The Best Hacker News Posts of 2024

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Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise openwall.com · rkta · 29 Mar 2024

4.5k pts 1.8k comments

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CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops old.reddit.com · BLKNSLVR · 19 Jul 2024

4.5k pts 3.9k comments

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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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GPT-4o openai.com · Lealen · 13 May 2024

3.1k pts 2.4k comments

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Moon ciechanow.ski · todsacerdoti · 17 Dec 2024

3.1k pts 250 comments

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AnandTech Farewell anandtech.com · janice1999 · 30 Aug 2024

3k pts 598 comments

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Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels ytch.xyz · hadisafa · 14 Aug 2024

2.7k pts 514 comments

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Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free nbcnews.com · amima · 24 Jun 2024

2.7k pts 1.6k comments

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FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations ftc.gov · ChrisArchitect · 17 Jun 2024

2.6k pts 847 comments

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U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly nytimes.com · jcfrei · 21 Mar 2024

2.5k pts 2.6k comments

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Airfoil ciechanow.ski · todsacerdoti · 27 Feb 2024

2.5k pts 296 comments

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

2.4k pts 395 comments

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Bop Spotter walzr.com · walz · 30 Sep 2024

2.4k pts 385 comments

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The secret inside One Million Checkboxes eieio.games · todsacerdoti · 29 Aug 2024

2.4k pts 218 comments

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Open source AI is the path forward about.fb.com · atgctg · 23 Jul 2024

2.4k pts 887 comments

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Ghostty 1.0 ghostty.org · matrixhelix · 26 Dec 2024

2.3k pts 681 comments

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IMG_0416 ben-mini.com · bewal416 · 10 Nov 2024

2.3k pts 324 comments

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Reverse engineering Ticketmaster's rotating barcodes conduition.io · miki123211 · 8 Jul 2024

2.3k pts 714 comments

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Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video] twitter.com · alecco · 13 Oct 2024

2.3k pts 1.4k comments

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Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet daylightcomputer.com · asadm · 23 May 2024

2.2k pts 858 comments

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Meta Llama 3 llama.meta.com · bratao · 18 Apr 2024

2.2k pts 923 comments

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How to succeed in MrBeast production (Leaked PDF) simonwillison.net · babelfish · 15 Sep 2024

2.1k pts 1.4k 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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MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia jan.miksovsky.com · pabs3 · 14 Nov 2024

2.1k pts 251 comments

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Bypassing airport security via SQL injection ian.sh · iancarroll · 29 Aug 2024

2k pts 440 comments

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Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch blog.hopefullyuseful.com · ranebo · 29 Aug 2024

2k pts 478 comments

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Anyone can access deleted and private repository data on GitHub trufflesecurity.com · __0x1__ · 24 Jul 2024

2k pts 374 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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The Onion buys Infowars nytimes.com · coloneltcb · 14 Nov 2024

1.9k pts 1.2k 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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The man who killed Google Search? wheresyoured.at · elorant · 23 Apr 2024

1.9k pts 878 comments

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IMG_0001 walzr.com · walz · 4 Dec 2024

1.9k pts 290 comments

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TTE: Terminal Text Effects chrisbuilds.github.io · makapuf · 28 May 2024

1.8k pts 266 comments

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Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidity stefantheard.com · mooreds · 12 Jun 2024

1.8k pts 914 comments

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Trump wins presidency for second time thehill.com · koolba · 6 Nov 2024

1.8k pts 9.3k comments

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Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward former employees vox.com · apengwin · 22 May 2024

1.8k pts 534 comments

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

1.8k pts 230 comments

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

1.8k pts 721 comments

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FTC announces "click-to-cancel" rule making it easier to cancel subscriptions ftc.gov · pseudolus · 16 Oct 2024

1.7k pts 760 comments

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Veo deepmind.google · meetpateltech · 14 May 2024

1.7k pts 488 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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Thanks FedEx, this is why we keep getting phished troyhunt.com · ahonhn · 23 Feb 2024

1.7k pts 564 comments

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Panic at the Job Market matt.sh · speckx · 17 Jul 2024

1.7k pts 1.6k comments

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Why wordfreq will not be updated github.com · tomthe · 18 Sep 2024

1.7k pts 510 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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Lynn Conway has died en.wikipedia.org · kevvok · 11 Jun 2024

1.7k pts 328 comments

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Learning to Reason with LLMs openai.com · fofoz · 12 Sep 2024

1.7k pts 1.3k comments

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Alexei Navalny has died reuters.com · 0xdeafbeef · 16 Feb 2024

1.6k pts 1.5k comments

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"We ran out of columns" jimmyhmiller.github.io · poidos · 3 Aug 2024

1.6k pts 571 comments

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Equinox.space equinox.space · fragmede · 22 Apr 2024

1.6k pts 326 comments

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1 bug, $50k in bounties, a Zendesk backdoor gist.github.com · mmsc · 12 Oct 2024

1.6k pts 417 comments

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We spent $20 to achieve RCE and accidentally became the admins of .mobi labs.watchtowr.com · notmine1337 · 11 Sep 2024

1.6k pts 367 comments

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Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora foto-webcam.eu · luispa · 10 May 2024

1.6k pts 378 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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Apple mobile processors are now made in America by TSMC timculpan.substack.com · colinprince · 18 Sep 2024

1.6k pts 826 comments

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Apple introduces M4 chip apple.com · excsn · 7 May 2024

1.6k pts 2.1k comments

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Mario meets Pareto mayerowitz.io · superMayo · 4 Apr 2024

1.6k pts 177 comments