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# Daily headlines

[Top 10](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-26&limit=10&q=&appearance=dark)[Top 20](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-26&limit=20&q=&appearance=dark)[Above median](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-26&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=dark)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-26
2.   [41](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50237224)123

     [Attention Is Not What You Need (2025)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19428)

     HNarxiv.org11 hours ago

3.   [54](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50240922)148

     [Switzerland. Block by block. At 1:1 scale](https://blocks.manifold3d.ch/)

     HNblocks.manifold3d.ch2 hours ago

4.   [29](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50237379)122

     [Steal My Bitcoin CTF PoC](https://github.com/KillaBoi/StealMyBitcoin-PoC)

     HNgithub.com11 hours ago

5.   [13](https://lobste.rs/s/x1s5oq)21

     [“AI Skills” are worthless in 2026](https://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2026/10/26/ai-skills)

     LBfishbowl.pastiche.org10 hours ago[ai-tooling](/search?q=ai-tooling&appearance=dark)

     Also discussed: [Hacker News · 0 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50240678 "5 points")

6.   [72](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50239027)69

     [Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism](https://contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/cognitive-mercantilism)

     HNcontraptions.venkateshrao.com7 hours ago

7.   [3](https://lobste.rs/s/mu3xcd)15

     [writing about pratt parsing so I remember it](https://www.unix.dog/~yosh/blog/2026-10-25_pratt-parsing.html)

     LBunix.dog8 hours ago[c](/search?q=c&appearance=dark)

8.   [65](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50239748)51

     [The result of the C++26 DIS ballot](https://train-it.eu/blog/cpp26-contracts-the-ballot-result/)

     HNtrain-it.eu5 hours ago

9.   [28](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50237426)68

     [Lula Wins Brazilian Election](https://resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/app/index.html#/eleicao/6258/uf/br/cargo/1/vis/nominal/resultados)

     HNresultados.tse.jus.br10 hours ago

10.  [24](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238620)65

     [Microsoft Decision-1: 9B Qwen Model Launch Explained](https://shattered.io/microsoft-decision-1-qwen3-5-9b-model-2026/)

     HNshattered.io8 hours ago

11.  [64](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238351)31

     [If AI displaces human workers, they will lose more than just pay](https://www.economist.com/business/2026/10/22/if-ai-displaces-human-workers-they-will-lose-more-than-just-pay)

     HNeconomist.com8 hours ago