Mercury: Ultra-fast language models based on diffusion https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17298
arXiv.org
Mercury: Ultra-Fast Language Models Based on Diffusion
We present Mercury, a new generation of commercial-scale large language models (LLMs) based on diffusion. These models are parameterized via the Transformer architecture and trained to predict...
I used o3 to profile myself from my saved Pocket links https://noperator.dev/posts/o3-pocket-profile/
noperator.dev
I used o3 to profile myself from my saved Pocket links
Welp, Pocket shuts down tomorrow despite our pleas for it to stay. While migrating1 all of my saved articles, I noticed that I’ve got almost 900 saved articles spanning nearly 7 years. That’s a goldmine of stuff-I-like data! Some quick analysis using xsv2:…
Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists https://www.holovaty.com/writing/chatgpt-fake-feature/
New sphere-packing record stems from an unexpected source https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-sphere-packing-record-stems-from-an-unexpected-source-20250707/
Quanta Magazine
New Sphere-Packing Record Stems From an Unexpected Source | Quanta Magazine
After just a few months of work, a complete newcomer to the world of sphere packing has solved one of its biggest open problems.
Show HN: OffChess – Offline chess puzzles app https://offchess.com
Offchess
OffChess - Offline Chess Puzzles App
Play 100,000+ offline Chess puzzles for free.
Taking over 60k spyware user accounts with SQL injection https://ericdaigle.ca/posts/taking-over-60k-spyware-user-accounts/
Eric Daigle
Taking over 60k spyware user accounts with SQL injection
Serverless means it's secure, right?
Smollm3: Smol, multilingual, long-context reasoner LLM https://huggingface.co/blog/smollm3
huggingface.co
SmolLM3: smol, multilingual, long-context reasoner
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
Breaking Git with a carriage return and cloning RCE https://dgl.cx/2025/07/git-clone-submodule-cve-2025-48384
Supabase MCP can leak your entire SQL database https://www.generalanalysis.com/blog/supabase-mcp-blog
Generalanalysis
Supabase MCP can leak your entire SQL database | General Analysis
In this post, we show how an attacker can exploit Supabase’s MCP integration to leak a developer’s private SQL tables. Model Context Protocol (MCP) has emerged as a standard way for LLMs to interact with external tools. While this unlocks new capabilities…
Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business https://projectionlab.com/blog/we-reached-1m-arr-with-zero-funding
ProjectionLab
We reached $1M ARR with zero funding - ProjectionLab
Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business in four years.
Frame of preference A history of Mac settings, 1984–2004 https://aresluna.org/frame-of-preference/
aresluna.org
Frame of preference
A story of early Mac settings told by 10 emulators.
RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor https://github.com/CyberTimon/RapidRAW
GitHub
GitHub - CyberTimon/RapidRAW: A beautiful, non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor built with performance in mind.
A beautiful, non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor built with performance in mind. - CyberTimon/RapidRAW
Phrase origin: Why do we "call" functions? https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2025/04/04/etymology-of-call/
Arthur O’Dwyer
Phrase origin: Why do we “call” functions?
On StackExchange,
someone asks why programmers talk about “calling” a function. Several possible allusions spring to mind:
Calling a function is like calling on a friend — we go, we stay a while, we come back.
Calling a function is like calling for…
someone asks why programmers talk about “calling” a function. Several possible allusions spring to mind:
Calling a function is like calling on a friend — we go, we stay a while, we come back.
Calling a function is like calling for…
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Xenharmlib: A music theory library that supports non-western harmonic systems https://xenharmlib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
xenharmlib
Welcome to xenharmlib’s documentation!
Xenharmonic (adj.): Pertaining to music which sounds unlike that composed in the familiar 12 tone equal-tempered scale. Ivor Darreg, Xenharmlib is a generalized music theory library that supports t...
US Court nullifies FTC requirement for click-to-cancel https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/us-court-cancels-ftc-rule-that-would-have-made-canceling-subscriptions-easier/
Ars Technica
Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation
FTC failed to follow rulemaking process required by US law, judges rule.
Helm local code execution via a malicious chart https://github.com/helm/helm/security/advisories/GHSA-557j-xg8c-q2mm
GitHub
Chart Dependency Updating With Malicious Chart.yaml Content And Symlink
A Helm contributor discovered that a specially crafted `Chart.yaml` file along with a specially linked `Chart.lock` file can lead to local code execution when dependencies are updated.
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