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title: "Archived daily edition · Daily Diff"
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# Archived daily edition

[Daily edition](</index.md>) · [Hot now](</hot.md>)

[Top 10](</archive/edition.md?date=2026-11-01&limit=10&q=>) · [Top 20](</archive/edition.md?date=2026-11-01&limit=20&q=>) · [Above median](</archive/edition.md?date=2026-11-01&limit=20&q=&mode=median>)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

## 2026-11-01

### [Restrooms along the Norwegian Scenic Routes](<https://www.visitnorway.com/plan-your-trip/travel-tips-a-z/norwegian-scenic-routes/worlds-best-toilets/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: visitnorway.com

Published: 2026-11-01T10:47:58+00:00

Points: 662 · Comments: [386](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50324388>)

### [Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN](<https://hackerbooks.org/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: hackerbooks.org

Published: 2026-11-01T15:58:28+00:00

Points: 674 · Comments: [157](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326821>)

Tags: [show](</search.md?q=show>)

### [Patrick Stewart taught us what good men do with power](<https://www.vox.com/politics/508526/patrick-stewart-jean-luc-picard-star-trek-liberalism>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: vox.com

Published: 2026-11-01T17:28:16+00:00

Points: 299 · Comments: [208](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327650>)

### [Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypted SD card in a case](<https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1xl2pr3/lenovos_encrypted_fingerprint_usb_drive_is_just/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: reddit.com

Published: 2026-11-01T14:34:43+00:00

Points: 336 · Comments: [116](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326099>)

### [Brazilian Court Sanctions Lawyers for Prompt Injection in Court Filing](<https://jetstream.security/insights/brazilian-court-sanctions-prompt-injection-filing/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: jetstream.security

Published: 2026-11-01T02:19:53+00:00

Points: 299 · Comments: [180](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322173>)

### [The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks](<https://nolanlawson.com/2026/10/28/the-ai-cost-of-javascript-frameworks/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: nolanlawson.com

Published: 2026-11-01T06:06:19+00:00

Points: 269 · Comments: [204](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50323088>)

### [Mathematics has changed. Let's act like it](<https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/11/01/mathematics-has-changed-lets-act-like-it/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: terrytao.wordpress.com

Published: 2026-11-01T18:28:42+00:00

Points: 148 · Comments: [172](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328251>)

### [Nurses Sound Alarm as 'Uber for Nursing' Apps Push to Deregulate Healthcare](<https://nurse.org/news/uber-for-nursing-gig-apps-report/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: nurse.org

Published: 2026-11-01T18:53:46+00:00

Points: 142 · Comments: [136](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328487>)

### [Introducing Kwi, a new KDE terminal emulator](<https://blogs.kde.org/2026/11/01/introducing-kwi/>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: blogs.kde.org

Published: 2026-11-01T02:56:29+00:00

Points: 93 · Comments: [24](<https://lobste.rs/s/lt44rt>)

Tags: [linux](</search.md?q=linux>)

Also discussed: [Hacker News · 12 comments](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50324114>)

### [Leaking Secrets from Air-Gap Computers by Spelling Radio Signals from RAM (2024)](<https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02292>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: arxiv.org

Published: 2026-11-01T01:46:29+00:00

Points: 175 · Comments: [91](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322022>)

### [If we stop, we lose](<https://piccalil.li/blog/if-we-stop-we-lose/>)

Source: Programming.dev · Domain: piccalil.li

Published: 2026-11-01T15:06:26+00:00

Points: 60 · Comments: [12](<https://programming.dev/post/58823960>)

Tags: [programming](</search.md?q=programming>)

### [It wasn't AI that flipped Proton's charge](<https://blog.raed.dev/posts/proton-loser-thinking/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: blog.raed.dev

Published: 2026-11-01T18:53:55+00:00

Points: 124 · Comments: [77](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328488>)

### [Frontier Airlines Likely Breached](<https://www.reddit.com/r/frontierairlines/comments/1xl20e8/psa_email_scam/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: reddit.com

