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DAILY HACKER NEWS RANKING
2026-10-28
Final ranking · Hacker News daily top 30 ↗
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Why is this fingerprinting script creating bioweapons? (nullpt.rs)
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Gemini 4 Carbon (blog.google)
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The Grid, a factory-scale robot in Massachusetts that builds PCBs on demand (circuithub.com)
5529 pointsNot covered yet
CNC Stone Carving (carmelitegothic.com)
6621 points
Apple Introduces MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Touch Display
Apple has unveiled a new MacBook Pro model featuring a tandem OLED 'PROLED XDR' display with integrated touch capabilities, M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, and a redesigned thermal system.
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Early progress on accelerating drug development with Claude (anthropic.com)
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Ink droplets in motion snag top prize in Nikon Small World contest (arstechnica.com)
91193 points
ICE Under Investigation for Large-Scale Surveillance of Domestic Dissent
Legal filings and internal documents reveal that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has deployed extensive surveillance and undercover operations against left-wing social movements, utilizing tools typically reserved for counterterrorism and money laundering.
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10519 points
The 50-Year Evolution of EMACS: From MIT Lab to Global Standard
The EMACS text editor celebrates its 50th anniversary, tracing a history that began as a solution to a social problem in the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. By prioritizing a standardized set of commands and a highly extensible macro system, EMACS evolved from a niche research tool into a cornerstone of the free software movement and a modern staple for developers.
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11452 points
Applying Git Version Control to US Legislation
A new project proposes using Git to track and version the evolution of United States legislation, aiming to make legal changes more transparent and navigable.
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12616 points
Mikhail Lavrov Updates 'Start Doing Graph Theory' Textbook
Author Mikhail Lavrov has released a version history for his graph theory textbook, 'Start Doing Graph Theory,' detailing numerous corrections to problems, theorems, and proofs across various chapters.
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13250 points
AlpineBSD: A NetBSD Distribution Focused on Avoiding AI-Generated Code
AlpineBSD is a new NetBSD-based distribution that aims to provide a software environment free from AI-generated code. The project implements this by pinning essential system tools to specific versions known to predate widespread LLM involvement and by establishing a policy to avoid AI-supplemented development.
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Dayjob: Tax – evaluating AI agents on 50 professional tax assignments (surgehq.ai)
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Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware threatens most servers on planet Earth (arstechnica.com)
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Kentucky man becomes the first humanist granted religious exemption from AI (religionnews.com)
17226 points
Formlabs Launches Form Studio 1 Resin 3D Printer
Formlabs has introduced the Form Studio 1, a professional-grade resin 3D printer designed to balance high-detail output with a more accessible price point. The device utilizes Masked Stereolithography (MSLA) technology and features an open platform for both proprietary and third-party materials.
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The Agent SDK (cursor.com)
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Why birds can fly over Mount Everest (2020) (nautil.us)
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Decompiling Fast Food Tycoon 2: Drawing the World (healeycodes.com)
21126 points
A Niche Tribute to the Sinclair ZX81
Rob Manuel's '81 Jokes for the ZX81' is a hardback book that pays homage to early 1980s computing by featuring 81 jokes illustrated exclusively with the Sinclair ZX81's original character set.
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Spiders Spin 'Silk Dope' into Nature's Toughest Material (quantamagazine.org)
23240 points
FCC Approves Amazon’s $11.5 Billion Acquisition of Globalstar
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Amazon's acquisition of satellite firm Globalstar, a move that integrates Globalstar's assets into Amazon's growing space infrastructure while maintaining existing service agreements with Apple.
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MacOS Extensions Pack for the Apple Network Server v1.0 (oldvcr.blogspot.com)
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The case of the 9 bit AES key (v12.sh)
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Scaling Hierarchical Networks (cartesia.ai)
2798 points
Moxnox 1.0: A Hobby OS Blending Windows NT Architecture with POSIX Compatibility
Moxnox is a new hobby operating system that combines the system call architecture of Windows NT with POSIX compatibility. Built in C++ and running on the Btrfs filesystem, it aims to provide a unique hybrid environment for running Unix-like software.
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Gaussian Splats part 3: There's always a bigger scene (magnopus.com)
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A Love Letter to the Super Dimension Fortress (brennan.day)
3082 points
Presenting Slides Without Screen Sharing: The Mechanics of PowerPoint Live
Microsoft Teams' PowerPoint Live feature allows presenters to share slide decks without sharing their entire desktop, providing a more private and interactive experience for both the speaker and the audience.
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