The Best Hacker News Posts of November 2023
We track 1,433 stories from November 2023, averaging 261 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 99 stories. Together they drew 225,519 comments, 157 per story on average.
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OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman
openai.com · davidbarker · 17 Nov 2023
5.7k pts
2.5k comments
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Reflecting on 18 Years at Google
ln.hixie.ch · whiplashoo · 22 Nov 2023
2.2k pts
1k comments
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We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO
twitter.com · staranjeet · 22 Nov 2023
2k pts
2k comments
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YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox
old.reddit.com · csvm · 20 Nov 2023
1.9k pts
461 comments
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Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
twitter.com · JimDabell · 20 Nov 2023
1.7k pts
1.3k comments
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Blender 16yo winner of UK young animator of the year
younganimator.uk · countrymile · 15 Nov 2023
1.6k pts
254 comments
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Charlie Munger has died
berkshirehathaway.com · mfiguiere · 28 Nov 2023
1.5k pts
405 comments
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OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns
wired.com · skilled · 20 Nov 2023
1.4k pts
1.3k comments
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Greg Brockman quits OpenAI
twitter.com · nickrubin · 18 Nov 2023
1.4k pts
662 comments
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12
Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA?
insiderockstarnorth.blogspot.com · klaussilveira · 21 Nov 2023
1.3k pts
159 comments
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13
Stable Video Diffusion
stability.ai · roborovskis · 21 Nov 2023
1.3k pts
302 comments
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14
My toddler loves planes, so I built her a radar
jacobbartlett.substack.com · jakey_bakey · 27 Nov 2023
1.3k pts
245 comments
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I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]
youtube.com · anonymfus · 16 Nov 2023
1.3k pts
428 comments
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OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
theverge.com · medler · 18 Nov 2023
1.2k pts
1.6k comments
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As I retire, my goal now is to release 40+ years of source code
dunfield.themindfactory.com · elvis70 · 3 Nov 2023
1.2k pts
323 comments
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Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door opener API
home-assistant.io · eamonnsullivan · 8 Nov 2023
1.2k pts
640 comments
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New models and developer products
openai.com · kevin_hu · 6 Nov 2023
1.1k pts
545 comments
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21
Privacy is priceless, but Signal is expensive
signal.org · mikece · 16 Nov 2023
1.1k pts
906 comments
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Llamafile lets you distribute and run LLMs with a single file
github.com · tfinch · 29 Nov 2023
1.1k pts
288 comments
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23
What I learned getting acquired by Google
shreyans.org · shreyans · 9 Nov 2023
1k pts
611 comments
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24
My $500M Mars rover mistake
chrislewicki.com · bryanrasmussen · 28 Nov 2023
1k pts
343 comments
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Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired from Y Combinator by his mentor
washingtonpost.com · CartyBoston · 22 Nov 2023
1k pts
746 comments
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OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster
reuters.com · mfiguiere · 22 Nov 2023
990 pts
1.1k comments
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27
Steam Deck OLED
store.steampowered.com · robbiet480 · 9 Nov 2023
983 pts
683 comments
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28
Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs
tuta.com · grammers · 27 Nov 2023
964 pts
709 comments
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29
Brother have gotten to where they are now by not innovating
retro.social · anotherevan · 27 Nov 2023
930 pts
735 comments
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30
How I got here
pthorpe92.github.io · low_tech_love · 11 Nov 2023
925 pts
346 comments
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31
Why Cities: Skylines 2 performs poorly
blog.paavo.me · paavohtl · 5 Nov 2023
901 pts
563 comments
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33
Three senior researchers have resigned from OpenAI
convexstrictly · 18 Nov 2023
879 pts
672 comments
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34
It's still easy for anyone to become you at Experian
krebsonsecurity.com · todsacerdoti · 11 Nov 2023
874 pts
331 comments
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Visual Anagrams: Generating optical illusions with diffusion models
dangeng.github.io · beefman · 30 Nov 2023
826 pts
71 comments
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Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is real doomsday scenario
businessinsider.com · g42gregory · 2 Nov 2023
799 pts
843 comments
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Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software engineer job
mensurdurakovic.com · thunderbong · 8 Nov 2023
796 pts
758 comments
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38
I think I need to go lie down
twitter.com · mfbx9da4 · 16 Nov 2023
796 pts
457 comments
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39
Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year
9to5mac.com · dm · 16 Nov 2023
793 pts
709 comments
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Cursorless is alien magic from the future
xeiaso.net · todsacerdoti · 10 Nov 2023
790 pts
337 comments
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41
280M e-bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
theconversation.com · rglullis · 17 Nov 2023
789 pts
733 comments
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42
The 1988 shooting down of Flight 655 as a user interface disaster
octodon.social · srijan4 · 29 Nov 2023
785 pts
651 comments
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43
NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android
newpipe.net · vyrotek · 4 Nov 2023
782 pts
389 comments
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44
A coder considers the waning days of the craft
newyorker.com · jsomers · 14 Nov 2023
778 pts
1.1k comments
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46
Developer account removed by Apple
seraleev.notion.site · vilfredoparet0 · 23 Nov 2023
753 pts
425 comments
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47
MeshGPT: Generating triangle meshes with decoder-only transformers
nihalsid.github.io · jackcook · 28 Nov 2023
738 pts
157 comments
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48
Hacking ADHD: Strategies for the modern developer
ledger.com · vberg · 15 Nov 2023
732 pts
725 comments
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49
Starship will attempt a launch this Friday
fly.faa.gov · LorenDB · 14 Nov 2023
731 pts
903 comments
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51
Google Drive files suddenly disappeared
support.google.com · vedlin · 27 Nov 2023
726 pts
317 comments
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52
StyleTTS2 – open-source Eleven-Labs-quality Text To Speech
github.com · sandslides · 19 Nov 2023
725 pts
234 comments
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53
Writing documentation for your house
luke.hsiao.dev · lwhsiao · 28 Nov 2023
722 pts
319 comments
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55
Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads
rKarpinski · 19 Nov 2023
713 pts
710 comments
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Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony
apnews.com · thunderbong · 13 Nov 2023
709 pts
503 comments
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Sam Altman returns as CEO, OpenAI has a new initial board
openai.com · davidbarker · 30 Nov 2023
708 pts
728 comments
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EU data regulator bans personalised advertising on Facebook and Instagram
reuters.com · pbrw · 2 Nov 2023
697 pts
735 comments
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Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Altman
axios.com · aaronds · 17 Nov 2023
697 pts
247 comments
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I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]
youtube.com · donpott · 3 Nov 2023
696 pts
322 comments
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