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Hacker News (05 Oct 2026)

  1. Nearly 200 people under observation after Irkutsk lab worker dies from plague

    194 points • 160 comments • oct 05, 2026

  2. Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch

    182 points • 125 comments • oct 05, 2026

  3. A 40ms Go garbage collector pause caused by swap

    69 points • 34 comments • oct 05, 2026

  4. Anthropic reported diary entry to police, woman faces felony charge

    55 points • 50 comments • oct 05, 2026

  5. Replacement of petroleum based products with plant-based materials (2025)

    41 points • 10 comments • oct 05, 2026

  6. The logic of gambling undergirds everything coming out of Silicon Valley

    21 points • 12 comments • oct 05, 2026

  7. 1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections

    16 points • 4 comments • oct 05, 2026

  8. Kagi Ends Orion Browser Development for Linux, Will Open-Source It

    16 points • 6 comments • oct 05, 2026

  9. A tribute to one of the best games on the Atari 2600

    16 points • 6 comments • oct 05, 2026

  10. Legal risks pile up for Altman as OpenAI uncovers hacks

    14 points • 6 comments • oct 05, 2026