--- title: "Archived daily edition · Daily Diff" --- [Daily edition](/?appearance=system)[Hot now](/hot?appearance=system) # 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. [173](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255298)255 [The Mythical Man-Month in the Age of AI](https://j11g.com/the-mythical-man-month-in-the-age-of-ai) HNj11g.com7 hours ago 3. [155](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256985)236 [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. [90](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257548)120 [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 5. [36](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257419)100 [Python's experimental JIT to be removed](https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1102102/0c00e4d550f25f8c/) HNlwn.net2 hours ago Also discussed: [Lobsters · 1 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/cajuq6 "37 points") 6. [22](https://lobste.rs/s/cxxcik)47 [Shitty Screenshare](http://shittyscreenshare.com/) LBshittyscreenshare.com13 hours ago[browsers](/search?q=browsers&appearance=system) 7. [0](https://programming.dev/post/58572055)35 [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.com6 hours ago[programming](/search?q=programming&appearance=system) 8. [41](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257326)90 [Wikipedia's Cleanup of AI-Generated Content](https://spectrum.ieee.org/wikipedia-wikiproject-ai-writing-cleanup) HNspectrum.ieee.org2 hours ago 9. [13](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253630)48 [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 10. [10](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253750)41 [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.org11 hours ago 11. [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.io6 hours ago 12. [14](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.org2 days ago 13. [9](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254383)23 [Micron Taiwan increasing salaries for factory workers by 2.7X](https://ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/5619258) HNec.ltn.com.tw10 hours ago 14. [89](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257325)123 [AI promised less work. I've never worked more](https://oioannou.com/blog/ai-promised-less-work/) HNoioannou.com2 hours ago 15. [5](https://lobste.rs/s/cxdpiu)12 [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") 16. [1](https://programming.dev/post/58547265)10 [HTMX creator on the history of REST and why he thinks we got it wrong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbNvpiJ9gTs) PDyoutube.com19 hours ago[programming](/search?q=programming&appearance=system) 17. [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.com3 hours ago 18. [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255159)16 [Anthropic's Disproof of the ETH](https://hexagonmath.org/2610.00577v1) HNhexagonmath.org7 hours ago 19. [1](https://lobste.rs/s/beiiil)5 [Full Haskell-like Type Class resolution in Java](https://garciat.com/posts/java-type-classes/) LBgarciat.com3 hours ago[haskell](/search?q=haskell&appearance=system) 20. [6](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257619)7 [Microsoft Office 2021 Perpetual License Disabled After Software Update](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/6048787/microsoft-office-2021-perpetual-license-disabled-a) HNlearn.microsoft.com1 hour ago 21. [8](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234707)43 [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 22. [10](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.com1 day ago 23. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257448)10 [Microsoft offers to buy out a quarter of its workforce](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/microsoft-offers-voluntary-buyouts-to-60000-employees/) HNarstechnica.com2 hours ago 24. [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.com12 hours ago 25. [14](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50258521)20 [Apple introduces the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/apple-introduces-the-new-14-inch-macbook-pro-with-m6/) HNapple.com25 minutes ago 26. [1](https://lobste.rs/s/bgpsuu)7 [Gforth 1.0](https://gforth.org/manual/1.0/NEWS.html) LBgforth.org16 hours ago[concatenative](/search?q=concatenative&appearance=system) Also discussed: [Hacker News · 3 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256952 "51 points") 27. [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251762)13 [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.com15 hours ago 28. [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.com11 hours ago 29. [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.net3 hours ago 30. [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.com7 hours ago 31. [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.com8 hours ago 32. [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.com8 hours ago 33. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254796)5 [Tailscale SSH: Investigation and remediation update](https://tailscale.com/ssh-investigation-update) HNtailscale.com8 hours ago 34. [7](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50226808)47 [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 35. [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) 36. [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 37. [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.com21 hours ago 38. [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 39. [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 40. [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.net18 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system) 41. [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.com15 hours ago 42. [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.com21 hours ago 43. [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 44. [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.org1 day ago 45. [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 46. [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50247633)6 [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) 47. [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.com18 hours ago 48. [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.com20 hours ago 49. [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 50. [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 51. [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.com22 hours ago 52. [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.com1 day ago 53. [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 54. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249058)6 [I'm Not Doing 996](https://www.elenaverna.com/p/im-not-doing-996) HNelenaverna.com18 hours ago 55. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50248399)5 [Programming Is Not a Skill](https://ethang.dev/blog/programming-is-not-a-skill/) HNethang.dev19 hours ago 56. [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) 57. [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.com23 hours ago 58. [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.nu23 hours ago 59. [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.com1 day ago 60. [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") 61. [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.com1 day ago 62. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50246591)7 [Python's experimental JIT to be removed](https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1102102/489e41d80e4966aa/) HNlwn.net20 hours ago 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.com18 hours ago 64. [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.com18 hours ago 65. [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.com1 day ago 66. [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) 67. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245878)6 [Firefox, why don't you do more by default?](https://twitter.com/privacytests/status/2114733926740857039) HNtwitter.com21 hours ago 68. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245720)6 [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.com21 hours ago 69. [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50246911)5 [Preview, edit, and collaborate on Markdown (.md) files in Google Docs and Drive](https://developers.googleblog.com/preview-edit-and-collaborate-on-markdown-md-files-natively-in-google-docs-and-drive/) HNdevelopers.googleblog.com20 hours ago 70. [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50237773)12 [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) 71. [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.com1 day ago 72. [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 73. [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 74. [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.pub1 day ago 75. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242358)5 [Rubber Duck I've Ever Had](https://blog.blockingqueue.com/the-best-rubber-duck-i-ve-ever-had) HNblog.blockingqueue.com1 day ago 76. [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.com1 day ago 77. [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242226)5 [Show HN: Rostr – Give your agents names, remember who's working on what](https://getrostr.sh/) HNgetrostr.sh1 day ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system) 78. [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 79. [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50240296)5 [Thiel's leaked lectures on the end of the world](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1014252/peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-analysis) HNtheverge.com1 day ago 80. [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.institute1 day ago 81. [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