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Hacker News (2018)

  1. A computer model could help save sharks and whales from extinction

    8 points • comment • aug 10, 2018

  2. Show HN: Focusd – A Calm RSS Reader - turn your feeds into a daily digest

    8 points • comment • sep 15, 2018

  3. Using Wi-Fi to “see” behind closed doors is easier than anyone thought

    8 points • comment • nov 05, 2018

  4. Point Roberts,an American City Embedded in Canada

    8 points • comment • jun 25, 2018

  5. I found a bug in Google images

    7 points • comment • dec 01, 2018

  6. How Fast Can You Learn React?

    7 points • comment • jul 10, 2018

  7. Going extinct: why corporate giants die

    7 points • comment • dec 16, 2018

  8. Enabling further research of information operations on Twitter

    7 points • comment • oct 17, 2018

  9. Microsoft pledges $10M to Code.org to expand computer education

    7 points • comment • dec 06, 2018

  10. Kochs' Freedom Partners Spent $129M in 2014, Invested Massively in Voter Data

    7 points • comment • mar 19, 2018

  11. End of Cryptocurrency is near as Bitcoin drops to new lows

    7 points • comment • nov 21, 2018

  12. Magic Maps: Magic Leap Developer Kit

    7 points • comment • aug 27, 2018

  13. Apple stores' carefully managed drama

    7 points • comment • dec 09, 2018

  14. I just released my first mobile app and it's a tool to help language learners

    7 points • comment • aug 05, 2018

  15. U.K. Lawmakers Document Summarizing Facebook’s Seized Internal Facebook Emails [pdf]

    7 points • comment • dec 05, 2018

  16. Microsoft acquires Semantic Machines, advancing the state of conversational AI

    7 points • comment • may 21, 2018

  17. Christmas Truce of 1914

    7 points • comment • dec 25, 2018

  18. The Forgotten History of the Financial Crisis

    7 points • comment • sep 15, 2018

  19. ZX Spectrum Code Hidden in Bandersnatch

    7 points • comment • dec 30, 2018

  20. Eliminating the Product Owner Role

    7 points • comment • jul 18, 2018

  21. By Welcoming Women, Python’s Founder Overcomes Closed Minds in Open Source

    7 points • comment • dec 30, 2018

  22. Trial runs for fascism are in full flow

    7 points • comment • jun 28, 2018

  23. Game Engine Maker Unity Publishes Six 'Guiding Principles for Ethical AI'

    7 points • comment • nov 30, 2018

  24. Build React Forms Based on GraphQL APIs

    7 points • comment • jun 20, 2018

  25. Intuition on probability distributions

    7 points • comment • dec 16, 2018

  26. GM CEO: Autonomous Cars in 2019

    7 points • comment • may 24, 2018

  27. Earliest known photos of an Apple iPad prototype

    7 points • comment • nov 14, 2018

  28. Practical Guidelines for Getting Started with Machine Learning

    7 points • comment • sep 05, 2018

  29. Kathy Sierra – A Computer of One's Own

    7 points • comment • dec 21, 2018

  30. The Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution (2002)

    7 points • comment • sep 12, 2018

  31. Ask HN: What is the single decision that increase your life quality?

    7 points • comment • dec 30, 2018

  32. Plight of Phoenix: how long can the world’s 'least sustainable' city survive?

    7 points • comment • mar 20, 2018

  33. Building a Seamless Search Experience Across Multiple Sources with Apache Spark

    7 points • comment • dec 17, 2018

  34. Venezuela is blocking access to the Tor network

    7 points • comment • jun 25, 2018

  35. Thoughts on Interviewing at Big Tech Companies

    7 points • comment • dec 16, 2018

  36. Ask HN: How do you integrate corp security/risk people into agile projects?

    7 points • comment • aug 24, 2018

  37. How Netflix Gives All Its Engineers SSH Access to Instances in Production (2016)

    7 points • comment • dec 29, 2018

  38. US filing against Russian hackers highlights role of cryptocurrencies in crime

    7 points • comment • jul 13, 2018

  39. Why is congress trying to pass an obviously unconstitutional law?

    7 points • comment • dec 18, 2018

  40. Boston Public Schools Sued for Info on Data Shared with ICE

    7 points • comment • jun 22, 2018

  41. Bitcoin Cryptoeconomics Still Within Grasp of the Future

    7 points • comment • nov 28, 2018

  42. Why do some job adverts put women off applying?

    7 points • comment • jun 12, 2018

  43. One simple regulation could end surveillance capitalism in the EU

    7 points • comment • nov 30, 2018

  44. Turn Your Raspberry Pi into a Portable Touchscreen Tablet

    7 points • comment • mar 20, 2018

  45. Larry Eisenberg, 99, Dead; His Limericks Were Very Well Read

    7 points • comment • dec 27, 2018

  46. Don’t Take Life Advice from People Who Hate Life

    7 points • comment • jun 05, 2018

  47. China launched more rockets into orbit in 2018 than any other country

    7 points • comment • dec 20, 2018

  48. Beijing is mobilising its forces against foreign influence laws

    7 points • comment • may 30, 2018

  49. Show HN: CheerpJ 1.3 – Compile any Java application to JS/HTML5

    7 points • comment • dec 05, 2018