Published: 2026-11-01T16:46:33+00:00

Points: 149 · Comments: [44](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327266>)

### [AI agent swarms in Minecraft fail to build civilization, drown in bureaucracy](<https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-agent-swarms-unleashed-in-minecraft-to-build-a-thriving-civilization-50-agent-teams-fail-after-falling-into-paralyzing-bureaucracy>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: tomshardware.com

Published: 2026-11-01T13:47:24+00:00

Points: 136 · Comments: [60](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325662>)

### [A tiny Pacific country rolls out universal basic income](<https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/10/29/a-tiny-pacific-country-rolls-out-universal-basic-income>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: economist.com

Published: 2026-11-01T10:05:09+00:00

Points: 95 · Comments: [135](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50324118>)

### [Seoul Viosys begins production of rare-earth-free white light emitter](<https://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2026/oct/seoul-291026.shtml>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: semiconductor-today.com

Published: 2026-11-01T16:23:26+00:00

Points: 115 · Comments: [28](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327058>)

### [Running a bootstrapped SaaS for 20 years with my brother](<https://blog.zamzar.com/2026/10/30/20-years-766-million-files-two-chameleons/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: blog.zamzar.com

Published: 2026-10-30T13:58:42+00:00

Points: 222 · Comments: [52](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303984>)

### [Landline phones will switch off across Britland in 100 days, no extensions](<https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/11/01/landline-phones-will-switch-off-across-britland-in-100-days-no-extensions-openreach/5306673>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: theregister.com

Published: 2026-11-01T15:33:49+00:00

Points: 92 · Comments: [70](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326609>)

### [Proving and improving the Platonic Representation Hypothesis with JEPAs](<https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.39302>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: arxiv.org

Published: 2026-11-01T13:24:49+00:00

Points: 93 · Comments: [53](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325454>)

### [Show HN: OmniDiff – Opensource, super fast, content aware Git difftool, in Rust](<https://github.com/ivankovic/omnidiff>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: github.com

Published: 2026-11-01T13:02:30+00:00

Points: 105 · Comments: [33](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325253>)

Tags: [show](</search.md?q=show>)

### [Zinc creep in cable spelter sockets brought down the Arecibo telescope in 2020](<https://maketecheasier.com/arecibo-zinc-creep-collapse/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: maketecheasier.com

Published: 2026-10-30T22:41:03+00:00

Points: 164 · Comments: [48](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50311045>)

### [Bidirectional charging during grid outages](<https://www.jefftk.com/p/bidirectional-charging-during-grid-outages>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: jefftk.com

Published: 2026-10-31T20:21:55+00:00

Points: 72 · Comments: [105](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50319749>)

### [One-minute frequency disturbances from synchronization in power systems](<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-026-02144-0>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: nature.com

Published: 2026-10-31T10:14:08+00:00

Points: 105 · Comments: [38](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314617>)

### [You can’t find 10x developers, but you can build 10x organizations](<https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/you-cant-find-10x-developers>)

Source: Programming.dev · Domain: newsletter.getdx.com

Published: 2026-10-31T22:39:31+00:00

Points: 35 · Comments: [4](<https://programming.dev/post/58794522>)

Tags: [programming](</search.md?q=programming>)

### [What Good Incident Response Looks Like](<https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/engineering-management/what-good-incident-response-looks-like.html>)

Source: Programming.dev · Domain: bentasker.co.uk

Published: 2026-11-01T09:44:53+00:00

Points: 34 · Comments: [0](<https://programming.dev/post/58811417>)

Tags: [programming](</search.md?q=programming>)

### [An outsider's perspective on Scion and Mononoke](<https://typesanitizer.com/blog/scion.html>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: typesanitizer.com

Published: 2026-11-01T15:22:36+00:00

Points: 34 · Comments: [3](<https://lobste.rs/s/s2qeww>)

Tags: [vcs](</search.md?q=vcs>)

Also discussed: [Hacker News · 0 comments](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327642>)

