Hacker News on 17 October 2021

• Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
• Facts every web dev should know before they burn out and turn to painting
• Roger Hui has died
• HTTP is obsolete – it's time for the distributed, permanent web (2015)
• L0phtCrack Is Now Open Source
• It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answered the ultimate question
• Web Browser Engineering
• NixOS on Framework Laptop
• Python stands to lose its GIL, and gain a lot of speed
• Netflix's new player breaks the ability to modify the seeking of a playing video