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# Archived daily edition

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

[Top 10](/archive/edition?date=2026-10-27&limit=10&q=&appearance=system)[Top 20](/archive/edition?date=2026-10-27&limit=20&q=&appearance=system)[Above median](/archive/edition?date=2026-10-27&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=system)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-27
2.   [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253529)57

     [16-bit Windows (Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, 3.1, etc.) on 64-bit Windows](https://github.com/otya128/winevdm)

     HNgithub.com4 hours ago

3.   [6](https://lobste.rs/s/cxxcik)13

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

     LBshittyscreenshare.com5 hours ago[browsers](/search?q=browsers&appearance=system)

4.   [8](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253750)29

     [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.org3 hours ago

5.   [20](https://lobste.rs/s/ihmfsc)6

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

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

6.   [7](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253630)30

     [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.com4 hours ago

7.   [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249916)28

     [Third Risk](https://thirdrisk.org/)

     HNthirdrisk.org9 hours ago

8.   [11](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253939)16

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

     HNeliasfarhan.ch3 hours ago

9.   [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254383)13

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

     HNec.ltn.com.tw2 hours ago

10.  [0](https://programming.dev/post/58547265)7

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

     PDyoutube.com11 hours ago[programming](/search?q=programming&appearance=system)

11.  [5](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.com4 hours ago

12.  [0](https://lobste.rs/s/cxdpiu)7

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

     LBgo.dev5 hours ago[go](/search?q=go&appearance=system)

13.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253512)17

     [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.com4 hours ago

14.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251896)13

     [Running Qwen3.8-Flash-Next NVFP4 at 184 tok/s on a single RTX 6000 Pro](https://meshapplied.com/blog/release-1)

     HNmeshapplied.com7 hours ago

15.  [6](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243060)17

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

     HNcircuithub.com16 hours ago

16.  [8](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50231041)44

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

     HNt3x.org1 day ago

17.  [4](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.com2 hours ago

18.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249872)18

     [Neuron Explorer for Qwen3.5-4B: See every neuron at work, make targeted edits](https://github.com/lyramakesmusic/neuron-explorer)

     HNgithub.com9 hours ago

19.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253172)8

     [Star Trek actor Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov, dies aged 90](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv0ldjzg9xppo)

     HNbbc.com5 hours ago

20.  [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.com6 hours ago

21.  [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.com4 hours ago

22.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249883)10

     [What Happened to the Neanderthals?](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/science/what-happened-to-the-neanderthals.html)

     HNnytimes.com9 hours ago

23.  [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.com8 hours ago

24.  [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

25.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252460)5

     [I will no longer be uploading to the Debian NEW queue](https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2026/10/msg00263.html)

     HNlists.debian.org6 hours ago

26.  [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.com4 hours ago

27.  [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

28.  [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

29.  [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.me7 hours ago

30.  [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.com7 hours ago

31.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243002)9

     [Anthropic Officially Files S1 – Shows $81B Net Loss](https://twitter.com/anthropicai/status/2114705042817110293)

     HNtwitter.com16 hours ago

32.  [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.com13 hours ago

33.  [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

34.  [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.org21 hours ago

35.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252452)5

     [Anthropic's S-1, $518B in cloud commitments, and circular AI capex](https://codingcat.dev/post/anthropic-s1-ipo-circular-ai-economy-etf-risk)

     HNcodingcat.dev6 hours ago

36.  [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.ca21 hours ago

37.  [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.com10 hours ago

38.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245457)9

     [That free beer has a brewer](https://bytecode.news/posts/2026/10/that-free-beer-has-a-brewer)

     HNbytecode.news14 hours ago

39.  [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.net10 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

40.  [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.com10 hours ago

41.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50247555)7

     [Microsoft offers buyouts to around 60k employees to contain costs](https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-is-offering-buyouts-around-60000-employees-business-insider-reports-2026-10-26/)

     HNreuters.com12 hours ago

42.  [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.com12 hours ago

43.  [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.com11 hours ago

44.  [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.com9 hours ago

45.  [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

46.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242543)12

     [US startup's demonstration of lighting Earth from space draws critcism](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/california-sunlight-space-mirrors-satellites)

     HNtheguardian.com17 hours ago

47.  [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242202)6

     [Lula Vows to Regulate Social Media Giants](https://www.riotimesonline.com/lula-victory-speech-social-media-regulation-2026/)

     HNriotimesonline.com17 hours ago

48.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234707)24

     [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

49.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249657)6

     [DoorDash in Talks to Acquire Instacart](https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/doordash-is-in-advanced-talks-to-acquire-delivery-rival-instacart-2b3d3d18)

     HNwsj.com10 hours ago

50.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245491)6

     [Eric Bauza, Voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Dies at 46](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/10/26/eric-bauza-voice-looney-tunes-characters-bugs-bunny-daffy-duck-dies-46/)

     HNwashingtonpost.com14 hours ago

51.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245678)7

     [Moatless – App stores are dead. Buy the code](https://moatless.store/blog/announcing-moatless)

     HNmoatless.store13 hours ago

52.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249058)6

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

     HNelenaverna.com10 hours ago

53.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243281)10

     [LearnHarness – An Agent Harness for Learning](https://github.com/amosblomqvist/learnharness)

     HNgithub.com16 hours ago

54.  [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

55.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50244673)5

     [Why My Dad Didn't Have a Cell Phone](https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/why-dad-didnt-have-cellphone/)

     HNblog.jim-nielsen.com14 hours ago

56.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242152)11

     [Anthropic's Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data in US](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/26/anthropics-claude-ai-model-accessed-georgia-voter-data-in-us)

     HNtheguardian.com17 hours ago

57.  [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")

58.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249598)5

     [Iterating Backwards in C](https://www.davidpriver.com/Iterating-backwards-in-C.html)

     HNdavidpriver.com10 hours ago

59.  [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.com16 hours ago

60.  [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.net10 hours ago

61.  [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.co10 hours ago

62.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241822)7

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

     HNgame.ultimidi.com18 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

63.  [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

64.  [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

65.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50248652)5

     [Michigan prof creates Python-like Jac language for AI agents](https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/10/23/michigan-prof-creates-python-like-jac-language-for-ai-agents/5305110)

     HNtheregister.com11 hours ago

66.  [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.nu15 hours ago

67.  [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)

68.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50246591)6

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

     HNlwn.net13 hours ago

69.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241543)8

     [Researchers at cybersecurity startup Cathedral got inside Anthropic](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/10/26/researchers-cybersecurity-start-up-cathedral-got-inside-anthropic/)

     HNwashingtonpost.com19 hours ago

70.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243384)8

     [Panfrost is now using Kraid](https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/panfrost-is-now-using-kraid.html)

     HNcollabora.com16 hours ago

71.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50247287)5

     [JetKVM Mini is now available](https://shop.jetkvm.com/products/jetkvm-mini)

     HNshop.jetkvm.com12 hours ago

72.  [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.com20 hours ago

73.  [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

74.  [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.com13 hours ago

75.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243908)5

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

     HNvirpo.io15 hours ago

76.  [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)

77.  [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.app14 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

78.  [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

79.  [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

80.  [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

81.  [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

82.  [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50226808)33

     [Virtual and Real World Combine at LAN Party (1998)](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-10-mn-11870-story.html)

     HNlatimes.com2 days ago

83.  [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

84.  [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

85.  [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.com17 hours ago

86.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50239367)7

     [Zen Browser is the Arc replacement I was looking for](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1018275/zen-browser-arc-replacement)

     HNtheverge.com1 day ago