts
358 comments
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YouTube's Anti-Adblock and uBlock Origin
andadinosaur.com · mrzool · 29 Oct 2023
781 pts
760 comments
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The negative impact of mobile-first web design on desktop
nngroup.com · skadamat · 26 Oct 2023
770 pts
484 comments
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The largest DDoS attack to date, peaking above 398M rps
cloud.google.com · tomzur · 10 Oct 2023
751 pts
468 comments
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Introduction to Modern Statistics
openintro-ims2.netlify.app · noelwelsh · 12 Oct 2023
740 pts
132 comments
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The FTC sues to break up Amazon over an economy-wide “hidden tax”
thebignewsletter.com · PaulHoule · 4 Oct 2023
737 pts
627 comments
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Encrypted traffic interception on Hetzner and Linode targeting Jabber service
notes.valdikss.org.ru · f311a · 20 Oct 2023
731 pts
306 comments
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Goodbye integers, hello UUIDv7
buildkite.com · juanfatas · 2 Oct 2023
726 pts
363 comments
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Commercially available chairs in Star Trek
ex-astris-scientia.org · zichy · 18 Oct 2023
725 pts
210 comments
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Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas
lerner.co.il · reuven · 19 Oct 2023
716 pts
493 comments
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Tire dust makes up the majority of ocean microplastics
thedrive.com · geox · 1 Oct 2023
709 pts
615 comments
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Starlink Direct to Cell
direct.starlink.com · pr337h4m · 11 Oct 2023
706 pts
536 comments
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Using Goatse to Stop App Theft
joshcsimmons.com · joshcsimmons · 17 Oct 2023
680 pts
433 comments
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Undermining Democracy: The EU Commission's Controversial Push for Surveillance
dannymekic.com · veeti · 14 Oct 2023
680 pts
364 comments
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Embeddings: What they are and why they matter
simonwillison.net · simonw · 23 Oct 2023
668 pts
131 comments
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Copying Angry Birds with nothing but AI
twitter.com · hackerbeat · 31 Oct 2023
651 pts
309 comments
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About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off
theverge.com · donohoe · 16 Oct 2023
640 pts
609 comments
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Firefox got faster for real users in 2023
hacks.mozilla.org · kevincox · 31 Oct 2023
640 pts
283 comments
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Flappy Dird: Flappy Bird Implemented in MacOS Finder
eieio.games · eieio · 8 Oct 2023
639 pts
57 comments
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Mastercard Should Stop Selling Our Data
eff.org · gslin · 15 Oct 2023
636 pts
246 comments
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HTTP/3 adoption is growing rapidly
blog.apnic.net · skilled · 5 Oct 2023
632 pts
482 comments
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Why you shouldn't join Y Combinator
newsletter.smallbets.co · georgehill · 13 Oct 2023
632 pts
320 comments
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Small business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for security
minnesotareformer.com · danso · 17 Oct 2023
631 pts
580 comments
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Linear Algebra Done Right – 4th Edition
linear.axler.net · __rito__ · 29 Oct 2023
631 pts
294 comments
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Paperless-ngx – Open source document management system
nerdyarticles.com · thunderbong · 7 Oct 2023
627 pts
182 comments
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iLeakage: Browser-Based Timerless Speculative Execution Attacks on Apple Devices
ileakage.com · aw1621107 · 25 Oct 2023
611 pts
225 comments
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ArXiv receives $10M for upgrades
news.cornell.edu · JohnHammersley · 19 Oct 2023
592 pts
159 comments
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Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman
nobelprize.org · OskarS · 2 Oct 2023
590 pts
351 comments
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Lessons Learned from Twenty Years of Site Reliability Engineering
sre.google · maheshrijal · 27 Oct 2023
590 pts
124 comments
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Gmail, Yahoo announce new 2024 authentication requirements for bulk senders
blog.google · ilamont · 30 Oct 2023
588 pts
411 comments
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Nota is a language for writing documents, like academic papers and blog posts
nota-lang.org · napsternxg · 20 Oct 2023
583 pts
214 comments
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