### [Anthropic's Mythos-class model allegedly leaked on Hugging Face](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326727>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: news.ycombinator.com

Published: 2026-11-01T15:45:10+00:00

Points: 44 · Comments: [46](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326727>)

### [Japan's trains are great. Why is booking one so hard?](<https://vinibrasil.com/japan-train/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: vinibrasil.com

Published: 2026-11-01T08:47:50+00:00

Points: 39 · Comments: [87](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50323731>)

### [Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy?](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328896>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: news.ycombinator.com

Published: 2026-11-01T19:35:27+00:00

Points: 30 · Comments: [73](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328896>)

Tags: [ask](</search.md?q=ask>)

### [Domain hacks with unusual Unicode characters (2018)](<https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2018/11/domain-hacks-with-unusual-unicode-characters/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: shkspr.mobi

Published: 2026-11-01T10:44:20+00:00

Points: 45 · Comments: [45](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50324371>)

### [Understanding Email Encryption (2025)](<https://www.fastmail.com/blog/email-encryption/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: fastmail.com

Published: 2026-10-30T20:55:56+00:00

Points: 117 · Comments: [23](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50310038>)

### [OpenIDEA: The IDE you know, rebuilt in Rust](<https://github.com/l0ng-ai/openidea>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: github.com

Published: 2026-11-01T09:15:26+00:00

Points: 37 · Comments: [53](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50323848>)

### [Pratt parsing is a black box](<https://vinipsmaker.github.io/blog/article/pratt-parsing-is-a-black-box/>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: vinipsmaker.github.io

Published: 2026-11-01T17:41:53+00:00

Points: 18 · Comments: [8](<https://lobste.rs/s/bzazar>)

Tags: [compilers](</search.md?q=compilers>)

### [US Jobs Pickup May Keep Fed on Track to Hike Rates Again](<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-31/us-jobs-pickup-may-keep-fed-on-track-to-hike-rates-again>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: bloomberg.com

Published: 2026-11-01T18:51:29+00:00

Points: 30 · Comments: [40](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328462>)

### [Smear Campaign Towards GrapheneOS](<https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117537776055163844>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: grapheneos.social

Published: 2026-10-31T23:59:17+00:00

Points: 68 · Comments: [16](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321462>)

### [Why China's Social Credit System Is Facing Inside Warnings Over AI Surveillance](<https://www.iies.gusec.edu.in/why-chinas-social-credit-system-is-facing-inside-warnings-over-ai-surveillance>)

Source: Programming.dev · Domain: iies.gusec.edu.in

Published: 2026-11-01T16:35:08+00:00

Points: 18 · Comments: [2](<https://programming.dev/post/58827926>)

Tags: [programming](</search.md?q=programming>)

### [noyb win: French electronics retailer Fnac Darty fined €7M](<https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-french-electronics-retailer-fnac-darty-fined-eu7-million>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: noyb.eu

Published: 2026-11-01T11:17:15+00:00

Points: 59 · Comments: [6](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50324533>)

### [XKCD and Fourier](<https://leancrew.com/all-this/2026/10/xkcd-and-fourier/>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: leancrew.com

Published: 2026-11-01T10:50:56+00:00

Points: 25 · Comments: [2](<https://lobste.rs/s/mni8ri>)

Tags: [math](</search.md?q=math>)

### [Pi Is the Last Harness](<https://destiner.io/blog/post/pi-is-the-last-harness/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: destiner.io

Published: 2026-11-01T14:27:29+00:00

Points: 28 · Comments: [35](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326025>)

### [The staggering $446M Elon Musk has spent on the US midterms – visualized](<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/31/elon-musk-midterms-spending-visualized>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: theguardian.com

Published: 2026-11-01T13:40:14+00:00

Points: 37 · Comments: [18](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325601>)

### [Hermantown approves controversial Google Data Center during late night meeting](<https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/10/31/hermantown-approves-controversial-google-data-center-during-late-night-meeting>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: mprnews.org

