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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.   [185](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312922)181

     [OpenAI raises less than half of $30B target](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-raises-less-than-half-of-30-billion-target-in-latest-round-91aecdc5)

     HNwsj.com20 hours ago

3.   [118](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315226)179

     [Prospero: A new coding harness for a more civilized age](https://nullprogram.com/blog/2026/10/31/)

     HNnullprogram.com11 hours ago

4.   [73](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50311686)233

     [Show HN: To Honor Sir Patrick Stewart, Enjoy the TNG Episode Guessing Game](https://tng.episodle.com/)

     HNtng.episodle.com23 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

5.   [158](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50318871)148

     [GPT-5.6 Sol can beat Factorio on peaceful mode](https://ryanmadden.net/gpt-56-beats-factorio/)

     HNryanmadden.net4 hours ago

6.   [11](https://programming.dev/post/58762012)73

     [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.ca16 hours ago[programming](/search?q=programming&appearance=system)

7.   [94](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316100)170

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

     HNjepsen.io9 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 13 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/drwd4j "72 points")

8.   [39](https://programming.dev/post/58769371)37

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

     PDprogramming.dev11 hours ago[programming](/search?q=programming&appearance=system)

9.   [135](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315047)96

     [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.fr11 hours ago

10.  [38](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50319358)130

     [Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training larger models](https://twitter.com/jiahaoshao1/status/2116475922190922088)

     HNtwitter.com3 hours ago

11.  [120](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316103)81

     [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.com9 hours ago