The Best Hacker News Posts of 2023

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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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Bram Moolenaar has died groups.google.com · wufocaculura · 5 Aug 2023

4.3k pts 428 comments

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GPT-4 openai.com · e0m · 14 Mar 2023

4.1k pts 2.5k comments

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Kevin Mitnick has died dignitymemorial.com · thirtyseven · 19 Jul 2023

3.7k pts 613 comments

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Apollo will close down on June 30th old.reddit.com · timf · 8 Jun 2023

3.4k pts 1.6k comments

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Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of IoT security updates SimingtonFCC · 5 Sep 2023

3.4k pts 925 comments

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Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” simonwillison.net · simonw · 15 Feb 2023

3.4k pts 1.7k comments

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FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank fdic.gov · khuey · 10 Mar 2023

3.2k pts 1.6k comments

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Bicycle ciechanow.ski · todsacerdoti · 28 Mar 2023

3k pts 399 comments

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Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer apple.com · samwillis · 5 Jun 2023

2.6k pts 2.8k comments

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Gordon Moore has died moore.org · mepian · 25 Mar 2023

2.6k pts 234 comments

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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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Omegle 2009-2023 omegle.com · liamcottle · 9 Nov 2023

2.5k pts 998 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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Llama 2 ai.meta.com · friggeri · 18 Jul 2023

2.3k pts 820 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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Figma and Adobe abandon proposed merger figma.com · supafastcoder · 18 Dec 2023

2.2k pts 963 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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Gemini AI deepmind.google · dmotz · 6 Dec 2023

2.1k pts 1.6k comments

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Remembering Bob Lee aEJ04Izw5HYm · 5 Apr 2023

2.1k pts 217 comments

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macOS command-line tools you might not know about saurabhs.org · Gadiguibou · 27 Jun 2023

2k pts 442 comments

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My Youtube earnings brickexperimentchannel.wordpress.com · tpmx · 2 Jan 2023

2k pts 403 comments

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Reddit Strike Has Started reddark.untone.uk · Freddie111 · 11 Jun 2023

2k pts 1.1k comments

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Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted nytimes.com · donohoe · 2 Nov 2023

2k pts 1.7k comments

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Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing old.reddit.com · robbiet480 · 31 May 2023

2k pts 1.3k 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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Visual design rules you can safely follow anthonyhobday.com · tontonius · 6 Feb 2023

2k pts 317 comments

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Show HN: Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years non.io · jjcm · 12 Jun 2023

1.9k pts 590 comments

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Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video] isro.gov.in · osivertsson · 23 Aug 2023

1.9k pts 491 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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Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself? l2silver · 27 Apr 2023

1.9k pts 1.8k comments

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The Cloud Computer oxide.computer · CathalMullan · 26 Oct 2023

1.9k pts 956 comments

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ChatGPT Plugins openai.com · bryanh · 23 Mar 2023

1.9k pts 1.1k comments

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Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone theguardian.com · mmastrac · 25 Feb 2023

1.8k pts 1k comments

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If we lose the Internet Archive, we’re screwed sbstatesman.com · raybb · 6 Apr 2023

1.8k pts 588 comments

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Reddit is removing moderators that protest by taking their communities private old.reddit.com · Jimmc414 · 16 Jun 2023

1.8k pts 1.1k comments

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In 2024, please switch to Firefox roytanck.com · Vinnl · 29 Dec 2023

1.8k pts 810 comments

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WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight jamesbvaughan.com · jamesbvaughan · 28 Sep 2023

1.8k pts 652 comments

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Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month blog.kagi.com · darthShadow · 21 Sep 2023

1.7k pts 942 comments

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Everything that uses configuration files should report where they're located utcc.utoronto.ca · ingve · 25 Jun 2023

1.7k pts 472 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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Windows needs to stop showing tabloid news tomshardware.com · taubek · 27 Mar 2023

1.7k pts 850 comments

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A cab ride I'll never forget (1999) kentnerburn.com · fileeditview · 16 Jan 2023

1.7k pts 168 comments

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OpenTF announces fork of Terraform opentf.org · cube2222 · 25 Aug 2023

1.7k pts 486 comments

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Twitter's Recommendation Algorithm blog.twitter.com · jonknee · 31 Mar 2023

1.7k pts 1.2k comments

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Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC home.treasury.gov · FormerBandmate · 12 Mar 2023

1.7k pts 2.5k comments

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The first room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor? arxiv.org · Akronymus · 25 Jul 2023

1.7k pts 877 comments

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Raspberry Pi 5 raspberrypi.com · chabes · 28 Sep 2023

1.7k pts 1k comments

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Car allergic to vanilla ice cream (2000) cs.cmu.edu · isomorph · 20 Sep 2023

1.7k pts 506 comments

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OpenAI is now everything it promised not to be: closed-source and for-profit vice.com · isaacfrond · 1 Mar 2023

1.6k pts 567 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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If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing pluralistic.net · jay_kyburz · 9 Dec 2023

1.6k pts 794 comments

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LLM Visualization bbycroft.net · plibither8 · 3 Dec 2023

1.6k pts 131 comments

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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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The Tyranny of the Marginal User nothinghuman.substack.com · ivee · 14 Sep 2023

1.6k pts 815 comments

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The rule says, “No vehicles in the park” novehiclesinthepark.com · luu · 23 Jun 2023

1.6k pts 1.2k comments

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Tiny volumetric display mitxela.com · ttesmer · 2 Dec 2023

1.6k pts 174 comments

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The first conformant M1 GPU driver rosenzweig.io · todsacerdoti · 22 Aug 2023

1.6k pts 657 comments

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A GPT in 60 Lines of NumPy jaykmody.com · squidhunter · 9 Feb 2023

1.6k pts 146 comments

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Docker is deleting Open Source organisations - what you need to know blog.alexellis.io · alexellisuk · 15 Mar 2023

1.6k pts 738 comments