Published: 2026-11-01T02:15:59+00:00

Points: 39 · Comments: [32](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322155>)

### [The Ocean 'Was the Color of Chocolate.' Mexico Declares War on Seaweed.](<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/world/americas/mexico-seaweed-navy.html>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: nytimes.com

Published: 2026-10-31T13:41:18+00:00

Points: 43 · Comments: [57](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316117>)

### [Alleged Mythos Class Anthropic Checkpoint Leak](<https://huggingface.co/burner22/numbat>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: huggingface.co

Published: 2026-11-01T16:43:36+00:00

Points: 35 · Comments: [13](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327240>)

### [Ask HN: What are you working on? (November 2026)](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328340>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: news.ycombinator.com

Published: 2026-11-01T18:37:36+00:00

Points: 15 · Comments: [42](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328340>)

Tags: [ask](</search.md?q=ask>)

### [Pilot-wave hydrodynamics (Quantum phenomena in macroscopic hydrodynamic systems)](<http://thales.mit.edu/bush/index.php/4801-2/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: thales.mit.edu

Published: 2026-10-30T19:52:56+00:00

Points: 78 · Comments: [20](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50309279>)

### [Show HN: BBRouter – Ben Eater's 8-bit computer, simulated on 3D breadboards](<https://bbrouter.com/bbrouter/ben-eater-sap-1>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: bbrouter.com

Published: 2026-11-01T00:10:30+00:00

Points: 47 · Comments: [10](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321522>)

Tags: [show](</search.md?q=show>)

### [London Meetup - Nov 2026](<https://lobste.rs/s/cqzwwg>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: lobste.rs

Published: 2026-11-01T18:47:10+00:00

Points: 15 · Comments: [4](<https://lobste.rs/s/cqzwwg>)

Tags: [event](</search.md?q=event>)

### [Everyone Has Email. Nobody Uses It Right](<https://kaplich.me/essays/email>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: kaplich.me

Published: 2026-11-01T12:38:33+00:00

Points: 21 · Comments: [24](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325069>)

### [Proposed data centre will release 23 Hiroshima atomic bomb worth of energy a day](<https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7403677>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: cbc.ca

Published: 2026-11-01T19:00:52+00:00

Points: 15 · Comments: [24](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328556>)

### [The question we should all be asking about AI](<https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/30/business/ai-stocks-bonds-debt>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: cnn.com

Published: 2026-11-01T12:44:36+00:00

Points: 19 · Comments: [19](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325107>)

### [Work on GEFS (the Good Enough File System) for OpenBSD progresses](<https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261101115637>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: undeadly.org

Published: 2026-11-01T20:13:29+00:00

Points: 12 · Comments: [0](<https://lobste.rs/s/zjjvbo>)

Tags: [openbsd](</search.md?q=openbsd>)

### [Pac-Man's Siren Call](<https://unsung.aresluna.org/pac-mans-siren-call/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: unsung.aresluna.org

Published: 2026-11-01T06:29:49+00:00

Points: 33 · Comments: [7](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50323187>)

### [OTape](<https://www.otape.org/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: otape.org

Published: 2026-11-01T02:18:46+00:00

Points: 27 · Comments: [18](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322169>)

### [groff/troff macros: ms, mm, me or mom](<https://www.stephenlindholm.com/groff_macros.html>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: stephenlindholm.com

Published: 2026-11-01T14:09:09+00:00

Points: 14 · Comments: [0](<https://lobste.rs/s/dbwbvr>)

Tags: [unix](</search.md?q=unix>)

### [A 1580 Map Shows Why Data Visualization Is Never Neutral](<https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-1580-map-shows-why-data-visualization-is-never-neutral/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Published: 2026-10-30T14:46:16+00:00

Points: 75 · Comments: [12](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50304718>)

### [The "Moon Trees"](<https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov

Published: 2026-11-01T13:20:23+00:00

Points: 29 · Comments: [1](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325411>)

