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# Daily headlines

[Top 10](/headlines/second?date=2026-11-01&limit=10&q=&appearance=light)[Top 20](/headlines/second?date=2026-11-01&limit=20&q=&appearance=light)[Above median](/headlines/second?date=2026-11-01&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=light)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-11-01
2.   [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321373)11

     [Work Requirements for Trick-or-Treaters](https://morewrong.lol/?post=work-requirements-trick-or-treaters)

     HNmorewrong.lol7 hours ago

3.   [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322653)6

     [If CA matched TX on property taxes, it would raise more than the billionaire tax](https://fortune.com/2026/10/31/california-billionaire-wealth-tax-prop-40-revenue-prop-13-texas-taxes/)

     HNfortune.com2 hours ago

4.   [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321622)6

     [Tell HN: ChatGPT and Codex usage will be combined](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321622)

     HNnews.ycombinator.com6 hours ago

5.   [4](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321310)5

     [OpenAI's blow to mathematicians: They have annihilated my field of research](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/science/article/2026/10/12/openai-s-latest-blow-to-mathematicians-they-have-annihilated-my-field-of-research_6758515_10.html)

     HNlemonde.fr7 hours ago

6.   [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321300)7

     [When AI writes almost all code, what happens to software engineering?](https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/when-ai-writes-almost-all-code-what)

     HNnewsletter.pragmaticengineer.com7 hours ago

7.   [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321688)6

     [Amazon made the AUX input on older Alexa devices less useful](https://www.engadget.com/2300219/amazon-made-alexa-devices-aux-port-less-useful/)

     HNengadget.com6 hours ago

8.   [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322560)5

     [The first life and death of Italian computing (1954 – 1964)](https://zeitgame.net/archives/17619)

     HNzeitgame.net2 hours ago

9.   [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321663)6

     [Show HN: Vela, a New Linux Desktop Environment](https://velade.org/blog/vela-0-1/)

     HNvelade.org6 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=light)

10.  [6](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50318141)5

     [Ask HN: I'd like to request Microsoft open source Windows XP](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50318141)

     HNnews.ycombinator.com13 hours ago[ask](/search?q=ask&appearance=light)

11.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322169)11

     [OTape](https://www.otape.org/)

     HNotape.org4 hours ago