The Best Hacker News Posts of January 2024

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Losing my son fortressofdoors.com · lukeplato · 18 Jan 2024

2.4k pts 395 comments

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Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union apple.com · colinhb · 25 Jan 2024

2.1k pts 2.5k comments

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In loving memory of square checkbox tonsky.me · kg · 28 Jan 2024

2k pts 505 comments

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Niklaus Wirth has died twitter.com · aarroyoc · 3 Jan 2024

1.9k pts 403 comments

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What's that touchscreen in my room? laplab.me · todsacerdoti · 20 Jan 2024

1.9k pts 560 comments

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1D Pac-Man abagames.github.io · memalign · 2 Jan 2024

1.8k pts 230 comments

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Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source zed.dev · FeroTheFox · 24 Jan 2024

1.6k pts 601 comments

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I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy amazon.com · edward · 12 Jan 2024

1.3k pts 736 comments

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Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture? (2017) english.stackexchange.com · flexagoon · 17 Jan 2024

1.2k pts 289 comments

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Infinite Craft neal.fun · kretaceous · 31 Jan 2024

1.2k pts 675 comments

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Python 3.13 Gets a JIT tonybaloney.github.io · todsacerdoti · 9 Jan 2024

1.1k pts 521 comments

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I pwned half of America's fast food chains simultaneously mrbruh.com · MrBruh · 9 Jan 2024

1.1k pts 474 comments

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An app can be a home-cooked meal (2020) robinsloan.com · distcs · 5 Jan 2024

1.1k pts 288 comments

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Fixing Macs door to door matduggan.com · jnord · 5 Jan 2024

1k pts 203 comments

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Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC mfkl.github.io · 2pEXgD0fZ5cF · 12 Jan 2024

1k pts 357 comments

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Polars pola.rs · tosh · 8 Jan 2024

981 pts 386 comments

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Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling sitinshade.com · Amithv · 17 Jan 2024

963 pts 210 comments

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Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone clicks.tech · guyinblackshirt · 4 Jan 2024

953 pts 542 comments

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US developers can offer non-app store purchasing, Apple still collect commission macrumors.com · virgildotcodes · 16 Jan 2024

911 pts 1.3k comments

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FTC bans TurboTax from advertising 'free' services, calls deceptive advertising cnn.com · fairytalemtg · 23 Jan 2024

879 pts 253 comments

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Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions nytimes.com · gumby · 11 Jan 2024

862 pts 1.3k comments

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FAA orders grounding of more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s cnbc.com · ephesee · 6 Jan 2024

861 pts 838 comments

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Spotube: Open-source Spotify-Youtube client github.com · keepamovin · 20 Jan 2024

853 pts 631 comments

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Remote work doesn't seem to affect productivity, Fed study finds bloomberg.com · simula67 · 18 Jan 2024

848 pts 579 comments

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Tom Scott: After ten years, it's time to stop making videos [video] youtube.com · Philpax · 1 Jan 2024

846 pts 248 comments

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Pandoc pandoc.org · swatson741 · 28 Jan 2024

824 pts 292 comments

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Disney unveils the HoloTile floor ign.com · wallflower · 27 Jan 2024

823 pts 294 comments

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Show HN: I made an app that consolidated 18 apps (doc, sheet, form, site, chat…) nino.app · harrisonlo · 7 Jan 2024

810 pts 258 comments

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The Internet Is Full of AI Dogshit aftermath.site · thinkingemote · 11 Jan 2024

805 pts 587 comments

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I realized chess pieces can be redesigned to be geometric attack directions twitter.com · aa_is_op · 25 Jan 2024

774 pts 254 comments

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Stellarium: Software which renders realistic skies in real time github.com · tosh · 13 Jan 2024

765 pts 162 comments

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Show HN: I made a tool to compare time zones time.fyi · kamranahmedse · 5 Jan 2024

758 pts 219 comments

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On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train Midjourney catandgirl.com · earthboundkid · 16 Jan 2024

757 pts 908 comments

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Maestro: A Linux-compatible kernel in Rust blog.lenot.re · Uriopass · 3 Jan 2024

745 pts 351 comments

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9 years of Apple text editor solo dev papereditor.app · pimterry · 4 Jan 2024

740 pts 378 comments

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Implementing a ChatGPT-like LLM from scratch, step by step github.com · rasbt · 27 Jan 2024

739 pts 98 comments

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Dave Mills has died elists.isoc.org · todsacerdoti · 19 Jan 2024

731 pts 79 comments

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Possible Meissner effect near room temperature: copper-substituted lead apatite arxiv.org · zaikunzhang · 3 Jan 2024

729 pts 318 comments

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Making a PDF that's larger than Germany alexwlchan.net · alexwlchan · 31 Jan 2024

712 pts 149 comments

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Ask HN: Who else is working on nothing? g4zj · 13 Jan 2024

704 pts 277 comments

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IRS to begin trial of its own free tax-filing system nytimes.com · thelastgallon · 6 Jan 2024

703 pts 323 comments

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Standard Ebooks standardebooks.org · pauloxnet · 1 Jan 2024

701 pts 153 comments

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Building a fully local LLM voice assistant to control my smart home johnthenerd.com · JohnTheNerd · 13 Jan 2024

699 pts 186 comments

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US regulator considers stripping Boeing's right to self-inspect planes on.ft.com · ryanisnan · 12 Jan 2024

695 pts 351 comments

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Procrastination is connected to perfectionism solvingprocrastination.com · EndXA · 1 Jan 2024

695 pts 221 comments

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--libcurl everything.curl.dev · Tomte · 29 Jan 2024

692 pts 132 comments

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Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service proton.me · jlpcsl · 11 Jan 2024

688 pts 367 comments

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After 34 years, someone beat Tetris [video] youtube.com · gslin · 2 Jan 2024

686 pts 183 comments

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Sit. sonnet.io · rpastuszak · 4 Jan 2024

686 pts 125 comments

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Flipper Zero: Multi-Tool Device for Geeks flipperzero.one · thatxliner · 21 Jan 2024

685 pts 320 comments

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Apple Vision Pro review wsj.com · fortran77 · 30 Jan 2024

681 pts 1.1k comments

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A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant canarymedia.com · toomuchtodo · 10 Jan 2024

666 pts 466 comments

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Portable EPUBs willcrichton.net · sohkamyung · 26 Jan 2024

659 pts 232 comments

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Reading QR codes without a computer qr.blinry.org · input_sh · 22 Jan 2024

655 pts 87 comments

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Show HN: Startup funding simulator fundingsimulator.com · zikero · 24 Jan 2024

654 pts 161 comments

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Go: What we got right, what we got wrong commandcenter.blogspot.com · veqq · 4 Jan 2024

642 pts 689 comments

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I quit my job to work full time on my open source project ellie.wtf · cwaffles · 10 Jan 2024

637 pts 176 comments

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Pocketbase: Open-source back end in one file pocketbase.io · dgudkov · 7 Jan 2024

630 pts 149 comments

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OpenAI scrapped a promise to disclose key documents to the public wired.com · nickthegreek · 24 Jan 2024

614 pts 300 comments

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Do It Yourself Blind Repair fixmyblinds.com · nsajko · 2 Jan 2024

614 pts 138 comments