The Best Hacker News Posts of December 2024

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Moon ciechanow.ski · todsacerdoti · 17 Dec 2024

3.1k pts 250 comments

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Ghostty 1.0 ghostty.org · matrixhelix · 26 Dec 2024

2.3k pts 681 comments

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IMG_0001 walzr.com · walz · 4 Dec 2024

1.9k pts 290 comments

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Cognitive load is what matters minds.md · zdw · 22 Dec 2024

1.8k pts 721 comments

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OpenAI O3 breakthrough high score on ARC-AGI-PUB arcprize.org · maurycy · 20 Dec 2024

1.7k pts 1.8k comments

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Merry Christmas Everyone joshestroud · 25 Dec 2024

1.5k pts 383 comments

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Every V4 UUID everyuuid.com · LorenDB · 6 Dec 2024

1.4k pts 356 comments

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Willow, Our Quantum Chip blog.google · robflaherty · 9 Dec 2024

1.4k pts 528 comments

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Advent of Code 2024 adventofcode.com · thinkingemote · 1 Dec 2024

1.4k pts 554 comments

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Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 lapcatsoftware.com · latexr · 28 Dec 2024

1.3k pts 984 comments

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Timemap.org – Interactive Map of History oldmapsonline.org · agilek · 12 Dec 2024

1.3k pts 180 comments

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My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback armaansahni.com · veesahni · 3 Dec 2024

1.3k pts 480 comments

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Genie 2: A large-scale foundation world model deepmind.google · meetpateltech · 4 Dec 2024

1.2k pts 410 comments

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Happy New Year 2025 martynvandijke · 31 Dec 2024

1.2k pts 258 comments

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Itch.io Taken Down by Funko bsky.app · spiralganglion · 9 Dec 2024

1.2k pts 463 comments

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From where I left antirez.com · tilt · 10 Dec 2024

1.2k pts 455 comments

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Jimmy Carter has died washingtonpost.com · gkolli · 29 Dec 2024

1.2k pts 826 comments

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Sora is here openai.com · toomuchtodo · 9 Dec 2024

1.2k pts 983 comments

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macOS menu bar app that shows how full the ISS urine tank is in real time github.com · ajdude · 24 Dec 2024

1.1k pts 253 comments

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Gukesh becomes the youngest chess world champion in history lichess.org · alexmolas · 12 Dec 2024

1.1k pts 464 comments

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Tell HN: John Friel my father, internet pioneer and creator of QModem, has died AaronFriel · 30 Dec 2024

1.1k pts 98 comments

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OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment mercurynews.com · mmorearty · 13 Dec 2024

1k pts 429 comments

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Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era blog.google · meetpateltech · 11 Dec 2024

1k pts 490 comments

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School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood: study york.ac.uk · jonatron · 14 Dec 2024

1k pts 679 comments

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Things we learned about LLMs in 2024 simonwillison.net · simonw · 31 Dec 2024

984 pts 582 comments

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Why we use our own hardware fastmail.com · nmjenkins · 22 Dec 2024

933 pts 529 comments

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The era of open voice assistants home-assistant.io · _Microft · 20 Dec 2024

931 pts 278 comments

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Intel announces retirement of Pat Gelsinger intel.com · tybulewicz · 2 Dec 2024

913 pts 741 comments

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Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines markwhen.com · koch · 1 Dec 2024

912 pts 98 comments

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Fish 4.0: The Fish of Theseus fishshell.com · jdxcode · 28 Dec 2024

906 pts 198 comments

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Egoless Engineering egoless.engineering · mcfunley · 3 Dec 2024

869 pts 298 comments

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The correct amount of ads is zero manuelmoreale.com · surprisetalk · 6 Dec 2024

860 pts 589 comments

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OpenERV openerv.ca · graboy · 16 Dec 2024

849 pts 262 comments

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ChatGPT Pro openai.com · meetpateltech · 5 Dec 2024

813 pts 1.2k comments

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Lfgss shutting down 16th March 2025 (day before Online Safety Act is enforced) lfgss.com · buro9 · 16 Dec 2024

798 pts 545 comments

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Show HN: I designed an espresso machine and coffee grinder velofuso.com · smeeeeeeeeeeeee · 13 Dec 2024

797 pts 477 comments

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Phoenix LiveView 1.0.0 is here phoenixframework.org · bcardarella · 3 Dec 2024

779 pts 140 comments

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AI companies cause most of traffic on forums pod.geraspora.de · ta988 · 30 Dec 2024

770 pts 437 comments

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The Google Willow Thing scottaaronson.blog · Bootvis · 10 Dec 2024

763 pts 458 comments

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Building Effective "Agents" anthropic.com · jascha_eng · 20 Dec 2024

763 pts 121 comments

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Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video] brightonruby.com · vinnyglennon · 17 Dec 2024

734 pts 263 comments

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A visual proof that a^2 – b^2 = (a + b)(a – b) futilitycloset.com · beardyw · 15 Dec 2024

731 pts 192 comments

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FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations docs.fcc.gov · impish9208 · 11 Dec 2024

728 pts 295 comments

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Map of GitHub github.com · vortex_ape · 15 Dec 2024

717 pts 102 comments

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A 10-Year Battery for AirTag elevationlab.com · dmd · 18 Dec 2024

709 pts 562 comments

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I keep turning my Google Sheets into phone-friendly webapps arstechnica.com · cpeterso · 30 Dec 2024

708 pts 228 comments

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Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees cnn.com · amichail · 6 Dec 2024

704 pts 349 comments

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Blackcandy: Self hosted music streaming server github.com · nateb2022 · 26 Dec 2024

697 pts 298 comments

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Why is it so hard to buy things that work well? (2022) danluu.com · janandonly · 16 Dec 2024

693 pts 577 comments

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Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices github.com · teekert · 18 Dec 2024

693 pts 266 comments

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What happened to the world's largest tube TV? [video] youtube.com · ecliptik · 23 Dec 2024

689 pts 295 comments

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My second year without a job shilin.ca · true_pk · 6 Dec 2024

688 pts 929 comments

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What we know about CEO shooting suspect bbc.com · 1vuio0pswjnm7 · 9 Dec 2024

679 pts 2.1k comments

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Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell cvbox · 10 Dec 2024

667 pts 802 comments

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FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices cnbc.com · LordAtlas · 17 Dec 2024

658 pts 663 comments

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I automated my job application process blog.daviddodda.com · paul-tharun · 28 Dec 2024

655 pts 857 comments

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The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding addyo.substack.com · mooreds · 6 Dec 2024

649 pts 433 comments

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Where can you go in Europe by train in 8h? chronotrains.com · vortex_ape · 28 Dec 2024

648 pts 412 comments

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They have not been trained for this ccc.de · hacka22 · 27 Dec 2024

645 pts 155 comments

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Plasticlist Report – Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Area foods plasticlist.org · jeff18 · 27 Dec 2024

635 pts 193 comments