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# Archived daily edition

[Archive](/archive?limit=20&appearance=system) / 2026-10-31

[Top 10](/archive/edition/second?date=2026-10-31&limit=10&q=&appearance=system)[Top 20](/archive/edition/second?date=2026-10-31&limit=20&q=&appearance=system)[Above median](/archive/edition/second?date=2026-10-31&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=system)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-31
2.   [41](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50317363)94

     [Casio Watches of the 1980s](https://www.casio.com/us/watches/50th/Heritage/1980s/)

     HNcasio.com2 hours ago

3.   [65](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316760)84

     [Ex-Meta Researcher Torrented Pirated Books, Deleted It 'Due to Litigation'](https://torrentfreak.com/ex-meta-researcher-torrented-pirated-books-dataset-deleted-it-due-to-all-this-litigation/)

     HNtorrentfreak.com3 hours ago

4.   [7](https://lobste.rs/s/soosuu)43

     [The support case of a customer who said that all they could see was a black screen](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20261029-00/?p=112808/)

     LBdevblogs.microsoft.com17 hours ago[historical](/search?q=historical&appearance=system)

     Also discussed: [Hacker News · 0 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300039 "6 points")

5.   [68](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315574)49

     [Why Anthropic's filing crushed tech stocks](https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/why-anthropics-filing-crushed-tech)

     HNthebignewsletter.com5 hours ago

6.   [18](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315990)74

     [AI startup hacks Anthropic, gains access to employee details, internal messages](https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/ai-startup-hacks-anthropic-in-12-hours-gains-access-to-employee-details-and-internal-messages-3025452-2026-10-26)

     HNindiatoday.in4 hours ago

7.   [7](https://lobste.rs/s/drwd4j)33

     [Jepsen: ParticleDB 1.1.4](https://jepsen.io/analyses/particledb-1.1.4)

     LBjepsen.io4 hours ago[databases](/search?q=databases&appearance=system)

     Also discussed: [Hacker News · 20 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316100 "44 points")

8.   [14](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312739)86

     [Flock camera searches fell 95% after a dispatcher's misconduct was caught](https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/investigations/flock-camera-searches-fall-95-percent-highland-heights-dispatcher-misconduct-caught/95-94b18f33-60e2-4bc7-a00f-d71d1e1fdd5e)

     HNwkyc.com15 hours ago

9.   [20](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314872)62

     [Shiny Object Syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiny_object_syndrome)

     HNen.wikipedia.org7 hours ago

10.  [18](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314243)53

     [How long do you need to hold down the power button to turn off a PC?](https://www.osnews.com/story/146273/how-long-do-you-need-to-hold-down-the-power-button-to-turn-off-a-pc/)

     HNosnews.com9 hours ago

11.  [34](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315039)29

     [Halloween is a crass American import – I'll never indulge it](https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/halloween-crass-american-import-never-indulge-4862206)

     HNinews.co.uk6 hours ago