Hacker News Weekly Top 10 @2024-12-16

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1. Willow, Our Quantum Chip
   1402 points by robflaherty 6 days ago | 526 comments

2. Timemap.org – Interactive Map of History
   1245 points by agilek 3 days ago | 177 comments

3. Itch.io Taken Down by Funko
   1188 points by spiralganglion 6 days ago | 463 comments

4. From where I left
   1179 points by tilt 5 days ago | 450 comments

5. Sora is here
   1147 points by toomuchtodo 6 days ago | 983 comments

6. Gukesh becomes the youngest chess world champion in history
   1102 points by alexmolas 3 days ago | 458 comments

7. Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era
   1003 points by meetpateltech 4 days ago | 489 comments

8. OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment
   987 points by mmorearty 2 days ago | 406 comments

9. School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood: study
   936 points by jonatron 1 day ago | 622 comments

10. Show HN: I designed an espresso machine and coffee grinder
    771 points by smeeeeeeeeeeeee 3 days ago | 469 comments

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