--- title: "Archived daily edition · Daily Diff" --- [Daily edition](/?appearance=light)[Hot now](/hot?appearance=light) # Archived daily edition [Archive](/archive?limit=20&appearance=light) / 2026-10-28 [Top 10](/archive/edition?date=2026-10-28&limit=10&q=&appearance=light)[Top 20](/archive/edition?date=2026-10-28&limit=20&q=&appearance=light)[Above median](/archive/edition?date=2026-10-28&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=light) Daily ranking · strictly above median 1. 2026-10-28 2. [137](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50268380)269 [Git for the US Code](https://lexifina.com/blog/git-for-the-us-code) HNlexifina.com8 hours ago 3. [41](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234796)237 [Ink droplets in motion snag top prize in Nikon Small World contest](https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/meet-the-2026-winner-of-nikons-small-world-photomicrography-contest/) HNarstechnica.com2 days ago 4. [64](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50268868)56 [Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5](https://artificialanalysis.ai/articles/artificial-analysis-intelligence-index-v5) HNartificialanalysis.ai7 hours ago 5. [47](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50266719)75 [Hunger beats tenure: Advice for junior engineers](https://felixrieseberg.com/hunger-beats-tenure-advice-for-junior-engineers/) HNfelixrieseberg.com11 hours ago 6. [6](https://lobste.rs/s/cpaibp)31 [This is not sustainable](https://www.netmeister.org/blog/defense-ddos.html) LBnetmeister.org6 hours ago[security](/search?q=security&appearance=light) 7. [35](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50236073)146 [Nvidia and Micron Make Up 34% of America's Earnings Boom](https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/the-earnings-boom-is-heavily-reliant-on-just-a-handful-of-stocks-21decb53) HNwsj.com2 days ago 8. [14](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50267569)67 [Moxnox 1.0: NT-Like, POSIX-Compatible OS Running Atop Btrfs](https://github.com/maharmstone/moxnox) HNgithub.com10 hours ago 9. [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50269651)38 [Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0](https://artificialanalysis.ai/methodology/intelligence-benchmarking) HNartificialanalysis.ai4 hours ago 10. [11](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242688)94 [Jokes for the ZX81](https://spelk.press/gb/products/81-jokes-for-the-zx81) HNspelk.press1 day ago 11. [44](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249883)34 [What Happened to the Neanderthals?](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/science/what-happened-to-the-neanderthals.html) HNnytimes.com1 day ago 12. [0](https://lobste.rs/s/87iesc)13 [Reminder: Lobsters NYC Meetup Tomorrow 5:30 at Walker's](https://lobste.rs/s/87iesc) LBlobste.rs8 hours ago[event](/search?q=event&appearance=light) 13. [2](https://programming.dev/post/58621639)5 [Python's experimental JIT to be removed](https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1102102/489e41d80e4966aa/) PDlwn.net1 hour ago[programming](/search?q=programming&appearance=light) Also discussed: [Hacker News · 0 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50246591 "8 points") 14. [0](https://lobste.rs/s/f3jpq3)11 [The next circle of security hell](https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2026/10/27/the-next-circle-of-security-hell/) LBblogs.gentoo.org13 hours ago[linux](/search?q=linux&appearance=light) 15. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50270229)14 [Show HN: A Lego-like composable Framework for RSI](https://rsi-gear.github.io/) HNrsi-gear.github.io2 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=light) 16. [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50269492)11 [碁の国: Play Chess as Town Building](https://gonokuni.plpl.town/) HNgonokuni.plpl.town5 hours ago 17. [0](https://lobste.rs/s/vekgyd)6 [Scalable Vector Grief](https://portswigger.net/research/scalable-vector-grief) LBportswigger.net2 hours ago[security](/search?q=security&appearance=light) 18. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50267494)16 [Free daily JSON feed of Shanghai government subsidy notices](https://github.com/ZhongGheart/china-policy-data) HNgithub.com10 hours ago 19. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50263967)17 [Popcorn 1.0 Released: Moving from AtomVM to Full Erlang VM](https://swmansion.com/blog/popcorn-1-0-moving-from-atom-vm-to-otp-beam/) HNswmansion.com15 hours ago 20. [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50271032)8 [Spain train crash: 'At least 10 dead' in high-speed collision](https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/spain-train-crash-madrid-latest-deaths-victims-807kwv23l) HNthetimes.com35 minutes ago 21. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50268907)10 [F](https://f.com/) HNf.com6 hours ago 22. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50271088)5 [Billion-query-per-second lookup tables in C++](https://lemire.me/blog/2026/10/26/billion-query-per-second-lookup-tables-in-c/) HNlemire.me27 minutes ago 23. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50270973)5 [Suffering as a Feature](https://blog.codinghorror.com/suffering-as-a-feature/) HNblog.codinghorror.com48 minutes ago 24. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50269746)6 [Satellites show some of the strongest evidence the AMOC is weakening](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2595629-satellites-show-some-of-the-strongest-evidence-the-amoc-is-weakening/) HNnewscientist.com4 hours ago 25. