Hacker News on 1 November 2026

• Altoids Project
• Zinc creep in cable spelter sockets brought down the Arecibo telescope in 2020 - A 2024 National Academies report identifies zinc creep in cable spelter sockets as the cause of the Arecibo telescope’s collapse in 2020, ma...
• Electrification Could Cut Global Energy Use in Half
• AI text watermarking and quality loss - The implementation of the EU AI Act’s transparency guidelines has prompted major AI labs to begin watermarking their text outputs. There is...
• Decode kernel panic from QR Code photo
• Constructing a Quine from Kleene's Second Recursion Theorem
• Show HN: BBRouter – Ben Eater's 8-bit computer, simulated on 3D breadboards - BBRouter is a virtual breadboard editor designed to simulate Ben Eater’s 8-bit computer, addressing common wiring errors. Key features inclu...
• Show HN: Vela, a New Linux Desktop Environment
• Show HN: Analog Video Feedback Fractals