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title: "Daily headlines · Daily Diff"
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# Daily headlines

[Daily edition](</index.md>) · [Hot now](</hot.md>)

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[Top 10](</headlines/second.md?date=2026-11-03&limit=10&q=>) · [Top 20](</headlines/second.md?date=2026-11-03&limit=20&q=>) · [Above median](</headlines/second.md?date=2026-11-03&limit=20&q=&mode=median>)

### [DiscImageStudio: burn visible artwork onto CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs](<https://github.com/JiaFeiMiao-K-Cat/DiscImageStudio>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: github.com

Published: 2026-11-03T01:33:43+00:00

Points: 342 · Comments: [77](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50346849>)

### [The 'Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen' post is misleading](<https://honnibal.dev/blog/astra-read-write-misleading>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: honnibal.dev

Published: 2026-11-03T12:21:17+00:00

Points: 856 · Comments: [188](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50351111>)

### [A Decade of Kill Bugs](<https://alangrow.com/blog/a-decade-of-kill-bugs>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: alangrow.com

Published: 2026-11-02T21:23:24+00:00

Points: 101 · Comments: [16](<https://lobste.rs/s/wgoato>)

Tags: [historical](</search.md?q=historical>)

Also discussed: [Hacker News · 1 comments](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50348858>)

### [Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Kasparov in 1996?](<https://nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2026/algorithmic-improvements-chess.html>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: nicholas.carlini.com

Published: 2026-11-03T07:56:21+00:00

Points: 424 · Comments: [195](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50349276>)

Also discussed: [Lobsters · 6 comments](<https://lobste.rs/s/1gndxr>)

### [Stop Hardcoding Your Timeouts](<https://alfy.blog/2026/04/23/stop-hardcoding-your-timeouts.html>)

Source: Lobsters · Domain: alfy.blog

Published: 2026-11-02T19:22:32+00:00

Points: 62 · Comments: [23](<https://lobste.rs/s/qa0owz>)

Tags: [practices](</search.md?q=practices>)

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### [Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data](<https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/14370>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: github.com

Published: 2026-11-03T17:22:37+00:00

Points: 919 · Comments: [299](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50354960>)

### [Google will turn off search for schools that reject AI](<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/google-search-schools-restrict-ai.html>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: nytimes.com

Published: 2026-11-03T15:25:47+00:00

Points: 519 · Comments: [376](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50353192>)

### [Kalshi and its co-founders face felony charges for violating Utah gambling laws](<https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/trump-admin-sues-utah-to-save-kalshi-from-the-states-total-ban-on-gambling/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: arstechnica.com

Published: 2026-11-03T15:29:15+00:00

Points: 424 · Comments: [346](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50353229>)

### [Qwen 3.8 27B on my laptop can interpret model weights, too](<https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/3/qwen-can-interpret-model-weights/>)

Source: Hacker News · Domain: simonwillison.net

Published: 2026-11-03T17:40:00+00:00

Points: 427 · Comments: [137](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50355251>)

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