The Best Hacker News Posts of February 2024
We track 1,335 stories from February 2024, averaging 252 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 94 stories. Together they drew 198,488 comments, 149 per story on average.
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Sora: Creating video from text
openai.com · davidbarker · 15 Feb 2024
3.6k pts
2.2k comments
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3
I designed a cube that balances itself on a corner
willempennings.nl · dutchkiwifruit · 11 Feb 2024
2.5k pts
377 comments
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4
Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site
old.reddit.com · laubonghaudoi · 27 Feb 2024
1.8k pts
798 comments
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5
Thanks FedEx, this is why we keep getting phished
troyhunt.com · ahonhn · 23 Feb 2024
1.7k pts
564 comments
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European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-end encryption
eureporter.co · robtherobber · 14 Feb 2024
1.7k pts
258 comments
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7
Alexei Navalny has died
reuters.com · 0xdeafbeef · 16 Feb 2024
1.6k pts
1.5k comments
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Institutions try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution
effectiviology.com · walterbell · 24 Feb 2024
1.6k pts
1.1k comments
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Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper Zero
saveflipper.ca · pabs3 · 21 Feb 2024
1.5k pts
878 comments
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10
Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
signal.org · Josely · 20 Feb 2024
1.4k pts
872 comments
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11
Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read the first scroll
scrollprize.org · amrrs · 5 Feb 2024
1.4k pts
215 comments
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12
Our next-generation model: Gemini 1.5
blog.google · todsacerdoti · 15 Feb 2024
1.2k pts
588 comments
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13
Almost every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret
cep.dev · slyall · 9 Feb 2024
1.2k pts
626 comments
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14
Is something bugging you?
antithesis.com · wwilson · 13 Feb 2024
1.2k pts
418 comments
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FCC rules AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal
fcc.gov · ortusdux · 8 Feb 2024
1.2k pts
674 comments
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The killer app of Gemini Pro 1.5 is using video as an input
simonwillison.net · simonw · 21 Feb 2024
1.1k pts
482 comments
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17
Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork
mailman.nginx.org · bkallus · 14 Feb 2024
1.1k pts
475 comments
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18
Gemma: New Open Models
blog.google · meetpateltech · 21 Feb 2024
1.1k pts
509 comments
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19
GPT in 500 Lines of SQL
explainextended.com · thunderbong · 24 Feb 2024
1.1k pts
76 comments
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20
Relativistic Spaceship
dmytry.github.io · thunderbong · 5 Feb 2024
1.1k pts
485 comments
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21
Cloudflare defeats patent troll Sable at trial
blog.cloudflare.com · jgrahamc · 12 Feb 2024
1.1k pts
410 comments
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22
John Walker, founder of Autodesk, has died
scanalyst.fourmilab.ch · jdougan · 8 Feb 2024
1.1k pts
227 comments
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23
My sixth year as a bootstrapped founder
mtlynch.io · mtlynch · 16 Feb 2024
1.1k pts
321 comments
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AMD funded a drop-in CUDA implementation built on ROCm: It's now open-source
phoronix.com · mfiguiere · 12 Feb 2024
1k pts
410 comments
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25
The Era of 1-bit LLMs: ternary parameters for cost-effective computing
arxiv.org · fgfm · 28 Feb 2024
1k pts
447 comments
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26
Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf]
web.mit.edu · Jtsummers · 22 Feb 2024
1k pts
424 comments
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27
Show HN: htmz – a low power tool for HTML
leanrada.com · Kalabasa · 19 Feb 2024
1k pts
242 comments
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29
Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023)
openrss.org · stareatgoats · 24 Feb 2024
959 pts
328 comments
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30
Pkl, a Programming Language for Configuration
pkl-lang.org · bioballer · 2 Feb 2024
930 pts
564 comments
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31
Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu
overkill.wtf · brandrick · 27 Feb 2024
903 pts
680 comments
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Apple to wind down electric car effort after decadelong odyssey
bloomberg.com · coloneltcb · 27 Feb 2024
891 pts
956 comments
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Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy
fortune.com · jacooper · 8 Feb 2024
859 pts
701 comments
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Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose
techcrunch.com · M2Ys4U · 15 Feb 2024
857 pts
801 comments
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35
Groq runs Mixtral 8x7B-32k with 500 T/s
groq.com · tin7in · 19 Feb 2024
847 pts
472 comments
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36
Vice website is shutting down
writing.exchange · colinprince · 23 Feb 2024
836 pts
438 comments
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37
SQL for data scientists in 100 queries
gvwilson.github.io · Anon84 · 6 Feb 2024
834 pts
158 comments
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38
The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6
lwn.net · jrepinc · 29 Feb 2024
817 pts
616 comments
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39
How I write HTTP services in Go after 13 years
grafana.com · matryer · 9 Feb 2024
790 pts
241 comments
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40
Google has another secret browser
matan-h.com · matan-h · 2 Feb 2024
777 pts
219 comments
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41
Hi everyone yes, I left OpenAI yesterday
twitter.com · mfiguiere · 14 Feb 2024
769 pts
453 comments
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42
Bluesky announces data federation for self hosters
bsky.social · jakebsky · 22 Feb 2024
760 pts
449 comments
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43
Show HN: Improve cognitive focus in 1 minute
oneminutefocus.com · junetic · 7 Feb 2024
741 pts
285 comments
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46
My favourite Git commit (2019)
dhwthompson.com · karagenit · 1 Feb 2024
714 pts
398 comments
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47
Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated in real time
github.com · Robin89 · 2 Feb 2024
712 pts
489 comments
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48
Big media publishers are inundating the web with subpar product recommendations
housefresh.com · beavershaw · 19 Feb 2024
699 pts
342 comments
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50
Magika: AI powered fast and efficient file type identification
opensource.googleblog.com · alphabetting · 16 Feb 2024
695 pts
251 comments
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52
Figure out who's leaving the company: dump, diff, repeat
rachelbythebay.com · l0b0 · 9 Feb 2024
688 pts
378 comments
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53
Juno – A YouTube Client for Vision Pro
christianselig.com · axxl · 2 Feb 2024
686 pts
357 comments
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54
How video games use lookup tables
blog.frost.kiwi · todsacerdoti · 28 Feb 2024
673 pts
106 comments
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55
Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced
blog.google · chamoda · 8 Feb 2024
668 pts
1.1k comments
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56
Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after issues
theverge.com · helsinkiandrew · 22 Feb 2024
664 pts
1.2k comments
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57
I turned my open-source project into a full-time business
docs.emailengine.app · andris9 · 27 Feb 2024
663 pts
248 comments
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58
Observable 2.0, a static site generator for data apps
observablehq.com · tmcw · 15 Feb 2024
655 pts
153 comments
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Thanksgiving 2023 security incident
blog.cloudflare.com · nomaxx117 · 1 Feb 2024
643 pts
322 comments
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