The Best Hacker News Posts of April 2023
We track 1,403 stories from April 2023, averaging 254 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 98 stories. Together they drew 220,930 comments, 157 per story on average.
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Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
l2silver · 27 Apr 2023
1.9k pts
1.8k comments
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If we lose the Internet Archive, we’re screwed
sbstatesman.com · raybb · 6 Apr 2023
1.8k pts
588 comments
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StableLM: A new open-source language model
stability.ai · davidbarker · 19 Apr 2023
1.5k pts
497 comments
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Show HN: GPT-4-powered web searches for developers
phind.com · rushingcreek · 12 Apr 2023
1.4k pts
414 comments
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Semaphore: A Full-Body Keyboard
github.com · kieto · 12 Apr 2023
1.4k pts
209 comments
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Automakers are starting to admit that drivers hate touchscreens
slate.com · NN88 · 26 Apr 2023
1.3k pts
979 comments
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Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco
sfgate.com · rdl · 5 Apr 2023
1.3k pts
2.8k comments
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The EARN IT bill is back, seeking to scan our messages and photos
eff.org · glitcher · 21 Apr 2023
1.3k pts
463 comments
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Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox-related CPU use by 75%
bugzilla.mozilla.org · ylere · 10 Apr 2023
1.2k pts
422 comments
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The day Windows died
thomasbandt.com · alexzeitler · 2 Apr 2023
1.1k pts
893 comments
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CATL has announced a new “condensed” battery with 500 Wh/kg
thedriven.io · rippercushions · 21 Apr 2023
1.1k pts
843 comments
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Smartphones with Qualcomm chip secretly send personal data to Qualcomm
nitrokey.com · h1x · 25 Apr 2023
1.1k pts
330 comments
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Ever-expanding animation of the life of the 796th floor of a space station
floor796.com · justsomehnguy · 10 Apr 2023
1.1k pts
118 comments
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Tell HN: iOS lets carriers add WiFi networks that you can’t stop from joining
newZWhoDis · 5 Apr 2023
1k pts
391 comments
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De-Stressing Booking.com (2019)
alexcharlton.co · robin_reala · 16 Apr 2023
965 pts
361 comments
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Ask Wirecutter: Can you recommend a not-smart TV for me?
nytimes.com · deeg · 7 Apr 2023
957 pts
992 comments
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SpaceX Starship rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas
apnews.com · fnordpiglet · 20 Apr 2023
955 pts
1.2k comments
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New Orleans teenagers found a new proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
keith-mcnulty.medium.com · malshe · 8 Apr 2023
949 pts
251 comments
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Animated Drawings
fairanimateddrawings.com · jonbaer · 13 Apr 2023
947 pts
83 comments
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Steven Spielberg: ‘No film should be revised’ based on modern sensitivity
theguardian.com · andsoitis · 27 Apr 2023
930 pts
713 comments
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Software firms across US facing tax bills that threaten survival
cnbc.com · mjwhansen · 18 Apr 2023
924 pts
981 comments
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Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer gravely
covertactionmagazine.com · onewheeltom · 30 Apr 2023
913 pts
466 comments
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Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee – alleged killer also worked in tech
missionlocal.org · cemerick · 13 Apr 2023
909 pts
1.2k comments
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How to be a -10x Engineer
taylor.town · surprisetalk · 4 Apr 2023
875 pts
494 comments
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RedPajama: Reproduction of LLaMA with friendly license
together.xyz · tim_sw · 17 Apr 2023
864 pts
216 comments
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The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS
waxy.org · waxpancake · 5 Apr 2023
844 pts
426 comments
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As I am currently in a war zone, I don't have many options for cabling
electronics.stackexchange.com · sprawl_ · 27 Apr 2023
823 pts
239 comments
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The LLama Effect: Leak Sparked a Series of Open Source Alternatives to ChatGPT
thesequence.substack.com · gardenfelder · 9 Apr 2023
791 pts
504 comments
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Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant – customer data not compromised
mullvad.net · coldblues · 20 Apr 2023
775 pts
334 comments
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Linen.dev: A 500 kb Slack alternative
linen.dev · cheeseblubber · 26 Apr 2023
753 pts
209 comments
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Replacing my best friends with an LLM trained on 500k group chat messages
izzy.co · izzymiller · 12 Apr 2023
751 pts
355 comments
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Shutting down my legal torrent site after 17 years
legittorrents.info · en3r0 · 20 Apr 2023
749 pts
401 comments
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Substack Notes Launched
on.substack.com · theolivenbaum · 11 Apr 2023
748 pts
745 comments
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Netflix loses 1M users in Spain over password policing
bloomberg.com · FabHK · 26 Apr 2023
745 pts
924 comments
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Ways to shoot yourself in the foot with Postgres
philbooth.me · philbo · 24 Apr 2023
743 pts
268 comments
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Remove “This incident will be reported.” from user warnings
github.com · sohkamyung · 29 Apr 2023
741 pts
284 comments
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I worked at Google for -10 days
andgein.ru · vanburen · 11 Apr 2023
727 pts
444 comments
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Segment Anything Model (SAM) can "cut out" any object in an image
segment-anything.com · crakenzak · 5 Apr 2023
725 pts
152 comments
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Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index
brave.com · twapi · 27 Apr 2023
704 pts
471 comments
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Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP
github.com · thunderbong · 29 Apr 2023
681 pts
143 comments
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Check if your IKEA chair is compatible with your screen
mastodon.social · ruph123 · 28 Apr 2023
673 pts
212 comments
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Why does a plastic-wrapped turkey sandwich cost $15 at the NYC airport?
hellgatenyc.com · raybb · 15 Apr 2023
671 pts
611 comments
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Making a Linux home server sleep on idle and wake on demand – the simple way
dgross.ca · danieg · 19 Apr 2023
671 pts
237 comments
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Valve Restricts Accounts of 2500 Users Who Marked a Negative Game Review Useful
tech.slashdot.org · rurban · 15 Apr 2023
669 pts
371 comments
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I used Stable Diffusion and Dreambooth to create an art portrait of my dog
shruggingface.com · jakedahn · 16 Apr 2023
663 pts
236 comments
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