top 20 hacker news stories for 2017-01-29

Sergey Brin joins protest against immigration order at SFO

http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/28/14428262/google-sergey-brin

9 years ago

685 upvotes – 348 comments

Federal judge stays deportations of travelers in Trump immigration order

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/316714-federal-judge-blocks-trump-immigration-ban-nationwide

9 years ago

664 upvotes – 358 comments

Lyft donates $1M to the ACLU, condemns Trump’s immigration actions

https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/29/lyft-donates-1m-to-the-aclu-condemns-trumps-immigration-actions/

9 years ago

514 upvotes – 261 comments

Chrome Widevine DRM can no longer be disabled

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=686430

9 years ago

446 upvotes – 285 comments

Airbnb is providing free housing to refugees and anyone not allowed in the US

https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/825517729251684352

9 years ago

359 upvotes – 135 comments

Typing Practice for Programmers

http://speedcoder.net/lesson

9 years ago

346 upvotes – 166 comments

Hotel ransomed by hackers as guests locked in rooms

http://www.thelocal.at/20170128/hotel-ransomed-by-hackers-as-guests-locked-in-rooms

9 years ago

288 upvotes – 108 comments

Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system

http://sciencebulletin.org/archives/9813.html

9 years ago

277 upvotes – 134 comments

New organisms have been formed using the first ever 6-letter genetic code

http://www.sciencealert.com/new-organisms-have-been-formed-using-the-first-ever-6-letter-genetic-code

9 years ago

275 upvotes – 145 comments

The Human Toll of Protecting the Internet from the Worst of Humanity

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-human-toll-of-protecting-the-internet-from-the-worst-of-humanity

9 years ago

250 upvotes – 114 comments

Houdini was an inventor, but didn't want anybody to know

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/harry-houdini-ingenious-innovator-didnt-want-anybody-know-180961078/

9 years ago

231 upvotes – 29 comments

Stratus: Servers that won’t quit – The 24 year running computer

http://www.cpushack.com/2017/01/28/stratus-servers-that-wont-quit-the-24-year-running-computer/

9 years ago

219 upvotes – 123 comments

Comcast uses MITM JavaScript injection to serve account related information

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2016/12/comcast-still-uses-mitm-javascript-injection-serve-unwanted-ads-messages/

9 years ago

219 upvotes – 56 comments

How to Unlock Netflix Hidden Categories

http://thebrotalk.com/entertainment/how-to-unlock-netflix-hidden-categories/

9 years ago

213 upvotes – 39 comments

SpaceX is livestreaming a hyperloop pod competition

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/01/29/2336244/spacex-is-livestreaming-a-hyperloop-pod-competition

9 years ago

211 upvotes – 72 comments

Trunk-Based Development

https://trunkbaseddevelopment.com

9 years ago

199 upvotes – 205 comments

Ask HN: Online Security Tips for Newbie Freedom Activists?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13516116

9 years ago

197 upvotes – 131 comments

Oracle’s Cloud Licensing Change

https://oracle-base.com/blog/2017/01/28/oracles-cloud-licensing-change-be-warned/

9 years ago

194 upvotes – 234 comments

Godot Game Engine – Tutorial Series

http://www.gamefromscratch.com/page/Godot-Game-Engine-tutorial-series.aspx

9 years ago

193 upvotes – 27 comments

Building a One-Person SaaS App Offers a Profound Sense of Personal Achievement

https://blog.nugget.one/upstart/building-a-one-man-saas-app-offers-a-profound-sense-of-personal-achievement/

9 years ago

179 upvotes – 78 comments
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