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# Daily headlines

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

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-31
2.   [108](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50317363)209

     [Casio Watches of the 1980s](https://www.casio.com/us/watches/50th/Heritage/1980s/)

     HNcasio.com9 hours ago

3.   [172](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50318871)156

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

     HNryanmadden.net6 hours ago

4.   [118](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315226)181

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

     HNnullprogram.com13 hours ago

5.   [186](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.com22 hours ago

6.   [8](https://lobste.rs/s/soosuu)62

     [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.com1 day ago[historical](/search?q=historical&appearance=dark)

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

7.   [102](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316100)196

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

     HNjepsen.io11 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 15 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/drwd4j "79 points")

8.   [73](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50311686)234

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

     HNtng.episodle.com1 day ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=dark)

9.   [16](https://lobste.rs/s/rpiu3w)33

     [The Kluever Maneuver](https://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/the-kluever-maneuver/)

     LBjordi.inversethought.com10 hours ago[testing](/search?q=testing&appearance=dark)

10.  [8](https://lobste.rs/s/k508we)38

     [Avoid Public Functions Calling Other Public Functions](https://matklad.github.io/2026/10/29/pub-calls-pub.html)

     LBmatklad.github.io7 hours ago[api](/search?q=api&appearance=dark)

11.  [94](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50319358)183

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

     HNtwitter.com5 hours ago