Top 20 Hacker News Stories for 2017-09-11

top 20 hacker news stories for 2017-09-11

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387

Facebook, You Needy Sonofabitch

http://bradfrost.com/blog/post/facebook-you-needy-sonofabitch/

9 years ago

1111 upvotes – 387 comments

477

229

Equifax’s Maddening Unaccountability

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/opinion/equifax-accountability-security.html

9 years ago

477 upvotes – 229 comments

460

198

Chrome's Plan to Distrust Symantec Certificates

https://security.googleblog.com/2017/09/chromes-plan-to-distrust-symantec.html#

9 years ago

460 upvotes – 198 comments

436

227

Web frameworks are transforming from runtime libraries into optimizing compilers

https://tomdale.net/2017/09/compilers-are-the-new-frameworks/

9 years ago

436 upvotes – 227 comments

398

218

A New Way to Learn Economics

https://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/a-new-way-to-learn-economics

9 years ago

398 upvotes – 218 comments

373

103

Show HN: Build A Personal Power Plant for $200

http://gridlesskits.com/2017/09/06/burning-man-update.html

9 years ago

373 upvotes – 103 comments

358

A font to make sparklines in seconds

http://aftertheflood.co/projects/atf-spark

9 years ago

358 upvotes – 62 comments

331

286

Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your device without a passcode

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/its-about-to-get-tougher-for-cops-border-agents-to-get-at-your-iphones-data/

9 years ago

331 upvotes – 286 comments

324

143

I downloaded an app and was part of the Cajun Navy

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/I-downloaded-an-app-And-suddenly-I-was-talking-12172506.php?cmpid=twitter-premium

9 years ago

324 upvotes – 143 comments

293

214

Mercedes-Benz will electrify its entire car lineup by 2022

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/11/mercedes-benz-will-electrify-its-entire-car-lineup-by-2022/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

9 years ago

293 upvotes – 214 comments

280

190

Friends Are Genetically Similar (2014)

https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/accumulating-glitches/friends_are_genetically_similar

9 years ago

280 upvotes – 190 comments

270

Is StubHub's Website Deceiving Users?

http://jordancolburn.com/2017/09/11/stubhub-shows-already-sold-tickets/

9 years ago

270 upvotes – 94 comments

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With a $1k Price, Apple’s iPhone Crosses a Threshold

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/technology/apple-iphone-price.html

9 years ago

253 upvotes – 698 comments

242

146

Betting on the Web – Why I Build PWAs

https://joreteg.com/blog/betting-on-the-web

9 years ago

242 upvotes – 146 comments

225

205

MIT’s Senior House dormitory closes, and a crisis blooms at colleges

https://www.wired.com/story/a-weird-mit-dorm-dies-and-a-crisis-blooms-at-colleges

9 years ago

225 upvotes – 205 comments

224

189

‘Uncontacted’ Amazon Tribe Members Are Reported Killed in Brazil

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/world/americas/brazil-amazon-tribe-killings.html

9 years ago

224 upvotes – 189 comments

204

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As Amazon Pushes Forward with Robots, Workers Find New Roles

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/technology/amazon-robots-workers.html?mabReward=ART_CTM1&recid=34cea0ca-c023-4fb8-6ca8-9047ebcd5412&recp=0&moduleDetail=recommendations-0&action=click&contentCollection=Politics&region=Footer&module=WhatsNext&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&src=recg&pgtype=article&_r=0

9 years ago

204 upvotes – 156 comments

201

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Cruise's 3rd generation self-driving car