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# Daily headlines

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1.  [118](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312756)321

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

    HNnews.ycombinator.com16 hours ago

2.  [351](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50304122)291

    [Cisco gives engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite legacy code](https://fortune.com/2026/10/30/cisco-president-jeetu-patel-gen-z-27-year-old-unlimited-ai-tokens-rewrite-legacy-code-entry-level-jobs/)

    HNfortune.com1 day ago

3.  [53](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50305637)366

    [Florilegium: Procedural Flowers in LaTeX](https://github.com/kevinraymond/florilegium)

    HNgithub.com1 day ago

    Also discussed: [Programming.dev · 3 comments](https://programming.dev/post/58740056 "12 points")

4.  [11](https://lobste.rs/s/f4aqog)79

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

    LBseriot.ch1 day ago[compsci](/search?q=compsci&appearance=light)

    Also discussed: [Hacker News · 0 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300011 "28 points") [Programming.dev · 0 comments](https://programming.dev/post/58734740 "15 points")

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6.  [181](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50313661)240

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

    HNvitalik.eth.limo12 hours ago

    Also discussed: [Lobsters · 2 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/y81ppi "8 points")

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