ClueHacker News
Archiveverified release

December 2019 discussion archive

Browse 120 retained Hacker News discussion records from December 2019, with reading status and captured HN facts shown for every entry.

Retained records
120
Verified readings
0
Full-corpus records
0

No discussion summaries have cleared the publication checks in this release. The dated HN records remain browsable. Clue does not show partial, stale, or unverified model prose in their place.

Dated ledger

December records

120 retained discussion records, newest first.

  1. Show HN: A tiny isometric city builder in JavaScript31 Dec 2019 · 593 points · 104 commentsPartial reading withheld
  2. IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Compete with TurboTax31 Dec 2019 · 1,721 points · 448 commentsPartial reading withheld
  3. The old internet died and we watched and did nothing31 Dec 2019 · 286 points · 293 commentsPartial reading withheld
  4. Fake “like” factories – how we reverse engineered facebooks user IDs [video]30 Dec 2019 · 626 points · 243 commentsPartial reading withheld
  5. What Is the Most Valuable Thing You Can Learn in One Hour?30 Dec 2019 · 585 points · 328 commentsPartial reading withheld
  6. Switching from Chrome to Firefox30 Dec 2019 · 568 points · 312 commentsPartial reading withheld
  7. What: A terminal tool to check what is taking up your bandwidth30 Dec 2019 · 863 points · 180 commentsPartial reading withheld
  8. How an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure30 Dec 2019 · 633 points · 382 commentsPartial reading withheld
  9. The StingRay Is Why the 4th Amendment Was Written (2017)29 Dec 2019 · 269 points · 149 commentsPartial reading withheld
  10. Focus has become more valuable than intelligence (2018)29 Dec 2019 · 571 points · 213 commentsPartial reading withheld
  11. Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code29 Dec 2019 · 685 points · 227 commentsPartial reading withheld
  12. Computer Science from the Bottom Up (2016)29 Dec 2019 · 618 points · 76 commentsPartial reading withheld
  13. Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?28 Dec 2019 · 873 points · 417 commentsPartial reading withheld
  14. Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content Recognition28 Dec 2019 · 1,246 points · 688 commentsPartial reading withheld
  15. Betrusted: A Security Enclave for Humans28 Dec 2019 · 277 points · 29 commentsPartial reading withheld
  16. Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so they can't be reused27 Dec 2019 · 1,236 points · 461 commentsPartial reading withheld
  17. Apple News No Longer Supports RSS27 Dec 2019 · 781 points · 263 commentsPartial reading withheld
  18. I Was Wrong About Speed Reading (2015)27 Dec 2019 · 274 points · 165 commentsPartial reading withheld
  19. 88% of Americans use a second screen while watching TV26 Dec 2019 · 291 points · 218 commentsPartial reading withheld
  20. I only use an iFrame to crawl and scrape content26 Dec 2019 · 287 points · 49 commentsPartial reading withheld
  21. Nim vs. Crystal26 Dec 2019 · 274 points · 147 commentsPartial reading withheld
  22. Kaboom: an unusual Minesweeper26 Dec 2019 · 292 points · 68 commentsPartial reading withheld
  23. T * sin (t) ≈ Christmas tree (2013)25 Dec 2019 · 595 points · 44 commentsPartial reading withheld
  24. Chuck Peddle Dies at 82; His $25 Chip Helped Start the PC Age24 Dec 2019 · 272 points · 53 commentsPartial reading withheld
  25. What it's like to bootstrap a business before it can financially support you24 Dec 2019 · 289 points · 98 commentsPartial reading withheld
  26. My Business Card Runs Linux24 Dec 2019 · 2,595 points · 397 commentsPartial reading withheld
