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# Archived daily edition

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

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Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-31
2.   [82](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50317363)162

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

     HNcasio.com4 hours ago

3.   [11](https://programming.dev/post/58762012)71

     [They're getting desperate for real intelligence. I guess that's what happens when you don't have any of your own.](https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/3fea42aa-a0cf-4b86-b701-263715607ab1.png)

     PDlemmy.ca13 hours ago[programming](/search?q=programming&appearance=system)

4.   [134](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315047)94

     [French lawmakers approved a tax of €0.055 for every gigabyte of internet traffic](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/comptes-rendus/seance/session-ordinaire-de-2026-2027/premiere-seance-du-vendredi-30-octobre-2026)

     HNassemblee-nationale.fr8 hours ago

5.   [33](https://programming.dev/post/58769371)31

     [Can't start with programming except being into computer science](https://programming.dev/post/58769371)

     PDprogramming.dev8 hours ago[programming](/search?q=programming&appearance=system)

6.   [114](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316103)79

     [Retired professor arrested for blocking delivery robot. Will do it again](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/31/us/philadelphia-woman-delivery-robots-cec)

     HNcnn.com6 hours ago

7.   [69](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316760)88

     [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.com5 hours ago

8.   [50](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316100)112

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

     HNjepsen.io6 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 9 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/drwd4j "53 points")

9.   [93](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315776)69

     [Why Did Meta Suspend a US Senate Candidate's Instagram in the Middle of a Rally?](https://newrepublic.com/post/217281/meta-suspend-democratic-candidate-angie-nixon-instagram-account)

     HNnewrepublic.com7 hours ago

10.  [7](https://lobste.rs/s/soosuu)50

     [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.com19 hours ago[historical](/search?q=historical&appearance=system)

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

11.  [38](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50318401)60

     [The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported (2025)](https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3706598.3713778)

     HNdl.acm.org2 hours ago