The best of Hacker News - October 18, 2024

1.
Secret 3D scans in the French Supreme Court

601 points

2.
The feds are coming for John Deere over the right to repair

352 points

3.
Grandmaster-level chess without search

345 points

4.
Apple Passwords’ generated strong password format

340 points

5.
Using static websites for tiny archives

309 points

6.
Type 2 diabetes: New treatment eliminates insulin for 86% of patients

274 points

7.
C++ proposal: There are exactly 8 bits in a byte

273 points

8.
Microsoft and OpenAI's close partnership shows signs of fraying

263 points

9.
Show HN: Go Plan9 Memo

242 points

10.
I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

238 points

11.
Hacker Typer

230 points

12.
Why does everyone run ancient Postgres versions?

224 points

13.
Code that helped end Apartheid

210 points

14.
Ichigo: Local real-time voice AI

209 points

15.
Net 9.0 LINQ Performance Improvements

188 points

16.
Jank development update – Moving to LLVM IR

187 points

17.
JSON Patch

185 points

18.
The Rise and Fall of Matchbox's Toy-Car Empire

178 points

19.
Running an open source app: Usage, costs and community donations

167 points

20.
OpenVMM – A New VMM for Windows and Linux, Written in Rust

167 points

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