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Life & fun · March 28, 2014

HackerNews Tab

Default tab on Chrome = HackerNews

HackerNews Tab launched on March 28, 2014 with 72 votes, #322 of 1,224 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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