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# Daily headlines

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

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-31
2.   [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50308222)5

     [Show HN: Fishoid: an ambient fish tank for your screen](https://fishoid.net/)

     HNfishoid.net10 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

3.   [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50310582)8

     [Wolfenstein 3D on the Atari 2600](https://forums.atariage.com/topic/394015-wolfenstein-3d-atari-2600-port-for-pluscartunocart/)

     HNforums.atariage.com7 hours ago

4.   [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50311562)5

     [U.S. approves $2.1B sale of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine](https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/us-approves-21-billion-sale-patriot-interceptors-ukraine-rcna606641)

     HNnbcnews.com5 hours ago

5.   [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50308900)5

     [From Lotus Leaves to Rain Jackets: The Power of Biomimicry](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/student-contributors-technology-general-science/lotus-leaves-rain-jackets-power-biomimicry)

     HNmcgill.ca9 hours ago

6.   [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50307196)5

     [Chasing the Karpathy Peak (and Falling Off Slop Cliff)](https://thomasjiralerspong.substack.com/p/chasing-the-karpathy-peak)

     HNthomasjiralerspong.substack.com11 hours ago

7.   [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303890)6

     [Finland launches criminal probe into land clearance for Google data centre](https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/finland-launches-criminal-probe-suspected-environmental-damage-google-data-2026-10-29/)

     HNreuters.com15 hours ago

8.   [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50308262)5

     [Hamburg 1:1 in Minecraft](https://github.com/lukad/hamburg-in-minecraft)

     HNgithub.com10 hours ago

9.   [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300097)9

     [A Claude Code agent's test escaped into my Mac. I only noticed because it talked](https://www.marutpandya.com/posts/2026/10/my-mac-started-reading-json-aloud/)

     HNmarutpandya.com23 hours ago

10.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50291812)27

     [Show HN: I rebuilt Kubernetes for ESP32 microcontrollers](https://github.com/arterialist/kube32)

     HNgithub.com1 day ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

11.  [0](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50307885)5

     [Giant eagles once ruled the skies](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20261028-predatory-birds-the-size-of-a-small-aircraft-once-flocked-the-skies-some-of-them-ate-humans)

     HNbbc.com10 hours ago