### [A playable version of Portal prequel F-Stop leaked](<https://www.theverge.com/games/1024206/playable-portal-prequel-f-stop-leak>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: theverge.com

Published: 2026-11-01T17:00:41+00:00

Points: 25 · Comments: [1](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327406>)

### [Brian May, Queen guitarist and Astrophysicist](<https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2026-10-30/brian-may-queen-guitarist-and-astrophysicist-to-be-a-complete-human-being-you-need-art-and-science.html>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: english.elpais.com

Published: 2026-11-01T14:36:42+00:00

Points: 20 · Comments: [6](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326123>)

### [Optimizing a Spin-Lock](<https://david.alvarezrosa.com/posts/optimizing-a-spin-lock/>)

Source: Programming.dev · Domain: david.alvarezrosa.com

Published: 2026-11-01T13:44:11+00:00

Points: 10 · Comments: [0](<https://programming.dev/post/58820928>)

Tags: [programming](</search.md?q=programming>)

### [Bastard](<https://bez-lightyear.bearblog.dev/bastard/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: bez-lightyear.bearblog.dev

Published: 2026-11-01T06:11:25+00:00

Points: 25 · Comments: [8](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50323112>)

### [Criminal arrest warrant for OSINT troll Jesse Nickles](<https://github.com/helenokoye/jesse-jacob-nickles-criminal-arrest-warrant?source=hn>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: github.com

Published: 2026-11-01T11:42:59+00:00

Points: 26 · Comments: [2](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50324703>)

### [IEEE Wipes Out 1,417 Papers over Sold Authorship](<https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03455-8>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: nature.com

Published: 2026-11-01T09:30:25+00:00

Points: 31 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50323925>)

### [I vibecoded a 2d pixel game in 6h yesterday](<https://www.sabih.dev/game/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: sabih.dev

Published: 2026-11-01T15:44:47+00:00

Points: 18 · Comments: [4](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326721>)

### [Russia has imposed limits on gasoline sales following attacks on oil refineries](<https://ua.news/en/war-vs-rf/u-rf-vveli-limiti-na-prodazh-benzinu-pislia-udariv-po-npz>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: ua.news

Published: 2026-11-01T16:40:37+00:00

Points: 16 · Comments: [3](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327218>)

### [How AI may drive union-resistant tech workers to the bargaining table](<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/21/ai-tech-workers-unionize>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: theguardian.com

Published: 2026-11-01T00:49:23+00:00

Points: 29 · Comments: [4](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321734>)

### [Introduction to Programming in ATS](<https://ats-lang.sourceforge.net/DOCUMENT/INT2PROGINATS/HTML/book1.html>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: ats-lang.sourceforge.net

Published: 2026-11-01T17:59:00+00:00

Points: 6 · Comments: [2](<https://lobste.rs/s/oqj2zo>)

Tags: [book](</search.md?q=book>)

### [so i guess everyone uses llms to think now](<https://eva.ac/blog/llms>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: eva.ac

Published: 2026-11-01T21:13:55+00:00

Points: 9 · Comments: [0](<https://lobste.rs/s/ikfsgt>)

Tags: [ai](</search.md?q=ai>)

### [A 90% Chance of AI Saving Humanity](<https://joshbocanegra.medium.com/a-90-chance-of-ai-saving-humanity-bf12fb7914ee>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: joshbocanegra.medium.com

Published: 2026-11-01T13:19:04+00:00

Points: 11 · Comments: [9](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325398>)

### [Zig: From Beginner to Slightly Less Beginner](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWCQXBVIyrY>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: youtube.com

Published: 2026-11-01T17:19:19+00:00

Points: 7 · Comments: [0](<https://lobste.rs/s/uhlnqx>)

Tags: [video](</search.md?q=video>)

### [Ask HN: Anyone here still writing code for reasons other than fun or learning?](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322477>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: news.ycombinator.com

Published: 2026-11-01T03:33:53+00:00

Points: 11 · Comments: [18](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322477>)

Tags: [ask](</search.md?q=ask>)

