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Harmon758on Python 3.14 is here. How fast is it?

The Faster CPython project was from one of "the big companies" and did make significant progress with each version of Python, even if some of its more ambitious goals weren't met. The results of which you're seeing in the benchmarks in this blog post.

Harmon758on Python 3.14 is here. How fast is it?

For all those making πthon jokes: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/125035

Harmon758on Python 3.14.0 is now available

πthon: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/125035

Harmon758on What's New in Python 3.14

Not entirely missed: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/125035

Harmon758on Kagi News

Just for concrete confirmation that LLM(s) are being used, there's an open issue on the GitHub repository, on hallucinations with made up information, where a Kagi employee specifically mentions "an LLM hallucination problem":

https://github.com/kagisearch/kite-public/issues/97

There's also a line at the bottom of the about page at https://kite.kagi.com/about that says "Summaries may contain errors. Please verify important information."

Harmon758on PyPI Blog: Token Exfiltration Campaign via GitHub Actions Workflows

Immutable releases are in public preview and hopefully will make it easier to do the right thing.

https://github.blog/changelog/2025-08-26-releases-now-suppor...

Harmon758on I built something that changed my friend group's social fabric

Discord voice calls and channels do use E2EE now, as of last year:

https://discord.com/blog/meet-dave-e2ee-for-audio-video

Harmon758on OVH Currently Experiencing an Outage

The relevant incident report: https://public-cloud.status-ovhcloud.com/incidents/wnjcmhtl1...

Harmon758on Animation vs. Geometry [video]

Previous videos:

Animation vs. Math - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1J6Ou4q8vE

Animation vs. Physics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErMSHiQRnc8

Harmon758on Brain Worms: A Scientific Inquiry

https://archive.is/qMDjT

https://web.archive.org/web/20240509001604/https://www.theat...

Harmon758on Location history data in Google Maps will soon be stored on user devices

> If you’re getting a new phone or are worried about losing your existing one, you can always choose to back up your data to the cloud so it doesn’t get lost. We’ll automatically encrypt your backed-up data so no one can read it, including Google.

https://blog.google/products/maps/updates-to-location-histor...

Harmon758on Location history data in Google Maps will soon be stored on user devices

> If you’re getting a new phone or are worried about losing your existing one, you can always choose to back up your data to the cloud so it doesn’t get lost. We’ll automatically encrypt your backed-up data so no one can read it, including Google.

https://blog.google/products/maps/updates-to-location-histor...

Harmon758on Location history data in Google Maps will soon be stored on user devices

> If you’re getting a new phone or are worried about losing your existing one, you can always choose to back up your data to the cloud so it doesn’t get lost. We’ll automatically encrypt your backed-up data so no one can read it, including Google.

https://blog.google/products/maps/updates-to-location-histor...

Harmon758on Location history data in Google Maps will soon be stored on user devices

The source for this is https://blog.google/products/maps/updates-to-location-histor....

> If you’re getting a new phone or are worried about losing your existing one, you can always choose to back up your data to the cloud so it doesn’t get lost. We’ll automatically encrypt your backed-up data so no one can read it, including Google.

> These changes will gradually roll out through the next year on Android and iOS, and you’ll receive a notification when this update comes to your account.