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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.   [157](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255298)227

     [The Mythical Man-Month in the Age of AI](https://j11g.com/the-mythical-man-month-in-the-age-of-ai)

     HNj11g.com6 hours ago

3.   [109](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256985)154

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

     HNopen3dlab.com2 hours ago

4.   [54](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256738)126

     [I will no longer upload to NEW](https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2026/10/msg00263.html)

     HNlists.debian.org2 hours ago

5.   [85](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254836)80

     [There are now 5 inference providers for abliterated DeepSeek](https://allmodels.io/llm/abliterated)

     HNallmodels.io7 hours ago

6.   [53](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253939)84

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

     HNeliasfarhan.ch10 hours ago

7.   [27](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253529)102

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

     HNgithub.com11 hours ago

8.   [21](https://lobste.rs/s/cxxcik)43

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

     LBshittyscreenshare.com12 hours ago[browsers](/search?q=browsers&appearance=system)

9.   [0](https://programming.dev/post/58572055)34

     [Chinese markets lose trillions as race for AI supremacy with US takes its toll](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/27/chinese-markets-lose-trillions-ai-race-beijing)

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

10.  [71](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256230)40

     [AI is ruining haunted houses](https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/10/26/ai-is-ruining-haunted-attractions/)

     HNplagiarismtoday.com3 hours ago

11.  [51](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254935)48

     [UK to charge universities $1,200 per international student](https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/uk-to-charge-universities-dollar1200-per-international-student-including-those-from/qe5rqbe)

     HNafrica.businessinsider.com7 hours ago

12.  [13](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253630)47

     [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.com11 hours ago

13.  [1](https://lobste.rs/s/cajuq6)30

     [Python's experimental JIT to be removed](https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1102102/0c00e4d550f25f8c/)

     LBlwn.net6 hours ago[python](/search?q=python&appearance=system)

     Also discussed: [Hacker News · 4 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257419 "43 points")

14.  [9](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253750)39

     [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.org10 hours ago

15.  [9](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255406)27

     [A simplified proof of ETH is False \[pdf\]](https://shivakintali.github.io/papers/ETH.pdf)

     HNshivakintali.github.io5 hours ago

16.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256952)31

     [Gforth 1.0](https://gforth.org/manual/1.0/NEWS.html)

     HNgforth.org2 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 1 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/bgpsuu "7 points")

17.  [13](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50231041)64

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

     HNt3x.org1 day ago

18.  [8](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254383)22

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

     HNec.ltn.com.tw9 hours ago

19.  [4](https://lobste.rs/s/cxdpiu)11

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

     LBgo.dev12 hours ago[go](/search?q=go&appearance=system)

     Also discussed: [Hacker News · 0 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253961 "5 points")

20.  [9](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256725)11

     [Show HN: Hatamoto batteries-included CMS in Go](https://hatamoto.dev/)

     HNhatamoto.dev2 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

21.  [1](https://programming.dev/post/58547265)9

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

     PDyoutube.com18 hours ago[programming](/search?q=programming&appearance=system)

22.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249916)31

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

     HNthirdrisk.org16 hours ago

23.  [29](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257548)60

     [Software may be getting worse, but it used to be horrible](https://www.bitlog.com/2026/10/27/software-may-be-getting-worse-but-it-used-to-be-horrible/)

     HNbitlog.com1 hour ago

24.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251896)22

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

     HNmeshapplied.com14 hours ago

25.  [7](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256932)6

     [Hey, Y Combinator - What will happen to humans?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256932)

     HNnews.ycombinator.com2 hours ago

26.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255159)16

     [Anthropic's Disproof of the ETH](https://hexagonmath.org/2610.00577v1)

     HNhexagonmath.org6 hours ago

27.  [1](https://lobste.rs/s/beiiil)5

     [Full Haskell-like Type Class resolution in Java](https://garciat.com/posts/java-type-classes/)

     LBgarciat.com2 hours ago[haskell](/search?q=haskell&appearance=system)

28.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253512)19

     [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.com11 hours ago

29.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249872)24

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

     HNgithub.com16 hours ago

30.  [6](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.com11 hours ago

31.  [9](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243060)19

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

     HNcircuithub.com23 hours ago

32.  [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.com9 hours ago

33.  [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254873)8

     [Looking for a tech job is a helpless data-entry nightmare](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254873)

