top 20 hacker news stories for 2019-01-07

Announcing unlimited free private repos

https://blog.github.com/2019-01-07-new-year-new-github/

7 years ago

2867 upvotes – 684 comments

Show HN: Mkcert – Valid HTTPS certificates for localhost

https://blog.filippo.io/mkcert-valid-https-certificates-for-localhost/

7 years ago

839 upvotes – 115 comments

The Hand Licking Incident

https://raisingfutureadults.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-hand-licking-incident.html

7 years ago

641 upvotes – 339 comments

We can confirm that there was a successful 51% attack on Ethereum Classic

https://twitter.com/etherchain_org/status/1082329360948969472

7 years ago

549 upvotes – 274 comments

Thank u, next

https://words.steveklabnik.com/thank-u-next

7 years ago

537 upvotes – 174 comments

Game dev: Linux users were only 0.1% of sales but 20% of crashes and tickets

https://twitter.com/bgolus/status/1080213166116597760

7 years ago

414 upvotes – 400 comments

Ask HN: High-Quality Online Degree for Mathematics?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18844420

7 years ago

398 upvotes – 96 comments

Supporting open source with 3% of our revenue

https://blog.geteventbot.com/2019/01/06/how-we-support-open-source-software.html

7 years ago

345 upvotes – 66 comments

Digitized Books from 1923 Now Available at the Internet Archive

http://www.openculture.com/2019/01/11000-digitized-books-from-1923-are-now-available-online-at-the-internet-archive.html

7 years ago

324 upvotes – 59 comments

I learnt C++ in 2018 and have no regrets

https://vishnubharathi.codes/blog/learning-cpp-2018/

7 years ago

304 upvotes – 251 comments

How to Choose a Startup to Work for by Thinking Like an Investor

https://triplebyte.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-startup-to-work-for

7 years ago

302 upvotes – 151 comments

Ask HN: Is web development still a viable career choice?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18843518

7 years ago

292 upvotes – 240 comments

Tennessee doctors earn big money denying disability claims

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/01/06/tennessee-doctors-disability-claims/1077220002/

7 years ago

269 upvotes – 156 comments

SQL Is No Excuse to Avoid DevOps

https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3300018

7 years ago

263 upvotes – 118 comments

Huawei Unveils High-Performance ARM-Based CPU

https://www.huawei.com/en/press-events/news/2019/1/huawei-unveils-highest-performance-arm-based-cpu

7 years ago

233 upvotes – 132 comments

Is Your Cat 6 Cable a Dog? (2013)

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/articles/is-your-cat6-a-dog.htm

7 years ago

223 upvotes – 113 comments

Why isn't bamboo wood a bigger industry?

https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-bamboo-wood-a-bigger-worldwide-industry-since-it-grows-so-quickly-and-is-so-strong-Couldnt-it-replace-lumber-and-save-many-trees/answer/Raphaël-du-Sablon?share=1

7 years ago

210 upvotes – 98 comments

The money, job, marriage myth: are you happy yet?

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/06/happiness-index-wellbeing-survey-uk-population-paul-dolan-happy-ever-after

7 years ago

207 upvotes – 185 comments

WebGL + Rust: Basic Water Tutorial

http://chinedufn.com/3d-webgl-basic-water-tutorial/

7 years ago

202 upvotes – 19 comments

Pizza Dough

https://github.com/hendricius/pizza-dough

7 years ago

190 upvotes – 139 comments
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