### [Muse AI agent is a commercial surveillance network disguised as an AI assistant](<https://paulfwalsh.substack.com/p/metas-muse-ai-agent-is-a-commercial>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: paulfwalsh.substack.com

Published: 2026-11-01T18:33:02+00:00

Points: 14 · Comments: [3](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328293>)

### [A Specialised Haskell Processor on FPGA](<https://bathtub-01.github.io/technical/ouros-demo/>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: bathtub-01.github.io

Published: 2026-11-01T16:13:20+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [1](<https://lobste.rs/s/8o9wus>)

Tags: [hardware](</search.md?q=hardware>)

Also discussed: [Hacker News · 1 comments](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50319896>)

### [John Leeson (the voice of K9) has died](<https://www.doctorwhonews.net/2026/11/john_leeson_1943_2026.html>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: doctorwhonews.net

Published: 2026-11-01T20:48:04+00:00

Points: 18 · Comments: [1](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50329707>)

### [Apple captures 50% of consumer revenue of the top half of the S\&P 500](<https://asymco.com/2026/11/01/the-last-consumer-company/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: asymco.com

Published: 2026-11-01T21:20:20+00:00

Points: 66 · Comments: [41](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50330005>)

### [Beating the compiler at signed 32-bit division](<https://lemire.me/blog/2026/10/31/beating-the-compiler-at-signed-32-bit-division/>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: lemire.me

Published: 2026-11-01T12:26:07+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [2](<https://lobste.rs/s/ep5vsq>)

Tags: [compilers](</search.md?q=compilers>)

### [Is It EDT or EST?](<https://www.edtorest.com/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: edtorest.com

Published: 2026-11-01T12:39:17+00:00

Points: 6 · Comments: [11](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325072>)

### [SpaceX Blocked NATO Satellite to Assist Russian Intercept](<https://twitter.com/LibertyLynx/status/2115171072668790981>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: twitter.com

Published: 2026-11-01T16:57:42+00:00

Points: 11 · Comments: [1](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327374>)

### [Show HN: Vela, a New Linux Desktop Environment](<https://velade.org/blog/vela-0-1/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: velade.org

Published: 2026-11-01T00:36:10+00:00

Points: 12 · Comments: [14](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321663>)

Tags: [show](</search.md?q=show>)

### [Non-Determinism and Overcount on Modern Hardware Performance Counter Implementations](<https://web.eece.maine.edu/~vweaver/projects/deterministic/deterministic_counters.pdf>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: web.eece.maine.edu

Published: 2026-11-01T07:55:47+00:00

Points: 8 · Comments: [0](<https://lobste.rs/s/pswl6z>)

Tags: [hardware](</search.md?q=hardware>)

### [Are We All Too Cynical for Star Trek?](<https://www.thebulwark.com/p/are-we-all-too-cynical-for-star-trek>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: thebulwark.com

Published: 2026-11-01T20:11:50+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [3](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50329263>)

### [Heretic 2.0 Released: Training-free language model modification](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328567>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: news.ycombinator.com

Published: 2026-11-01T19:01:42+00:00

Points: 9 · Comments: [1](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328567>)

### [Slopstructions](<https://manuel.bernhardt.io/posts/2026-11-01-slopstructions>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: manuel.bernhardt.io

Published: 2026-11-01T18:42:15+00:00

Points: 6 · Comments: [2](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328394>)

### [Astronomy Picture of the Day: Colors of the Moon](<https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-november-1-colors-of-the-moon/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: science.nasa.gov

Published: 2026-11-01T19:01:36+00:00

Points: 8 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328565>)

### [Juan Atkins, pioneer of Detroit techno sound, dies aged 64](<https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/nov/01/juan-atkins-pioneer-of-detroit-techno-sound-dies-aged-64>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: theguardian.com

Published: 2026-11-01T19:34:59+00:00

Points: 7 · Comments: [3](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328893>)

### [So I guess everyone uses LLMs to think now](<https://eva.ac/blog/llms/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: eva.ac