  27. Working for a startup makes less sense23 Dec 2019 · 572 points · 378 commentsPartial reading withheld
  28. Evolutionary history and why physical activity is important for brain health23 Dec 2019 · 284 points · 123 commentsPartial reading withheld
  29. Downsides to working at a tech giant23 Dec 2019 · 700 points · 559 commentsPartial reading withheld
  30. Boeing CEO ousted as 737 Max crisis deepens23 Dec 2019 · 659 points · 609 commentsPartial reading withheld
  31. How Do Bullets Work in Video Games?22 Dec 2019 · 566 points · 221 commentsPartial reading withheld
  32. NSA's Backdoor Key from Lotus Notes (2002)22 Dec 2019 · 564 points · 87 commentsPartial reading withheld
  33. Ask HN: Best Talks of 2019?22 Dec 2019 · 643 points · 85 commentsPartial reading withheld
  34. UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create22 Dec 2019 · 775 points · 75 commentsPartial reading withheld
  35. Show HN: Angeldust – a fast and efficient video game22 Dec 2019 · 716 points · 193 commentsPartial reading withheld
  36. Autonomous DeLorean drives sideways to move forward22 Dec 2019 · 580 points · 188 commentsPartial reading withheld
  37. The Deep Sea21 Dec 2019 · 703 points · 96 commentsPartial reading withheld
  38. Fast21 Dec 2019 · 1,314 points · 291 commentsPartial reading withheld
  39. The sad state of personal data and infrastructure20 Dec 2019 · 289 points · 92 commentsPartial reading withheld
  40. Alienated, Alone and Angry: What the Digital Revolution Did?20 Dec 2019 · 279 points · 346 commentsPartial reading withheld
  41. This Page is Designed to Last19 Dec 2019 · 1,321 points · 446 commentsPartial reading withheld
  42. Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983 (2017)19 Dec 2019 · 639 points · 431 commentsPartial reading withheld
  43. Building a new Windows 3.1 app in 2019: A Slack Client19 Dec 2019 · 705 points · 235 commentsPartial reading withheld
  44. Undocumented Catalina file access change18 Dec 2019 · 566 points · 275 commentsPartial reading withheld
  45. Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop connectivity standard18 Dec 2019 · 740 points · 355 commentsPartial reading withheld
  46. Google claims copyright on employee side projects18 Dec 2019 · 738 points · 384 commentsPartial reading withheld
  47. Ask HN: How Can I Learn Music Theory?18 Dec 2019 · 673 points · 239 commentsPartial reading withheld
  48. PIA open-sources and announces audit plans17 Dec 2019 · 281 points · 157 commentsPartial reading withheld
  49. Over 100 PBS local stations start streaming on YouTube TV17 Dec 2019 · 660 points · 162 commentsPartial reading withheld
  50. Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microsoft in Cloud17 Dec 2019 · 807 points · 822 commentsPartial reading withheld
  51. Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers of right to organize17 Dec 2019 · 743 points · 715 commentsPartial reading withheld
  52. Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair16 Dec 2019 · 1,536 points · 429 commentsPartial reading withheld
  53. Microbrowsers Are Everywhere16 Dec 2019 · 271 points · 54 commentsPartial reading withheld
  54. The Cost of Avoiding Sensitive Questions16 Dec 2019 · 273 points · 236 commentsPartial reading withheld
  55. ICANN Delays .ORG Sale Approval16 Dec 2019 · 728 points · 86 commentsPartial reading withheld
  56. SQL Murder Mystery16 Dec 2019 · 823 points · 79 commentsPartial reading withheld
  57. Introduction to Stochastic Processes [pdf]15 Dec 2019 · 284 points · 12 commentsPartial reading withheld
  58. JetBrains: $270M revenue, 405K paying users, $0 raised15 Dec 2019 · 1,168 points · 662 commentsPartial reading withheld
  59. Faults in Post Office accounting system led to workers being convicted of theft15 Dec 2019 · 289 points · 104 commentsPartial reading withheld
