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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)

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1.   2026-11-01
2.   [2](https://lobste.rs/s/1abkzu)6

     [Speeding up GPU copies by permuting iteration spaces, or, optimising the identity function](https://futhark-lang.org/blog/2026-10-31-faster-copying.html)

     LBfuthark-lang.org15 hours ago[compilers](/search?q=compilers&appearance=light)

3.   [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321734)21

     [How AI may drive union-resistant tech workers to the bargaining table](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/21/ai-tech-workers-unionize)

     HNtheguardian.com8 hours ago

4.   [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321436)18

     [Constructing a Quine from Kleene's Second Recursion Theorem](https://emarzion.github.io/KSRT/)

     HNemarzion.github.io9 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Programming.dev · 0 comments](https://programming.dev/post/58799724 "5 points")

5.   [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322458)10

     [Chinese markets lose trillions as race for AI supremacy with US takes its toll](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/27/chinese-markets-lose-trillions-ai-race-beijing)

     HNtheguardian.com5 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Programming.dev · 1 comments](https://programming.dev/post/58572055 "51 points")

6.   [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321499)12

     [Donnie Darko: A Mind-Twisting Cult Classic Turns 25](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/movies/donnie-darko-oral-history-25-year-anniversary.html)

     HNnytimes.com8 hours ago

7.   [8](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322477)6

     [Ask HN: Anyone here still writing code for reasons other than fun or learning?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50322477)

     HNnews.ycombinator.com5 hours ago[ask](/search?q=ask&appearance=light)

8.   [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321663)10

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

     HNvelade.org8 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=light)

9.   [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.lol9 hours ago

10.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50323112)9

     [Bastard](https://bez-lightyear.bearblog.dev/bastard/)

     HNbez-lightyear.bearblog.dev2 hours ago

11.  [6](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321310)6

     [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.fr9 hours ago