     HNnews.ycombinator.com7 hours ago

34.  [7](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253524)8

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

     HNnews.ycombinator.com11 hours ago

35.  [19](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257326)43

     [Wikipedia's Cleanup of AI-Generated Content](https://spectrum.ieee.org/wikipedia-wikiproject-ai-writing-cleanup)

     HNspectrum.ieee.org1 hour ago

36.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256421)5

     [Linus Torvalds let Claude Code fix the Linux page cache. Reviewers found a race](https://thenewstack.io/torvalds-claude-code-kernel/)

     HNthenewstack.io3 hours ago

37.  [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253759)7

     [AI Science vs. Human Science](https://lacuna.tiptreesystems.com/paper/ai-science-vs-human-science/art_3901430d6c0e4bddb284362100ef8548)

     HNlacuna.tiptreesystems.com10 hours ago

38.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253172)10

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

     HNbbc.com12 hours ago

39.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257448)6

     [Microsoft offers to buy out a quarter of its workforce](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/microsoft-offers-voluntary-buyouts-to-60000-employees/)

     HNarstechnica.com1 hour ago

40.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249883)12

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

     HNnytimes.com16 hours ago

41.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252650)13

     [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.com13 hours ago

42.  [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.net2 hours ago

43.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251762)12

     [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.com14 hours ago

44.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253664)11

     [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.com11 hours ago

45.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254670)6

     [AI and the Collapse of Capitalism](https://jasonpolak.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-collapse-of-capitalism)

     HNjasonpolak.substack.com8 hours ago

46.  [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.com6 hours ago

47.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255258)7

     [ICE plan to buy robot dogs spurs protest from Boston Dynamics employees](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/boston-dynamics-employees-want-to-block-sale-of-robot-dogs-to-ice/)

     HNarstechnica.com6 hours ago

48.  [3](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.com9 hours ago

49.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255285)5

     [ChatGPT leaked users' data, and nobody hacked it](https://trustboundarystudio.com/posts/chatgpt-redis-leak-2023/)

     HNtrustboundarystudio.com6 hours ago

50.  [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.com7 hours ago

51.  [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.com7 hours ago

52.  [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.com9 hours ago

53.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254899)5

     [1984: The Canadian Edition](https://btxx.org/posts/1984/)

     HNbtxx.org7 hours ago

54.  [0](https://lobste.rs/s/aszhzo)5

     [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.com16 hours ago[java](/search?q=java&appearance=system)

55.  [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.com15 hours ago

56.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254205)5

     [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.co9 hours ago

57.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253944)5

     [Show HN: ESP-Watchtower – $3 ESP8266 Home Network Sentinel and Canary Honeypot](https://github.com/prasadabhishek/esp-watchtower)

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

58.  [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.com11 hours ago

59.  [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.dev14 hours ago

60.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243002)10

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

     HNtwitter.com23 hours ago

61.  [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

62.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252963)5

     [Show HN: Shittyscreenshares.com](https://shittyscreenshare.com/)

     HNshittyscreenshare.com12 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

63.  [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.news21 hours ago

64.  [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.net17 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

65.  [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.me14 hours ago

66.  [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.com14 hours ago

67.  [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.com20 hours ago

68.  [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.com16 hours ago

69.  [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.com20 hours ago

70.  [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.dev13 hours ago

71.  [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.ca1 day ago

72.  [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.com16 hours ago

73.  [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.com17 hours ago

74.  [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.com19 hours ago

75.  [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.com19 hours ago

76.  [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.com18 hours ago

77.  [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

78.  [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.com1 day ago

79.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243281)11

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

     HNgithub.com23 hours ago

80.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249598)5

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

     HNdavidpriver.com17 hours ago

81.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50244673)6

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

     HNblog.jim-nielsen.com21 hours ago

82.  [6](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50222794)47

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

     HNdl.acm.org2 days ago

83.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50247633)5

     [Show HN: Portable, signed agreements for AI agents](https://covenant-common.github.io/covenant-docs/)

     HNcovenant-common.github.io19 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

84.  [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.com17 hours ago

85.  [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.com21 hours ago

86.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245678)7

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

     HNmoatless.store20 hours ago

87.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249058)6

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

     HNelenaverna.com17 hours ago

88.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50248399)5

     [Programming Is Not a Skill](https://ethang.dev/blog/programming-is-not-a-skill/)

     HNethang.dev18 hours ago

89.  [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241822)8

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

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

90.  [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.com22 hours ago

91.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243759)8

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

     HNmarginalia.nu22 hours ago