  50. The story barely reported by Indian media

    7 points • comment • may 28, 2018

  51. Period-tracking apps are not for women

    7 points • comment • nov 14, 2018

  52. iPhones to unlock doors using NFC

    7 points • comment • may 28, 2018

  53. Macsyma

    7 points • comment • dec 06, 2018

  54. Tinder is rolling out a college-only service, Tinder U

    7 points • comment • aug 21, 2018

  55. The massive CO2 emitter you may not know about

    7 points • comment • dec 17, 2018

  56. The Landlords of the Net, aka Oligopoly in the Cloud

    7 points • comment • jun 12, 2018

  57. Ask HN: Why did people switch from COBOL to newer languages?

    7 points • comment • dec 19, 2018

  58. How to Estimate What You Can’t Predict: Web App Development Cost

    7 points • comment • jun 29, 2018

  59. Show HN: ${envwarden} Manage your server secrets with Bitwarden

    7 points • comment • dec 08, 2018

  60. Airbnb hosts are offering free rooms to people fleeing Hurricane Florence

    7 points • comment • sep 13, 2018

  61. Update4j – the Java update/launch framework – now has a cool demo app

    7 points • comment • dec 28, 2018

  62. Guido van Rossum Quits as Python Benevolent Dictator for Life

    7 points • comment • jul 12, 2018

  63. Nvidia has created the first game demo using AI-generated graphics

    7 points • comment • dec 06, 2018

  64. Scientists discover a 'tuneable' novel quantum state of matter

    7 points • comment • sep 13, 2018

  65. How We’re Using Machine Learning and Trading Bots to Predict Crypto Prices

    7 points • comment • nov 16, 2018

  66. Under “right-to-try” law, therapy may go for $300K–with no proof it will work

    7 points • comment • jun 22, 2018

  67. US Commerce Dept. proposes vast new export control restrictions on AI

    7 points • comment • nov 20, 2018

  68. Vespene

    7 points • comment • oct 29, 2018

  69. Show HN: Notable – The markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck

    7 points • comment • dec 26, 2018

  70. How Trump’s Election Shook Obama: ‘What If We Were Wrong?’

    7 points • comment • may 31, 2018

  71. Bloomberg Beta Investment Documents

    7 points • comment • dec 17, 2018

  72. Too Clever by Half

    7 points • comment • jul 04, 2018

  73. Der Spiegel reporter Claas Relotius sacked over 'invented' stories

    7 points • comment • dec 19, 2018

  74. Understanding the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Story

    7 points • comment • mar 20, 2018

  75. U.S. internet speeds rose nearly 40 percent this year

    7 points • comment • dec 17, 2018

  76. China Said to Quickly Pull Approval for New Facebook Venture

    7 points • comment • jul 25, 2018

  77. D. B. Cooper

    7 points • comment • nov 15, 2018

  78. A Beginner’s Guide to Quantum Computing

    7 points • comment • aug 19, 2018

  79. Links of critical resources on Bitcoin, blockchain and other money controversies

    7 points • comment • dec 25, 2018

  80. NASA Is Learning the Best Way to Grow Food in Space

    7 points • comment • jun 13, 2018

  81. Facebook Sheds $22B of Market Value

    7 points • comment • dec 19, 2018

  82. Tesla is opening the Model 3 configurator to everyone starting Tuesday

    7 points • comment • jul 10, 2018

  83. Last-minute $4.4B bid on bankrupt Sears

    7 points • comment • dec 30, 2018

  84. Show HN: A simple library for persistent finite-state machines in Go

    7 points • comment • sep 15, 2018

  85. Daniel Kahneman with Tyler Cowen

    7 points • comment • dec 19, 2018

  86. Technology Has a Philosophy Problem: Moral Backpropagation

    7 points • comment • aug 09, 2018

  87. Trump Is Only Popular in Rural Areas

    7 points • comment • dec 07, 2018

  88. How the Kessler Syndrome can end all space exploration and destroy modern life

    7 points • comment • sep 01, 2018

  89. The old guard of Mac indy apps has thrived for more than 25 years

    7 points • comment • dec 31, 2018

  90. Compromising online accounts by cracking voicemail systems

    7 points • comment • oct 04, 2018

  91. Packaging a Go Application for macOS

    7 points • comment • nov 19, 2018

  92. Let’s Really Think About This ‘New Low-Cost Laptop to Succeed MacBook Air’ Thing

    7 points • comment • aug 23, 2018

  93. Google denies altering YouTube code to break Microsoft Edge

    7 points • comment • dec 19, 2018

  94. You Are (Probably) Here: Better Map Pins with DBSCAN and Random Forests

    7 points • comment • jun 20, 2018

  95. DHS says: Walls work

    7 points • comment • dec 19, 2018

  96. PowerShell Core now available as a Snap package

    7 points • comment • jul 21, 2018

  97. Google Illegally Revealed Murder Suspect's Name via Mass Email

    7 points • comment • dec 13, 2018

  98. Europe Should Invest More in Its Defense

    7 points • comment • may 29, 2018

  99. Russia's GRU spy agency head dies from 'serious illness' after Putin berated him

    7 points • comment • nov 24, 2018

  100. Composing Your Thoughts: On Musical Uncertainty

    7 points • comment • jun 23, 2018