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# Archived daily edition

[Archive](/archive?limit=20&appearance=system) / 2026-10-27

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Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-27
2.   [17](https://lobste.rs/s/ihmfsc)8

     [The passkey is worse](https://www.kcoleman.me/2026/10/22/hacked.html)

     LBkcoleman.me5 hours ago[security](/search?q=security&appearance=system)

3.   [8](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253750)28

     [ICE wants robot dogs. Boston Dynamics' workers urge company to 'cancel the sale'](https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/10/23/boston-dynamics-employees-petition-dhs)

     HNwbur.org2 hours ago

4.   [7](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253630)27

     [The 'Buy, Borrow and Die' Wealth Strategy Has Become a $5T Market](https://www.wsj.com/finance/the-buy-borrow-and-die-wealth-strategy-has-become-a-5-trillion-market-d9149a9d)

     HNwsj.com3 hours ago

5.   [6](https://lobste.rs/s/cxxcik)11

     [Shitty Screenshare](http://shittyscreenshare.com/)

     LBshittyscreenshare.com4 hours ago[browsers](/search?q=browsers&appearance=system)

6.   [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253561)11

     [What to do if you discover AI models trained using your copywrighted book?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253561)

     HNnews.ycombinator.com3 hours ago

7.   [7](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50231041)40

     [LISPy things you can do in 64K bytes of core (2019)](https://t3x.org/lisp64k/index.html)

     HNt3x.org1 day ago

8.   [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253512)15

     [Initial Support for the Apple M4 and Apple A18 Pro Make It into Linux 7.4](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-SoCs)

     HNphoronix.com3 hours ago

9.   [7](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253939)7

     [I still teach OpenGL ES 3.0](https://eliasfarhan.ch/graphics/cpp/2026/01/27/why-i-teach-opengles.html)

     HNeliasfarhan.ch2 hours ago

10.  [0](https://programming.dev/post/58547265)6

     [HTMX creator on the history of REST and why he thinks we got it wrong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbNvpiJ9gTs)

     PDyoutube.com10 hours ago[programming](/search?q=programming&appearance=system)

11.  [0](https://lobste.rs/s/cxdpiu)7

     [Our Response To The eMudhra Key Disclosure Incident](https://go.dev/blog/emudhra-incident)

     LBgo.dev4 hours ago[go](/search?q=go&appearance=system)

12.  [6](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243060)15

     [Unveiling The Grid: PCBs made in America, twice as fast as Shenzhen](https://www.circuithub.com/post/unveiling-the-grid)

     HNcircuithub.com15 hours ago

13.  [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253524)5

     [Do you want to keep your job? Stop feeding AI models](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253524)

     HNnews.ycombinator.com3 hours ago

14.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253664)9

     [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.com3 hours ago

15.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254255)7

     [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 hour ago

16.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252650)11

     [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.com5 hours ago

17.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254383)7

     [Micron Taiwan increasing salaries for factory workers by 2.7X](https://ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/5619258)

     HNec.ltn.com.tw1 hour ago

18.  [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251301)5

     [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.com7 hours ago

19.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251455)8

     [The Onion Voting Simulator 3D on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/5372440/The_Onion_Voting_Simulator_3D/)

     HNstore.steampowered.com7 hours ago

20.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253348)7

     [Roblox downloaded 145 GB of models from our sites without asking](https://open3dlab.com/news/roblox-downloaded-145-gb-of-models-from-our-sites/)

     HNopen3dlab.com3 hours ago

21.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253325)5

     [Meaning After an AI Eucatastrophe](https://meaningness.substack.com/p/meaning-after-an-ai-eucatastrophe)

     HNmeaningness.substack.com3 hours ago

22.  [6](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50237365)17

     [The Great Schlep: Israelis Are Flying Back to Vote](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-great-schlep)

     HNnewyorker.com1 day ago

23.  [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50237815)18

     [Drone warfare is evolving faster than armies can adapt](https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/drone-warfare-is-evolving-faster-than-armies-can-adapt-experts-warn/article_756362b6-0ef8-5e7e-8c97-94e6f12ca77e.html)

     HNthestar.com1 day ago

24.  [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.com6 hours ago

25.  [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.com12 hours ago

26.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245653)8

     [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.com13 hours ago

27.  [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.ca20 hours ago

28.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249065)6

     [A Voluntary Exit Offer](https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/10/26/introducing-a-voluntary-exit-offer/)

