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# Daily headlines

[Top 10](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-31&limit=10&q=&appearance=light)[Top 20](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-31&limit=20&q=&appearance=light)[Above median](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-31&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=light)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-31
2.   [213](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50313661)286

     [Digital minimalism](https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2026/10/31/digital_minimalism.html)

     HNvitalik.eth.limo16 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 6 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/y81ppi "9 points")

3.   [141](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314699)290

     [Do the math: How we took over ChatGPT accounts](https://www.parameter.ai/labs/we-found-a-gap-at-openai)

     HNparameter.ai11 hours ago

4.   [119](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312756)333

     [Tell HN: Scribd Breached](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312756)

     HNnews.ycombinator.com19 hours ago

5.   [120](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50319510)301

     [HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN](https://karpathy.bearblog.dev/hacker-tube/)

     HNkarpathy.bearblog.dev2 hours ago

6.   [88](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50319143)180

     [TCP Use-After-Free: CVE-2026-98432 / CVSS 9.8](https://atlasum.net/blog/cve-2026-98432-linux-ipv4-tcp-uaf)

     HNatlasum.net3 hours ago

7.   [72](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50311686)232

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

     HNtng.episodle.com22 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=light)

8.   [136](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50318871)133

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

     HNryanmadden.net3 hours ago

9.   [76](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316100)147

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

     HNjepsen.io8 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 12 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/drwd4j "65 points")

10.  [134](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315047)95

     [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.fr10 hours ago

11.  [7](https://lobste.rs/s/soosuu)56

     [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.com21 hours ago[historical](/search?q=historical&appearance=light)

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