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title: "Daily headlines · Daily Diff"
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# Daily headlines

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

[Top 10](</headlines/first.md?date=2026-11-03&limit=10&q=>) · [Top 20](</headlines/first.md?date=2026-11-03&limit=20&q=>) · [Above median](</headlines/first.md?date=2026-11-03&limit=20&q=&mode=median>)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

## 2026-11-03

### [Why did you choose the nix you nix?](<https://lobste.rs/s/7fcuxz>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: lobste.rs

Published: 2026-11-03T03:58:06+00:00

Points: 31 · Comments: [27](<https://lobste.rs/s/7fcuxz>)

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

### [An Introduction to Bε-trees and Write-Optimization](<https://www.usenix.org/publications/login/oct15/bender>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: usenix.org

Published: 2026-11-02T20:26:38+00:00

Points: 22 · Comments: [0](<https://lobste.rs/s/0ec9yk>)

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

### [Ideas for social networks](<https://raphaelkabo.com/blog/social-network-ideas>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: raphaelkabo.com

Published: 2026-11-03T14:24:08+00:00

Points: 6 · Comments: [2](<https://lobste.rs/s/yes2hc>)

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

### [The Ubuntu 26.04 Rust sudo is not compatible with standard sudo](<https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/Ubuntu2604RustSudoNotCompatible>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: utcc.utoronto.ca

Published: 2026-11-03T15:23:21+00:00

Points: 4 · Comments: [1](<https://lobste.rs/s/e201eb>)

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

### [The 'Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen' post is misleading](<https://honnibal.dev/blog/astra-read-write-misleading>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: honnibal.dev

Published: 2026-11-03T12:21:17+00:00

Points: 502 · Comments: [115](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50351111>)

### [Firefox Security \& Privacy Newsletter 2026 Q3](<https://attackanddefense.dev/2026/11/02/firefox-security-and-privacy-newsletter-q3.html>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: attackanddefense.dev

Published: 2026-11-03T08:03:58+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [1](<https://lobste.rs/s/trqbi2>)

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

### [Show HN: Hacker Times, a New York Times-inspired version of Hacker News](<https://hackertimes.ca/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: hackertimes.ca

Published: 2026-11-03T01:53:34+00:00

Points: 401 · Comments: [126](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50346981>)

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

### [The road to opaque software is paved with good (engineering) intentions](<https://tomasp.net/longreads/closing/>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: tomasp.net

Published: 2026-11-02T21:42:37+00:00

Points: 5 · Comments: [0](<https://lobste.rs/s/eyu8r2>)

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

Also discussed: [Hacker News · 1 comments](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50343458>)

### [Thinking in Traits](<https://corrode.dev/blog/thinking-in-traits/>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: corrode.dev

Published: 2026-11-02T17:34:20+00:00

Points: 6 · Comments: [0](<https://lobste.rs/s/yd7075>)

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

### [Scaling Git at OpenAI](<https://openai.com/index/scaling-git-at-openai/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: openai.com

Published: 2026-11-02T23:47:56+00:00

Points: 252 · Comments: [172](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50345924>)