     HNblogs.microsoft.com9 hours ago

29.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50247451)7

     [Microsoft offers buyouts to 60k employees](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1018666/microsoft-expands-buyouts-60000-employees-eligible)

     HNtheverge.com11 hours ago

30.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50248571)5

     [Plan for AI-run companies challenged by US lawmakers](https://www.ft.com/content/d5021cdf-816e-4cb9-bbf9-e4ba816a004f)

     HNft.com10 hours ago

31.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50250501)6

     [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.com8 hours ago

32.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234589)25

     [Noyb win: German DPA finds microtargeting by major political parties illegal](https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-german-dpa-finds-microtargeting-major-political-parties-illegal)

     HNnoyb.eu1 day ago

33.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249058)6

     [I'm Not Doing 996](https://www.elenaverna.com/p/im-not-doing-996)

     HNelenaverna.com9 hours ago

34.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243526)7

     [It's time to come back to Firefox \[video\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2AoYIKwJqM)

     HNyoutube.com15 hours ago

35.  [33](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50227814)15

     [Attention people who think UB is fine](https://blog.habets.se/2026/10/Attention-people-who-think-UB-is-fine.html)

     HNblog.habets.se2 days ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 79 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/5xzuff "78 points")

36.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243225)8

     [Anthropic files for listing on US stock market: valuation of more than $1.5T](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/26/anthropic-files-listing-stock-market)

     HNtheguardian.com15 hours ago

37.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249218)5

     [Sovereign Citizens, but for News](https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/26/abandon-hope/#all-ye-who-enter-here)

     HNpluralistic.net9 hours ago

38.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249170)5

     [How I made it possible to pretrain a 1B LLM on 6GB VRAM](https://huggingface.co/blog/RitishReal/1b-petrain-llm-in-4gb-vram)

     HNhuggingface.co9 hours ago

39.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241822)7

     [Show HN: Ultimidi – piano learning web game](https://game.ultimidi.com/)

     HNgame.ultimidi.com17 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

40.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50248811)5

     [Walter Koenig Has Died](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv-streaming/2026/10/26/walter-koenig-dead-star-trek-actor/92445050007/)

     HNusatoday.com10 hours ago

41.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50248785)5

     [Stalwart Mail Reaches v1.0.0](https://github.com/stalwartlabs/stalwart/releases/tag/v1.0.0)

     HNgithub.com10 hours ago

42.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243759)7

     [Marginalia Search, Money, C++, Rust, AI, Stuff](https://www.marginalia.nu/log/a_141_marginalia_update/)

     HNmarginalia.nu14 hours ago

43.  [2](https://lobste.rs/s/mug4of)9

     [Every Clojure Talk Ever (2018)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlPaby7suOc)

     LByoutube.com1 day ago[clojure](/search?q=clojure&appearance=system)

44.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50246591)6

     [Python's experimental JIT to be removed](https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1102102/489e41d80e4966aa/)

     HNlwn.net12 hours ago

45.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50240976)8

     [Lula is declared winner of Brazil's election as Bolsonaro rejects results](https://apnews.com/article/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro-runoff-vote-president-e2c9fe8fc4aa3e3675b9a8ec15405d93)

     HNapnews.com19 hours ago

46.  [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238020)10

     [Recycling ANSI art: Tracing the origins of Fire Escape's BBS logon screens](https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/10/25/recycling-ansi-art/)

     HNbreakintochat.com1 day ago

47.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245878)5

     [Firefox, why don't you do more by default?](https://twitter.com/privacytests/status/2114733926740857039)

     HNtwitter.com12 hours ago

48.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243908)5

     [100 Levels of Agentic Engineering](https://virpo.io/levels/)

     HNvirpo.io14 hours ago

49.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245720)5

     [DuckDuckGo Donates $25,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation v2026](https://www.perl.com/article/duckduckgo-donates-25-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation-v2026/)

     HNperl.com12 hours ago

50.  [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50237773)11

     [Show HN: RainbowSay – Learn, teach, research languages live with shows you love](https://rainbowsay.ai/)

     HNrainbowsay.ai1 day ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

51.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50244687)5

     [Show HN: ToiletPanic – A static survival guide for bathroom emergencies](https://toiletpanic-119.netlify.app/)

     HNtoiletpanic-119.netlify.app13 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