  60. Challenging projects every programmer should try14 Dec 2019 · 911 points · 297 commentsPartial reading withheld
  61. Having Kids14 Dec 2019 · 1,992 points · 863 commentsPartial reading withheld
  62. 37-Year-Old Mom Spent Seven Days Online as an 11-Year-Old Girl14 Dec 2019 · 287 points · 281 commentsPartial reading withheld
  63. Ways to reduce the costs of an HTTP(S) API on AWS13 Dec 2019 · 280 points · 97 commentsPartial reading withheld
  64. Why Nukemap Isn't on Google Maps Anymore13 Dec 2019 · 787 points · 289 commentsPartial reading withheld
  65. Happy Hues – Curated colors in context13 Dec 2019 · 606 points · 110 commentsPartial reading withheld
  66. The Outer Worlds: Fixing the “game thinks my companion is dead” bug13 Dec 2019 · 676 points · 185 commentsPartial reading withheld
  67. Animal painting found in cave is 44k years old12 Dec 2019 · 281 points · 117 commentsPartial reading withheld
  68. Huginn: Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf12 Dec 2019 · 1,303 points · 143 commentsPartial reading withheld
  69. Many Strategies Fail Because They’re Not Strategies (2017)12 Dec 2019 · 290 points · 68 commentsPartial reading withheld
  70. Police conducted search in the Nginx office due to a copyright claim12 Dec 2019 · 586 points · 217 commentsPartial reading withheld
  71. Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories12 Dec 2019 · 281 points · 50 commentsPartial reading withheld
  72. Crows could be the smartest animal other than primates12 Dec 2019 · 690 points · 411 commentsPartial reading withheld
  73. ACLU sues Homeland Security over 'stingray' cell phone surveillance11 Dec 2019 · 730 points · 153 commentsPartial reading withheld
  74. Introducing E2, new cost-optimized general purpose VMs for Google Compute Engine11 Dec 2019 · 269 points · 132 commentsPartial reading withheld
  75. A Thread about Internet Archive's “Silent Killer”11 Dec 2019 · 589 points · 261 commentsPartial reading withheld
  76. Jack Dorsey Wants to Decentralize Twitter11 Dec 2019 · 279 points · 18 commentsPartial reading withheld
  77. Learning at work is work, and we must make space for it11 Dec 2019 · 1,673 points · 453 commentsPartial reading withheld
  78. Twitter funding a team to develop an open standard for social media11 Dec 2019 · 728 points · 406 commentsPartial reading withheld
  79. Ultrasound destroys 80 percent of prostate cancers in one-year study11 Dec 2019 · 708 points · 112 commentsPartial reading withheld
  80. FUSE for macOS is no longer open source11 Dec 2019 · 840 points · 397 commentsPartial reading withheld
  81. ZedRipper: A 16-core Z80 laptop10 Dec 2019 · 814 points · 149 commentsPartial reading withheld
  82. Apple Sues Nuvia’s CEO, a Former Employee10 Dec 2019 · 284 points · 292 commentsPartial reading withheld
  83. L-systems10 Dec 2019 · 268 points · 43 commentsPartial reading withheld
  84. College-educated workers are taking over the American factory floor09 Dec 2019 · 288 points · 506 commentsPartial reading withheld
  85. WireGuard is in net-next09 Dec 2019 · 567 points · 205 commentsPartial reading withheld
  86. Powerful Statement of Resistance from a College Student on Trial in Moscow08 Dec 2019 · 271 points · 93 commentsPartial reading withheld
  87. Verizon/Yahoo Blocking Attempts to Archive Yahoo Groups – Deletion: Dec. 1408 Dec 2019 · 1,393 points · 405 commentsPartial reading withheld
  88. GCC-Rust: Rust frontend for GCC08 Dec 2019 · 288 points · 138 commentsPartial reading withheld
  89. The Product-Minded Software Engineer07 Dec 2019 · 616 points · 142 commentsPartial reading withheld
  90. The rise and fall of the PlayStation supercomputers07 Dec 2019 · 283 points · 169 commentsPartial reading withheld
