Granite 4.1: IBM's 8B Model Matching 32B MoE

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IBM released Granite 4.1, a family of open source language models for enterprise use, trained on 15 trillion tokens. The 8B model, with a dense architecture, matches or beats the 32B Granite 4.0-H-Small across various benchmarks.

Mozilla's Opposition to Chrome's Prompt API

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Where the goblins came from

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OpenAI's models started mentioning creatures like goblins and gremlins in their metaphors due to a subtle incentive from training for the personality customization feature, specifically the Nerdy personality. The behavior was amplified through transfer from Nerdy personality training and later spread to other contexts, requiring OpenAI to retire the Nerdy personality and implement new tools ...

Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans

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Zed 1.0

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Zed is a new editor built from scratch with a custom UI framework, GPUI, to provide a fundamentally better coding experience. Version 1.0 is now available, offering AI-native editing, collaboration features, and a growing list of capabilities.

The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy

Zig has a strict anti-LLM policy to prioritize contributor growth over code quality. Maintainers review contributors, not just their code, to foster trust and future contributions.

Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants

Belgium will stop decommissioning its nuclear power plants, Prime Minister Bart De Wever announced on Thursday. The government is going to negotiate with operator ENGIE over the nationalization of the plants, De Wever said. "This government chooses safe, affordable, and sustainable energy. With less dependence on fossil imports and more control over our own supply," he wrote on X. ...

Copy Fail

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A Linux kernel vulnerability, Copy Fail, allows local code execution to become root due to a shared page cache issue. A patch is available to revert the 2017 optimization, and disabling AF_ALG can mitigate the issue.

GCC 16 has been released

GCC 16 has several improvements including conformance with C99 standard, removal of json diagnostics format, and support for OpenMP 5.0 and 6.0.

A Primer on Bézier Curves – So What Makes a Bézier Curve?

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Bézier curves are used in computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) applications, graphic design, and scalable vector graphics (SVG). They are defined by linear interpolations between control points, forming a curve that never extends beyond the points used to construct it.

Craig Venter has died

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J. Craig Venter, founder of the J. Craig Venter Institute, died in San Diego after a brief hospitalization for cancer treatment complications. He was a visionary leader in genomics and synthetic biology who drove scientific change and advocated for robust federal funding.

"Parse, don't validate" through the years with C++

The user discusses the concept of "parse, don't validate" and applies it to a date-parsing problem in C++98, C++11, C++17, and C++23, using type systems to ensure data validity. By using type systems to enforce constraints, the user aims to eliminate the need for validation control flow and improve code readability and maintainability.

How to Disable Firefox's New Emoji Picker

Mozilla added an emoji picker to Firefox 150 using Ctrl + . shortcut, conflicting with 1Password's default shortcut. To resolve, the emoji picker needs to be disabled.

Cursor Camp

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Welcome to Cursor Camp! Enjoy your stay

Alignment whack-a-mole: Finetuning activates recall of copyrighted books in LLMs

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This repository contains data preprocessing and finetuning scripts for analyzing memorization in large language models. It uses OpenAI, Vertex AI, and Tinker APIs to generate completions and evaluate model performance.

Biology is a Burrito: A text- and visual-based journey through a living cell

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A typical E. coli cell is incredibly dense with molecules, with its entire volume being 100 million times smaller than a grain of sand. The cell's insides are 70% water, with proteins, RNA, and lipids making up the rest, and DNA accounting for just 1% of its mass.

DataCenter.FM – background noise app featuring the sound of the AI bubble

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Experience the real-world sounds of AI with this interactive audio generator.

London to Calcutta by Bus (2022)

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A bus service called "The Indiaman" ran from London to Calcutta from 1957 to 1979, covering 20,300 miles in 50 days. The service was revived in 2021 but delayed, with a new bus service expected to start from New Delhi to London in April next year.

FastCGI: 30 years old and still the better protocol for reverse proxies

Using FastCGI as a protocol for proxy-to-backend communication can avoid HTTP's pitfalls, such as desync vulnerabilities, by providing clear message boundaries and domain separation between client and proxy headers. FastCGI is a 30-year-old protocol that is still usable today, but its lack of awareness and outdated tooling may hinder its adoption despite its potential benefits.

OpenTrafficMap

Advanced Sucht in Liniennummer/-text, Kursnummer, Zielnummer/-text und MAC-Adresse.

Monad Tutorials Timeline

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Monads are a concept in programming that allows for the creation of computations that can handle side effects, such as input/output or exceptions, in a controlled and structured way. They can be thought of as a way to wrap a value or computation in a context that provides a way to sequence operations and handle effects in a predictable manner.
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The chat interface reads documents, cites verbatim, and drafts contracts with full control over models. It offers matter-scoped workspaces, reusable workflows, and open code for custom integrations.

Laws of UX

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The tendency to get overwhelmed by too many options and systematic errors in thinking can be mitigated by simplifying and organizing information. Understanding human perception and behavior can help design more intuitive and user-friendly systems and experiences.

An open-source stethoscope that costs between $2.5 and $5 to produce

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This project aims to create a low-cost, research-validated stethoscope with freely available plans. The goal is to produce the stethoscope for approximately USD$1-2.

HERMES.md in commit messages causes requests to route to extra usage billing

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Claude Code routes API requests to extra usage billing when a git commit message contains the case-sensitive string HERMES.md. This causes silent extra usage credits consumption, making it difficult to diagnose.

1.4 GW: battery storage at former Grohnde nuclear power plant

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The Emmerthal energy cluster in Germany is growing with three large battery storage systems, ground-mounted solar panels, and a new substation. The cluster aims to store and sell wind power surpluses from northern Germany to southern Germany.

Why I still reach for Lisp and Scheme instead of Haskell

The author prefers Scheme over Haskell for its simplicity, flexibility, and ease of use, despite Haskell's mathematical beauty and innovations. Scheme's REPL and macro system allow for fast prototyping, debugging, and development, making it the author's "sweet spot" for good developer experience.

For the first time in history, more Americans are moving to EU than vice versa

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Joby kicks off NYC electric air taxi demos with historic JFK flight

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Joby Aviation conducted its first electric air taxi flight from JFK to Manhattan's West 30th Street heliport. The company plans further demonstrations over the next 10 days, aiming to integrate electric air taxis into New York City's airspace.

Copy-fail-destroyer: K8s remediation for CVE-2026-31431

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A Kubernetes DaemonSet agent that detects and remediates CVE-2026-31431 ("Copy Fail") — an algif_aead in-place logic flaw in the Linux kernel allowing unprivileged page-cache writes via the AF_ALG socket interface. Probes the AF_ALG module by attempting to create and bind an AF_ALG socket to aead / authenc(hmac(sha256),cbc(aes)) — the exact algorithm the exploit targets. This is safe ...