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2017 Archive
31.
Facebook is an attack on the open web (daringfireball.net)
1635 points by tambourine_man on Jun 1, 2017 | 421 comments
32.
Welcome, ACLU (medium.com)
1558 points by katm on Jan 31, 2017 | 1030 comments
33.
Show HN: Airmash – Multiplayer Missile Warfare HTML5 Game (airma.sh)
1535 points by fivesigma on Dec 10, 2017 | 304 comments
34.
Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) (josephg.com)
1519 points by charlieirish on Apr 11, 2017 | 996 comments
35.
Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence (nytimes.com)
1503 points by coloneltcb on Jan 17, 2017 | 713 comments
36.
What Happens When You Send a Zero-Day to a Bank? (privacylog.blogspot.com)
1494 points by ivank on Apr 21, 2017 | 438 comments
37.
A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it (imgur.com)
1480 points by wyldfire on Aug 30, 2017 | 296 comments
38.
We’re dropping Google Ads (groundup.org.za)
1477 points by alex_hirner on Apr 12, 2017 | 584 comments
39.
Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will (m.nautil.us)
1466 points by rajeshmr on Nov 20, 2017 | 496 comments
40.
CRISPR eliminates HIV-1 infection in live animals (sciencedirect.com)
1455 points by shannietron on May 2, 2017 | 239 comments
41.
A crashed advertisement reveals logs of a facial recognition system (twitter.com)
1450 points by dmit on May 10, 2017 | 522 comments
42.
Keybase launches encrypted Git (keybase.io)
1427 points by aston on Oct 4, 2017 | 270 comments
43.
Onedrive is slow on Linux but fast with a “Windows” user-agent (2016) (answers.microsoft.com)
1423 points by wielebny on Mar 22, 2017 | 469 comments
44.
My Family’s Slave (theatlantic.com)
1419 points by aaron695 on May 16, 2017 | 606 comments
45.
Grumpy: Go running Python (opensource.googleblog.com)
1411 points by trotterdylan on Jan 4, 2017 | 451 comments
46.
Taking control of all .io domains with a targeted registration (thehackerblog.com)
1404 points by koenrh on Jul 10, 2017 | 246 comments
47.
Lyrebird – An API to copy the voice of anyone (lyrebird.ai)
1401 points by adbrebs on Apr 24, 2017 | 298 comments
48.
What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining a Unicorn (gist.github.com)
1382 points by yossorion on Jan 18, 2017 | 558 comments
49.
Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
1374 points by dustinkirkland on Mar 31, 2017 | 1145 comments
50.
Key Reinstallation Attacks – Breaking WPA2 by Forcing Nonce Reuse (krackattacks.com)
1371 points by fanfantm on Oct 16, 2017 | 411 comments
51.
They Used To Last 50 Years (recraigslist.com)
1359 points by teslacar on Mar 19, 2017 | 860 comments
52.
Equifax Faces Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Hack (bloomberg.com)
1345 points by jameslk on Sep 8, 2017 | 648 comments
53.
Looking for Work After 25 Years of Octave (lists.gnu.org)
1332 points by dhuramas on Feb 9, 2017 | 474 comments
54.
WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages (theguardian.com)
1332 points by katpas on Jan 13, 2017 | 321 comments
55.
FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see (washingtonpost.com)
1330 points by rbanffy on Nov 21, 2017 | 646 comments
56.
Teach Yourself Computer Science (teachyourselfcs.com)
1308 points by kruse-tim on Mar 13, 2017 | 237 comments
57.
Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web (neustadt.fr)
1307 points by livatlantis on Nov 2, 2017 | 503 comments
58.
Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Patent” license (issues.apache.org)
1277 points by thelarkinn on Jul 16, 2017 | 362 comments
59.
Battle for the Internet (battleforthenet.com)
1275 points by anigbrowl on Jul 12, 2017 | 487 comments
60.
LibreTaxi – A free and open source alternative to Uber and Lyft (libretaxi.org)
1275 points by bpierre on Jan 31, 2017 | 382 comments