52.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50236138)19

     [Psilocybin Replaces Lost Synapses in Depressed Brains](https://neurosciencenews.com/psilocybin-depression-synapses-32338/)

     HNneurosciencenews.com1 day ago

53.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50244571)5

     [Neocloud stocks fall as Elon Musk says 200 companies in the sector may collapse](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/neocloud-stocks-today-coreweave-nebius-iren-elon-musk.html)

     HNcnbc.com14 hours ago

54.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50244547)5

     [Why Anthropic can't afford to delay its IPO](https://www.axios.com/2026/10/21/anthropic-ipo-ai-costs)

     HNaxios.com14 hours ago

55.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50244535)5

     [Employers use your personal data to find the lowest salary you'll accept](https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20260401139/employers-are-using-your-personal-data-to-figure-out-the-lowest-salary-youll-accept)

     HNmorningstar.com14 hours ago

56.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50240393)10

     [How to Start a Defence Tech Startup in the UK: Part 1](https://foxandlion.pub/analysis/how-to-start-a-defence-tech-startup-in-the-uk-part-1)

     HNfoxandlion.pub21 hours ago

57.  [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50222794)40

     [An incremental approach to JIT construction](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3830440.3832304)

     HNdl.acm.org2 days ago

58.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242275)5

     [Grok releases the first seven minutes of its AI-generated 'Odyssey'](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/25/grok-releases-the-first-seven-minutes-of-its-ai-generated-odyssey/)

     HNtechcrunch.com16 hours ago

59.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242413)5

     [An American Answer to China's Open AI Models: A Safe Harbor for Open Weights](https://manhattan.institute/article/an-american-answer-to-chinas-open-ai-models-a-safe-harbor-for-open-weights)

     HNmanhattan.institute16 hours ago

60.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238022)13

     [Data centre debate heats up ahead of US midterms](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq2e9we7w2ejo)

     HNbbc.com1 day ago

61.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50239788)9

     [Germany to tap Ukrainian tech with missile purchase](https://www.ft.com/content/f9476b15-c2b6-4b8b-86fc-58ae5795fb87)

     HNft.com22 hours ago

62.  [0](https://lobste.rs/s/1q1rc1)7

     [Reverse-Engineering Instruction Encodings (2001)](https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/usenix01/full_papers/hsieh/hsieh_html/)

     LBusenix.org1 day ago[assembly](/search?q=assembly&appearance=system)

63.  [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238759)5

     [Has Opus 5.5 gotten dumber for anyone else in the last few days?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238759)

     HNnews.ycombinator.com1 day ago

64.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241847)5

     [Moxnox: NT-like POSIX-compatible operating system](https://github.com/maharmstone/moxnox)

     HNgithub.com17 hours ago

65.  [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238561)6

     [Anthropic sued for allegedly using 274 Elvis Presley songs to train AI models](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/25/elvis-presley-anthropic-lawsuit-ai-models-music)

     HNtheguardian.com1 day ago

66.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50235909)14

     [Show HN: AgentTrust – Zero-trust security and human approvals for AI agents](https://github.com/SRN0129/Agenttrust)

     HNgithub.com1 day ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

67.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241432)5

     [The SDLC Was Designed for Humans](https://yusufaytas.com/the-sdlc-was-designed-for-humans)

     HNyusufaytas.com18 hours ago

68.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50239374)8

     [Vibe coding is turning the music gear world upside down](https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1013493/vibe-coding-ai-music-gear-hacking-custom-firmware)

     HNtheverge.com23 hours ago

69.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238978)6

     [Rest of World faces prospect of shutting down](https://www.semafor.com/article/10/25/2026/rest-of-world-faces-prospect-of-shutting-down)

     HNsemafor.com1 day ago

70.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234707)19

     [APC says let there be light, with standards to speed up photonics manufacturing](https://www.nextplatform.com/connect/2026/10/23/apc-says-let-there-be-light-with-raft-of-standards-to-speed-up-photonics-manufacturing/5304950)

     HNnextplatform.com1 day ago

71.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238809)6

     [Netflix Users Are Watching Less, Not Opening the App as Often](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-25/netflix-users-are-watching-less-not-opening-the-app-as-often)

     HNbloomberg.com1 day ago

72.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50239214)5

     [SS United States to be sunk as largest artificial reef](https://divemagazine.com/scuba-diving-news/ss-united-states-to-be-sunk-as-worlds-largest-artificial-reef-in-november)

     HNdivemagazine.com1 day ago