  91. The Lesson to Unlearn07 Dec 2019 · 1,333 points · 565 commentsPartial reading withheld
  92. Deploy-your-own-SaaS: “only yours” cloud services for everyday needs07 Dec 2019 · 275 points · 51 commentsPartial reading withheld
  93. Ask HN: What mistakes did you make when starting as a consultant/freelancer?07 Dec 2019 · 622 points · 268 commentsPartial reading withheld
  94. France proposes upload filter law, “forgets” user rights06 Dec 2019 · 277 points · 75 commentsPartial reading withheld
  95. Privacy analysis of Tiktok’s app and website06 Dec 2019 · 623 points · 201 commentsPartial reading withheld
  96. The Great Cannon has been deployed again06 Dec 2019 · 1,043 points · 431 commentsPartial reading withheld
  97. No to Chrome06 Dec 2019 · 632 points · 306 commentsPartial reading withheld
  98. Hexing the technical interview (2017)05 Dec 2019 · 598 points · 192 commentsPartial reading withheld
  99. Show HN: AI Dungeon 2 – AI-generated text adventure built with 1.5B param GPT-205 Dec 2019 · 584 points · 220 commentsPartial reading withheld
  100. Why Taxpayers Pay McKinsey $3M a Year for a Recent College Graduate Contractor05 Dec 2019 · 781 points · 310 commentsPartial reading withheld
  101. How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user and a web developer05 Dec 2019 · 1,238 points · 539 commentsPartial reading withheld
  102. Show HN: A searchable list of self-hosted software with screenshots05 Dec 2019 · 656 points · 112 commentsPartial reading withheld
  103. Ask HN: Best book / resources on leadership, especially for tech teams?05 Dec 2019 · 882 points · 209 commentsPartial reading withheld
  104. DeepSpeech 0.605 Dec 2019 · 278 points · 66 commentsPartial reading withheld
  105. Web-assembly powered WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor, supporting nearly all LaTeX package05 Dec 2019 · 741 points · 114 commentsPartial reading withheld
  106. Fight back against Google AMP (2018)04 Dec 2019 · 895 points · 379 commentsPartial reading withheld
  107. How to proceed when you run out of cash, but you still believe?04 Dec 2019 · 292 points · 202 commentsPartial reading withheld
  108. Two malicious Python libraries caught stealing SSH and GPG keys04 Dec 2019 · 624 points · 317 commentsPartial reading withheld
  109. Sinkholed04 Dec 2019 · 616 points · 130 commentsPartial reading withheld
  110. The best Cyber Monday deals according to Alexa: any Amazon-owned brand03 Dec 2019 · 287 points · 195 commentsPartial reading withheld
  111. Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet03 Dec 2019 · 1,204 points · 587 commentsPartial reading withheld
  112. The latest version of Slack has a setting to disable the WYSIWYG editor03 Dec 2019 · 783 points · 221 commentsPartial reading withheld
  113. Archivists Are Trying to Make Sure LibGen Never Goes Down03 Dec 2019 · 908 points · 257 commentsPartial reading withheld
  114. BPF: A New Type of Software03 Dec 2019 · 603 points · 185 commentsPartial reading withheld
  115. The .Org Fire Sale: How it sold for less than half its valuation03 Dec 2019 · 750 points · 176 commentsPartial reading withheld
  116. 0.3000000000000000402 Dec 2019 · 768 points · 402 commentsPartial reading withheld
  117. Microsoft is creating a new Rust-based programming language for secure coding02 Dec 2019 · 274 points · 194 commentsPartial reading withheld
  118. Django 302 Dec 2019 · 657 points · 187 commentsPartial reading withheld
  119. PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by former Israeli spy02 Dec 2019 · 1,004 points · 359 commentsPartial reading withheld
  120. The world needs more search engines01 Dec 2019 · 795 points · 519 commentsPartial reading withheld