Published: 2026-11-01T21:49:04+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50330253>)

### [Why I Still Own a DVD Player – and You Should, Too](<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/30/opinion/technology-dvd-players-streaming-movies.html>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: nytimes.com

Published: 2026-11-01T16:42:26+00:00

Points: 7 · Comments: [1](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327231>)

### [Constructing a Quine from Kleene's Second Recursion Theorem](<https://emarzion.github.io/KSRT/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: emarzion.github.io

Published: 2026-10-31T23:55:21+00:00

Points: 20 · Comments: [1](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321436>)

Also discussed: [Programming.dev · 0 comments](<https://programming.dev/post/58799724>)

### [IShowSpeed Became the Most Influential Streamer in the World](<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/magazine/ishowspeed-america-tour-livestream.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NFE.TRBm.1Ljli53bqkCK&smid=url-share>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: nytimes.com

Published: 2026-11-01T18:08:43+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [1](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328041>)

### [Previously untranslated Einstein paper in English](<https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/0aaee538-3638-4c47-bf5d-1cb4321d6b0b>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: repository.cam.ac.uk

Published: 2026-11-01T13:54:18+00:00

Points: 8 · Comments: [1](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325718>)

### [We're Living in the Age of the Imperial CEO](<https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-ipo-dual-class-stock-founder-control-4c43a56d>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: wsj.com

Published: 2026-11-01T08:09:48+00:00

Points: 14 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50323575>)

### ['No industry has been as criminal as the pharmaceutical industry'](<https://english.elpais.com/society/2026-11-01/gardiner-harris-investigative-journalist-no-industry-has-been-as-criminal-as-the-pharmaceutical-industry.html>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: english.elpais.com

Published: 2026-11-01T14:01:18+00:00

Points: 9 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325774>)

### [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>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: theguardian.com

Published: 2026-11-01T03:27:55+00:00

Points: 11 · Comments: [5](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322458>)

Also discussed: [Programming.dev · 1 comments](<https://programming.dev/post/58572055>)

### [Applebee's exposed customers' personal data with database password in app](<https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/applebees-exposed-customers-personal-data-after-leaving-database-password-in-app/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: techcrunch.com

Published: 2026-11-01T19:02:20+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328574>)

### [AI Software Clones Are Coming for Big-Name Companies Like Adobe](<https://www.engadget.com/2302459/ai-software-clones-coming-for-big-name-companies-adobe/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: engadget.com

Published: 2026-11-01T17:37:47+00:00

Points: 6 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327750>)

### [OccupySaaS – They laid us off. We're rebuilding their SaaS](<https://occupysaas.com/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: occupysaas.com

Published: 2026-11-01T12:26:26+00:00

Points: 6 · Comments: [3](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50324966>)

### [I Am the Reason OpenAI Is Killing Unlimited Chats](<https://chaosmanage.github.io/i-killed-unlimited-chatgpt/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: chaosmanage.github.io

Published: 2026-11-01T17:01:34+00:00

Points: 6 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327416>)

### [Donnie Darko: A Mind-Twisting Cult Classic Turns 25](<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/movies/donnie-darko-oral-history-25-year-anniversary.html>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: nytimes.com

Published: 2026-11-01T00:05:54+00:00

Points: 13 · Comments: [5](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321499>)

### [Between 1970 and 2020, wildlife populations dropped 73%](<https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2024/october/wildlife-populations-have-plummeted-by-73-percent-in-half-century.html>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: nhm.ac.uk

Published: 2026-11-01T18:18:24+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328140>)

### [Decode kernel panic from QR Code photo](<https://gist.github.com/skorotkiewicz/c59e591c26661cb52b06afc42d8ac546>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: gist.github.com

Published: 2026-10-30T11:50:24+00:00

Points: 38 · Comments: [16](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50302686>)

### [DIY AI Lockpicking Robot: ESP32 and Claude AI Opens Any Lock \[video\]](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4AUKGdScNI>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: youtube.com

