10.26.26 | CNN beats frontier LLMs, Dolly Parton Imagination Library, Censored Internet at FOSDEM 27

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 26, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - A 10-year-old CNN outperforms frontier LLMs for skin cancer diagnosis
• (01:27) - Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
• (02:23) - I refuse to accept a censored Internet. Join Me at FOSDEM 27
• (03:38) - Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
• (04:43) - OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?
• (05:58) - Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs
• (06:50) - IBM CEO says open weight models are now good and cheap on-prem
• (07:56) - Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997
• (08:43) - Why I Am a Programmer
• (09:35) - Amazon’s “digital pacifier” for toddlers
• (10:37) - Outro

A 10-year-old CNN outperforms frontier LLMs for skin cancer diagnosis
https://lynchlab.net/llm-skin-cancer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50233779

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
https://imaginationlibrary.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234474

I refuse to accept a censored Internet. Join Me at FOSDEM 27
https://talkweb.eu/openweb/4558/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50233929

Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
https://theintercept.com/2026/10/01/oregon-police-misconduct-public-records-cost-fee/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234232

OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?
https://minimaxir.com/2026/10/cheap-llms/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50236102

Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs
https://charliegerard.dev/blog/overgrown-extension/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50197108

IBM CEO says open weight models are now good and cheap on-prem
https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/22/ibm-ceo-says-open-weight-models-are-now-irresistibly-good-and-cheap-on-prem/5304640
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238088

Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997
https://titleart.dvy.io/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238708

Why I Am a Programmer
https://www.alfie.wtf/programming/why-i-am-a-programmer.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50235017

Amazon’s “digital pacifier” for toddlers
https://oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/amazons-digital-pacifier-for-toddlers
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185534