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# Daily headlines

[Top 10](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-30&limit=10&q=&appearance=dark)[Top 20](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-30&limit=20&q=&appearance=dark)[Above median](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-30&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=dark)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-30
2.   [24](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50298318)65

     [Cormac McCarthy's Library](https://cormacmccarthy.lib.utk.edu/)

     HNcormacmccarthy.lib.utk.edu12 hours ago

3.   [14](https://lobste.rs/s/6ole9g)38

     [If you love a website, back it up](http://blog.mistys-internet.website/post/2026/10/29/if-you-love-a-website-back-it-up/)

     LBblog.mistys-internet.website11 hours ago[web](/search?q=web&appearance=dark)

4.   [63](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50271521)73

     [Study: Schoolwide phone bans show no significant impact on mental health](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2855858)

     HNjamanetwork.com2 days ago

5.   [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300618)58

     [Show HN: Arsaze – Cursor for video editing (Tab-complete and agent edits)](https://www.arsaze.com/)

     HNarsaze.com5 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=dark)

6.   [20](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50301717)29

     [How Do You Take a Picture of a Black Hole?](https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-do-you-take-a-picture-of-a-black-hole-20261029/)

     HNquantamagazine.org2 hours ago

7.   [17](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50299004)31

     [Show HN: Lasm – Write formally verified webapps in Lean for Node/serverless/edge](https://github.com/Millillion/lasm)

     HNgithub.com10 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=dark)

8.   [2](https://lobste.rs/s/f4aqog)28

     [How curl was accidentally Turing-complete for nine months](https://seriot.ch/computation/curl.html)

     LBseriot.ch5 hours ago[compsci](/search?q=compsci&appearance=dark)

     Also discussed: [Hacker News · 0 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300011 "15 points")

9.   [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300683)23

     [Official Claude Code extension compromise](https://phorion.io/blog/offical-claude-code-vsx-compromise/)

     HNphorion.io5 hours ago

10.  [4](https://lobste.rs/s/2matgw)21

     [C2PA's eMudhra Moment](https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/c2pa-four.html)

     LBda.vidbuchanan.co.uk16 hours ago[cryptography](/search?q=cryptography&appearance=dark)

11.  [22](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50263127)70

     [Gilgamesh by Simon Armitage review – an ancient epic is brilliantly translated](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/20/gilgamesh-by-simon-armitage-review-an-ancient-epic-is-brilliantly-translated-for-our-times)

     HNtheguardian.com2 days ago