The Best Hacker News Posts of March 2023
We track 1,604 stories from March 2023, averaging 264 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 118 stories. Together they drew 267,768 comments, 167 per story on average.
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FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank
fdic.gov · khuey · 10 Mar 2023
3.2k pts
1.6k comments
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Windows needs to stop showing tabloid news
tomshardware.com · taubek · 27 Mar 2023
1.7k pts
850 comments
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Twitter's Recommendation Algorithm
blog.twitter.com · jonknee · 31 Mar 2023
1.7k pts
1.2k comments
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Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC
home.treasury.gov · FormerBandmate · 12 Mar 2023
1.7k pts
2.5k comments
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OpenAI is now everything it promised not to be: closed-source and for-profit
vice.com · isaacfrond · 1 Mar 2023
1.6k pts
567 comments
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Docker is deleting Open Source organisations - what you need to know
blog.alexellis.io · alexellisuk · 15 Mar 2023
1.6k pts
738 comments
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Introducing ChatGPT and Whisper APIs
openai.com · minimaxir · 1 Mar 2023
1.4k pts
668 comments
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Llama.cpp 30B runs with only 6GB of RAM now
github.com · msoad · 31 Mar 2023
1.3k pts
414 comments
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We updated our RSA SSH host key
github.blog · todsacerdoti · 24 Mar 2023
1.3k pts
488 comments
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Apple passwords deserve an app
cabel.com · ttepasse · 27 Mar 2023
1.3k pts
402 comments
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Reliability: It’s not great
community.fly.io · bishopsmother · 6 Mar 2023
1.2k pts
455 comments
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Judge decides against Internet Archive
file770.com · sohkamyung · 24 Mar 2023
1.1k pts
793 comments
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So you've installed `fzf` – now what?
andrew-quinn.me · hiAndrewQuinn · 21 Mar 2023
1.1k pts
285 comments
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GitHub Copilot X – Sign up for technical preview
github.blog · todsacerdoti · 22 Mar 2023
1.1k pts
751 comments
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Samsung “space zoom” moon shots are fake, and here is the proof
old.reddit.com · petodo · 11 Mar 2023
1k pts
386 comments
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Meta plans to lay off 10k employees
about.fb.com · darnfish · 14 Mar 2023
1k pts
831 comments
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Cyclists now outnumber motorists in City of London
forbes.com · gcoleman · 20 Mar 2023
1k pts
941 comments
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Llama.cpp: Port of Facebook's LLaMA model in C/C++, with Apple Silicon support
github.com · mrtksn · 10 Mar 2023
989 pts
284 comments
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Maybe treating housing as an investment was a mistake
goodreason.substack.com · kqr2 · 6 Mar 2023
987 pts
1.2k comments
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Banning words won’t make the world more just
theatlantic.com · furrowedbrow · 2 Mar 2023
981 pts
1.2k comments
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Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter
futureoflife.org · frankjr · 28 Mar 2023
969 pts
1.3k comments
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Framework announces AMD, new Intel gen, 16“ laptop and more
frame.work · pimterry · 23 Mar 2023
959 pts
477 comments
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Scratch is the world’s largest coding community for children
scratch.mit.edu · khochesh_kushat · 30 Mar 2023
956 pts
331 comments
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Launch HN: Electric Air (YC W23) – Heat pump sold directly to homeowners
cmui · 13 Mar 2023
927 pts
789 comments
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Build full “product skills” and you'll probably be fine
twitter.com · nixcraft · 19 Mar 2023
923 pts
806 comments
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The FTC wants to ban tough-to-cancel subscriptions
theverge.com · bluish29 · 23 Mar 2023
919 pts
382 comments
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TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse [video]
youtube.com · hitpointdrew · 30 Mar 2023
912 pts
448 comments
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Facebook LLAMA is being openly distributed via torrents
github.com · micro_charm · 3 Mar 2023
909 pts
693 comments
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A senior engineer's guide to the system design interview
interviewing.io · leeny · 2 Mar 2023
909 pts
376 comments
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Adobe Firefly: AI Art Generator
adobe.com · adrian_mrd · 21 Mar 2023
908 pts
483 comments
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Bob Metcalfe wins Turing Award
amturing.acm.org · robbiet480 · 22 Mar 2023
858 pts
230 comments
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Dalai: Automatically install, run, and play with LLaMA on your computer
cocktailpeanut.github.io · cocktailpeanut · 12 Mar 2023
848 pts
282 comments
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ChatGPT can now call Wolfram Alpha
writings.stephenwolfram.com · glorken · 23 Mar 2023
840 pts
319 comments
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Lisp-powered laptop with a battery life measured in years
hackster.io · shkhuz · 8 Mar 2023
823 pts
206 comments
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The chat control proposal does not belong in democratic societies
mullvad.net · negidius · 27 Mar 2023
816 pts
398 comments
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Large language models are having their Stable Diffusion moment
simonwillison.net · simonw · 11 Mar 2023
811 pts
369 comments
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Police sue rapper Afroman for using footage of home raid in his music videos
theguardian.com · lisasays · 24 Mar 2023
807 pts
551 comments
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Transformer architecture optimized for Apple Silicon
github.com · behnamoh · 23 Mar 2023
804 pts
334 comments
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ARM64 Linux Workstation
jasoneckert.github.io · jasoneckert · 3 Mar 2023
778 pts
480 comments
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UK: Food inflation rises to 18.2% as it hits highest rate in over 45 years
grocerygazette.co.uk · open-source-ux · 24 Mar 2023
770 pts
1k comments
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ThumbHash: A better compact image placeholder hash
evanw.github.io · summarity · 22 Mar 2023
768 pts
117 comments
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Hyundai promises to keep buttons in cars
thedrive.com · nixass · 21 Mar 2023
765 pts
478 comments
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DreamWorks releases OpenMoonRay source code
github.com · dagmx · 15 Mar 2023
765 pts
149 comments
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Give babies peanut butter to cut peanut allergies, study says
bbc.com · tosh · 17 Mar 2023
746 pts
363 comments
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TypeScripting the technical interview
richard-towers.com · ycitm · 12 Mar 2023
727 pts
159 comments
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Run 100B+ language models at home, BitTorrent‑style
petals.ml · srameshc · 20 Mar 2023
724 pts
193 comments
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More students are turning away from college and toward apprenticeships
wsj.com · lxm · 18 Mar 2023
722 pts
679 comments
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Paving the Road to Vulkan on Asahi Linux
asahilinux.org · frankjr · 20 Mar 2023
722 pts
273 comments
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Hardware microphone disconnect (2021)
support.apple.com · janniks · 7 Mar 2023
720 pts
396 comments
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The drama in trying to convert election PDFs to Spreadsheets
markessien.com · markessien · 23 Mar 2023
716 pts
141 comments
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AI-enhanced development makes me more ambitious with my projects
simonwillison.net · duck · 31 Mar 2023
702 pts
505 comments
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