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50268548)11 [Emacs Turns 50](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/20/1145399/emacs-turns-50/) HNtechnologyreview.com7 hours ago 26. [7](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50265225)5 [Anduril Partners with Qualcomm to Build Laptops on US Soil](https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/military-drone-outfit-anduril-partners-with-qualcomm-to-build-laptops-on-us-soil-with-new-bluechip-venture-defense-contractor-targets-a-100-percent-domestic-supply-chain-in-the-future) HNtomshardware.com13 hours ago 27. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50268919)7 [Show HN: The New Way to Make AI UGC Ads in 2026](https://www.aivideosugc.com/ai-video-generation) HNaivideosugc.com6 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=light) 28. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50267720)6 [OEIS sequence A400000: The city-building sequence](https://oeis.org/A400000) HNoeis.org9 hours ago 29. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50267927)7 [Ukraine is arming war robots with grenade launchers to hit the Russians](https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-robots-use-grenade-launchers-to-fire-without-risking-soldiers-2026-10) HNbusinessinsider.com9 hours ago 30. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50267947)5 [A New Dwarf Planet (Probably) Spotted Beyond Pluto](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/science/space/new-dwarf-planet-beyond-pluto.html) HNnytimes.com9 hours ago 31. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50267802)6 [Nice Little Satellite You Got Here. Shame If Anything Were to Happen to It](https://streetwiseprofessor.com/nice-little-satellite-you-got-here-shame-if-anything-were-to-happen-to-it/) HNstreetwiseprofessor.com9 hours ago 32. [11](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50230896)53 [Assembly Nights (2021)](https://ratfactor.com/assembly-nights) HNratfactor.com2 days ago 33. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50267380)5 [Historical Scientific Instruments](https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/historical-scientific-instruments) HNnealstephenson.substack.com10 hours ago 34. [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50261492)5 [Show HN: Freightfloor. Have 3 minutes? Drive a forklift vs. AI](https://freightfloor.com/) HNfreightfloor.com17 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=light) 35. [10](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256342)5 [Ask HN: Can we do something about this impending AI dystopia](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256342) HNnews.ycombinator.com1 day ago[ask](/search?q=ask&appearance=light) 36. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50265147)5 [Hacking attempts against US Federal Election Commission system triggered outage](https://www.reuters.com/technology/hacker-trying-breach-us-federal-election-commission-system-email-shows-2026-10-27/) HNreuters.com13 hours ago 37. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50266458)5 [DHS Rejects Oversight Recommendation for ICE Body Cam Auto-Activation](https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/27/dhs-rejects-oversight-recommendation-for-ice-body-cam-auto-activation/) HNtechdirt.com12 hours ago 38. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50264920)5 [Anthropic IPO might kick off tech reset if the AI stock underperforms](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/anthropic-ipo-might-trigger-tech-reset-if-ipo-underperforms.html) HNcnbc.com14 hours ago 39. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50240041)40 [Rosettes and Other Hidden Traces of Hamburg's Tram](https://alsterrunde.com/rosettes-and-other-hidden-traces-of-hamburgs-tram/) HNalsterrunde.com2 days ago 40. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50264076)6 [Nook: A terminal Markdown editor where the cursor never moves](https://github.com/simone20a/Nook) HNgithub.com15 hours ago 41. [1](https://lobste.rs/s/n92yur)5 [Keyless Entry: Hacking SwitchBot Smart Locks](https://neodyme.io/en/blog/switchbot) LBneodyme.io1 day ago[cryptography](/search?q=cryptography&appearance=light) 42. [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251762)14 [Anthropic Is the Most Ridiculous IPO of 2026 \[pdf\]](https://www.newconstructs.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Anthropic-Is-The-Most-Ridiculous-IPO-of-2026.pdf) HNnewconstructs.com1 day ago 43. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50258875)8 [Show HN: Markdown is 40× more token-efficient with SQLite](https://www.withnative.ai/research-and-posts/markdown-context-benchmark) HNwithnative.ai20 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=light) 44. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50258557)6 [Apple Announces iMac with M6](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/apple-unveils-new-imac-with-m6/) HNapple.com21 hours ago 45. [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254255)10 [Pentagon orders bases to plan for 90 days without the grid](https://fortune.com/2026/10/26/pentagon-fortress-bases-90-days-off-grid-uk-be-ready-stockpile/) HNfortune.com1 day ago 46. [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256433)5 [Tell HN: Last night, I had a dream](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256433) HNnews.ycombinator.com1 day ago 47. [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256421)6 [Linus Torvalds let Claude Code fix the Linux page cache. Reviewers found a race](https://thenewstack.io/torvalds-claude-code-kernel/) HNthenewstack.io1 day ago 48. [6](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253759)8 [AI Science vs. Human Science](https://lacuna.tiptreesystems.com/paper/ai-science-vs-human-science/art_3901430d6c0e4bddb284362100ef8548) HNlacuna.tiptreesystems.com1 day ago 49. [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253172)12 [Star Trek actor Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov, dies aged 90](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv0ldjzg9xppo) HNbbc.com1 day ago 50. