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# Daily headlines

[Top 10](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-27&limit=10&q=&appearance=system)[Top 20](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-27&limit=20&q=&appearance=system)[Above median](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-27&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=system)

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1.   2026-10-27
2.   [28](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253529)116

     [16-bit Windows (Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, 3.1, etc.) on 64-bit Windows](https://github.com/otya128/winevdm)

     HNgithub.com13 hours ago

3.   [89](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256230)43

     [AI is ruining haunted houses](https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/10/26/ai-is-ruining-haunted-attractions/)

     HNplagiarismtoday.com5 hours ago

4.   [58](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254935)49

     [UK to charge universities $1,200 per international student](https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/uk-to-charge-universities-dollar1200-per-international-student-including-those-from/qe5rqbe)

     HNafrica.businessinsider.com9 hours ago

5.   [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256952)80

     [Gforth 1.0](https://gforth.org/manual/1.0/NEWS.html)

     HNgforth.org4 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 1 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/bgpsuu "9 points")

6.   [14](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253630)53

     [The 'Buy, Borrow and Die' Wealth Strategy Has Become a $5T Market](https://www.wsj.com/finance/the-buy-borrow-and-die-wealth-strategy-has-become-a-5-trillion-market-d9149a9d)

     HNwsj.com13 hours ago

7.   [12](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253750)42

     [ICE wants robot dogs. Boston Dynamics' workers urge company to 'cancel the sale'](https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/10/23/boston-dynamics-employees-petition-dhs)

     HNwbur.org12 hours ago

8.   [9](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255406)27

     [A simplified proof of ETH is False \[pdf\]](https://shivakintali.github.io/papers/ETH.pdf)

     HNshivakintali.github.io7 hours ago

9.   [15](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50231041)65

     [LISPy things you can do in 64K bytes of core (2019)](https://t3x.org/lisp64k/index.html)

     HNt3x.org2 days ago

10.  [9](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254383)24

     [Micron Taiwan increasing salaries for factory workers by 2.7X](https://ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/5619258)

     HNec.ltn.com.tw11 hours ago

11.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50259604)22

     [The US Government Is Hiding Secret Court Ruling About How It Spies on Americans](https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-government-is-hiding-a-secret-court-ruling-about-how-it-spies-on-americans/)

     HNwired.com38 minutes ago