Published: 2026-11-01T17:47:17+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327831>)

### [Work Requirements for Trick-or-Treaters](<https://morewrong.lol/?post=work-requirements-trick-or-treaters>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: morewrong.lol

Published: 2026-10-31T23:43:29+00:00

Points: 15 · Comments: [3](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321373>)

### [Show HN: A browser game where you navigate home to Earth using pulsars](<https://lightyears-home.pages.dev/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: lightyears-home.pages.dev

Published: 2026-11-01T17:19:55+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327582>)

Tags: [show](</search.md?q=show>)

### [How the pandemic changed trust in science – in four charts](<https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03248-z>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: nature.com

Published: 2026-11-01T17:04:49+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327454>)

### [Anthropic Removes Daily Usage Limits](<https://thenewstack.io/claude-ultra-session-limit/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: thenewstack.io

Published: 2026-11-01T17:03:21+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327436>)

### [Did Anthropic value itself at $1.2T in August?](<https://www.ft.com/content/60fb40ed-f1bf-416e-982b-1b9b80582ab4>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: ft.com

Published: 2026-11-01T14:53:49+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [1](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326261>)

### [Ant: Can unprecedented revenue growth outrun irresponsibly large investment](<https://leonlins.com/writing/anthropic_ipo>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: leonlins.com

Published: 2026-11-01T14:56:13+00:00

Points: 6 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326281>)

### ['We came back from hell', say Ukrainians after years in Russia-occupied city](<https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqglw3k7djp1o>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: bbc.com

Published: 2026-11-01T12:49:36+00:00

Points: 6 · Comments: [1](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325154>)

### [Opt out of AI use at work based on religious freedoms law](<https://fortune.com/2026/10/30/kentucky-administrator-ai-religious-exemption-title-vii-humanism/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: fortune.com

Published: 2026-11-01T14:24:38+00:00

Points: 6 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326000>)

### [Parchment Paper History: How We Got Paper Perfect for Baking (2019)](<https://tedium.co/2019/11/21/nonstick-parchment-paper-history/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: tedium.co

Published: 2026-10-31T04:31:06+00:00

Points: 22 · Comments: [11](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50313227>)

### [Show HN: Egres, A Postgres-compatible database for heavy, multi-tenant workloads](<https://manishrjain.com/egres/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: manishrjain.com

Published: 2026-11-01T13:07:16+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [1](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325296>)

Tags: [show](</search.md?q=show>)

### [A brief history of just-in-time (2003)](<https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/857076.857077>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: dl.acm.org

Published: 2026-11-01T04:46:09+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [0](<https://lobste.rs/s/h6dt6e>)

Tags: [compilers](</search.md?q=compilers>)

Also discussed: [Hacker News · 2 comments](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50289711>)

### [Indian ISPs found to be DNS Hijacking](<https://twitter.com/karthihegde/status/2116533888025874611>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: twitter.com

Published: 2026-11-01T13:29:33+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325509>)

### [Stuck on an island for years, can't get transit visa to fly home](<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmq5npz5l5geo>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: bbc.co.uk

Published: 2026-11-01T07:01:19+00:00

Points: 6 · Comments: [3](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50323302>)

### [Terence Tao: The Year Math Changed Forever](<https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/11/09/the-year-math-changed-forever>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: newyorker.com

Published: 2026-11-01T11:19:06+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [1](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50324546>)

### [The first life and death of Italian computing (1954 – 1964)](<https://zeitgame.net/archives/17619>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: zeitgame.net

Published: 2026-11-01T03:55:04+00:00

Points: 12 · Comments: [0](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322560>)

### [Speeding up GPU copies by permuting iteration spaces, or, optimising the identity function](<https://futhark-lang.org/blog/2026-10-31-faster-copying.html>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: futhark-lang.org

Published: 2026-10-31T17:03:04+00:00

Points: 6 · Comments: [2](<https://lobste.rs/s/1abkzu>)

Tags: [compilers](</search.md?q=compilers>)