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50258730)6 [The Cloudflare PHP Capture the Flag Challenge](https://blog.cloudflare.com/php-ctf/) HNblog.cloudflare.com20 hours ago 51. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50259943)5 [Tare: K8s Rightsizer CO2 Aware](https://github.com/2listic/tare) HNgithub.com19 hours ago 52. [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255798)5 [A 2^O(n) Time Algorithm for 3-SAT](https://github.com/anthropics/formal-math/tree/16a5ce41304fcdaea4e0be7c132e1c361dc26da5/eth) HNgithub.com1 day ago 53. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50258343)6 [The Case for OpenTelemetry Maintainership](https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/case-for-opentelemetry-maintainership/) HNopentelemetry.io21 hours ago 54. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256532)7 [Trump admin cuts to satellites will set back US weather forecasting by a decade](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/19/weather/trump-satellites-extreme-weather-forecast-future-set-back) HNcnn.com1 day ago 55. [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256197)5 [Show HN: Software Hate Index (real-time ranking of SaaS complaints)](https://hissingkitty.com/predictions) HNhissingkitty.com1 day ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=light) 56. [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254670)7 [AI and the Collapse of Capitalism](https://jasonpolak.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-collapse-of-capitalism) HNjasonpolak.substack.com1 day ago 57. [0](https://lobste.rs/s/vqlcdk)7 [Cuis Smalltalk](https://cuis.st/) LBcuis.st1 day ago[plt](/search?q=plt&appearance=light) 58. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252650)15 [The real-life Scottish surgeon who inspired Sherlock Holmes](https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/meet-the-real-life-scottish-surgeon-who-inspired-sherlock-holmes/) HNarstechnica.com1 day ago 59. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257193)5 [Sunlight at night: US startup's demo of lighting Earth from space draws critics](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/california-sunlight-space-mirrors-satellites) HNtheguardian.com23 hours ago 60. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253664)12 [Chinese research vessels loiter near undersea cables more than any other nation](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/chinese-research-vessels-loiter-near-pacific-undersea-cables-more-than-any-other-nation-report-finds-civilian-fleet-using-lawnmower-patterns-may-be-mapping-seafloor-for-future-sabotage) HNtomshardware.com1 day ago 61. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256605)5 [Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model tried to upload a file to Beijing in a test](https://www.notebookcheck.net/Alibaba-s-Qwen3-8-model-tried-to-upload-a-file-to-Beijing-in-a-test.1435026.0.html) HNnotebookcheck.net1 day ago 62. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255161)6 [Edit an SQLite database in your browser](https://editsqlite.com/) HNeditsqlite.com1 day ago 63. [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255057)5 [Qwen Phoning Home](https://venturebeat.com/data/coheres-test-caught-an-open-source-qwen3-8-model-trying-to-phone-home-to-china-what-enterprises-should-know) HNventurebeat.com1 day ago 64. [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254751)5 [Tech market feels like a data entry job](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254751) HNnews.ycombinator.com1 day ago 65. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254899)7 [1984: The Canadian Edition](https://btxx.org/posts/1984/) HNbtxx.org1 day ago 66. [0](https://lobste.rs/s/aszhzo)6 [The Limits of Fingerprint Blocklists: A Reproducible Java Certificate Bypass](https://www.sonatype.com/blog/the-limits-of-fingerprint-blocklists-a-reproducible-java-certificate-bypass) LBsonatype.com1 day ago[java](/search?q=java&appearance=light) 67. [6](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251794)5 [Walter Koenig, Chekov in Original 'Star Trek' Series, Dies at 90](https://uk.yahoo.com/news/walter-koenig-chekov-original-star-172418393.html) HNuk.yahoo.com1 day ago 68. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254941)5 [Walter Koenig, actor who played Chekov on original "Star Trek" series, dies](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walter-koenig-dies-age-90-chekov-star-trek/) HNcbsnews.com1 day ago 69. [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254386)5 [Kazakhstan Expands Compute for Its AI Future](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/kazakhstan-ai-compute-ecosystem/) HNblogs.nvidia.com1 day ago 70. [15](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242424)5 [Ask HN: How do you grow OSS projects?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242424) HNnews.ycombinator.com1 day ago[ask](/search?q=ask&appearance=light) 71. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254116)6 [Cohere says Alibaba's Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/cohere-says-alibabas-qwen-model-tried-to-send-a-file-to-beijing/) HNtechcrunch.com1 day ago 72. [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251301)6 [You can hack your TVs and gadgets with AI for free now – but should you?](https://www.zdnet.com/innovation/ai-reverse-engineering-old-gadgets-smart-tvs/) HNzdnet.com1 day ago 73. [0](https://programming.dev/post/58543229)5 [From 27 minutes to 4: Cutting CI build time by 85%](https://alexitc.com/blog/2026-10-23-from-27-minutes-to-4-cutting-ci-build-time-by-85-percent/) PDalexitc.com1 day ago[programming](/search?q=programming&appearance=light) 74. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254205)6 [Tesla's $10B solar factory could get 35 years of tax breaks in Texas](https://electrek.co/2026/10/23/tesla-solar-factory-texas-35-years-tax-breaks-fort-bend/) HNelectrek.co1 day ago 75. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253944)6 [Show HN: ESP-Watchtower – $3 ESP8266 Home Network Sentinel and Canary Honeypot](https://github.com/prasadabhishek/esp-watchtower) HNgithub.com1 day ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=light) 76. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253325)6 [Meaning After an AI Eucatastrophe](https://meaningness.substack.com/p/meaning-after-an-ai-eucatastrophe) HNmeaningness.substack.com1 day ago 77. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252963)6 [Show HN: Shittyscreenshares.com](https://shittyscreenshare.com/) HNshittyscreenshare.com1 day ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=light) 78. [6](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241822)9 [Show HN: Ultimidi – piano learning web game](https://game.ultimidi.com/) HNgame.ultimidi.com1 day ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=light) 79. [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251518)5 [The US AI Labs, Mapped: Founders, Revenue and the Money Behind Them](https://codingplans.dev/briefs/us-model-labs-part-1/) HNcodingplans.dev1 day ago 80. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50247203)11 [Shlemiel the Painter Is Back: How Zig's Libc Rewrite Made SQLite 12,000× Slower](https://dennisforbes.ca/blog/microblog/2026/10/the_accidental_12000x_sqlite_slowdown/) HNdennisforbes.ca1 day ago 81. [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243002)10 [Anthropic Officially Files S1 – Shows $81B Net Loss](https://twitter.com/anthropicai/status/2114705042817110293) HNtwitter.com1 day ago 82. [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245653)9 [Microsoft to Trim Workforce with Buyout Offers for 60k Staff](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-26/microsoft-to-offer-buyouts-to-60-000-workers-in-latest-cost-cut) HNbloomberg.com1 day ago 83. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245457)10 [That free beer has a brewer](https://bytecode.news/posts/2026/10/that-free-beer-has-a-brewer) HNbytecode.news1 day ago 84. [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50248841)5 [Show HN: Font Fam – A directory of 2,181 open-source fonts](https://fontfam.net/) HNfontfam.net1 day ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=light) 85. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251893)6 [Go 1.28 HTTP/2 Parking: Measuring Memory Savings](https://abdolirad.me/articles/go-1-28-http2-parking-memory/) HNabdolirad.me1 day ago 86. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251851)6 [The exponential time hypothesis is false](https://github.com/openai/math/tree/main/preprints/The-Exponential-Time-Hypothesis-is-False-October-25-2026) HNgithub.com1 day ago 87. [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245741)8 [Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60k employees](https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-is-offering-buyouts-read-the-memo-2026-10) HNbusinessinsider.com1 day ago 88. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50250501)7 [Early NASA diapers forced astronauts to disclose the size of their manhood](https://www.chron.com/news/strange-weird/article/Early-NASA-diapers-forced-astronauts-to-disclose-5343939.php) HNchron.com1 day ago 89. [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50235449)25 [Kauldron: Modular, scalable library to train ML models](https://github.com/google-research/kauldron) HNgithub.com2 days ago 90. [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50240559)14 [Anemoia: Nostalgia for a time one did not personally experience](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemoia) HNen.wikipedia.org2 days ago 91. [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50248399)6 [Programming Is Not a Skill](https://ethang.dev/blog/programming-is-not-a-skill/) HNethang.dev1 day ago 92. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50240696)15 [Musk says he was behind Starlink speed restriction in Ukraine](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-starlink-satellite-restored-9.7394719) HNcbc.ca2 days ago 93. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249703)6 [Microsoft offers voluntary buyout to 60k employees](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/microsoft-offers-voluntary-buyout-to-60000-employees-160011034.html) HNfinance.yahoo.com1 day ago 94. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249598)6 [Iterating Backwards in C](https://www.davidpriver.com/Iterating-backwards-in-C.html) HNdavidpriver.com1 day ago