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Last updated about 12 hours ago

On the JPMC/Quantinuum certified quantum randomness demo

about 12 hours ago

These days, any quantum computing post I write ought to begin with...

On Columbia in the crosshairs

18 days ago

The world is complicated, and the following things can all be true...

Jacob Barandes and Me

22 days ago

Please enjoy Harvard’s Jacob Barandes and yours truly duking it out for...

The Evil Vector

24 days ago

Last week something world-shaking happened, something that could change the whole trajectory...

Ryan Williams strikes again

about 1 month ago

Because of a recent breakthrough by Cook and Mertz on Tree Evaluation...

FAQ on Microsoft’s topological qubit thing

about 1 month ago

Q1. Did you see Microsoft’s announcement?A. Yes, thanks, you can stop emailing...

Toward a non-constant cancellation function

about 1 month ago

It now seems the switch of Cancel Culture has only two settings...

“If you’re not a woke communist, you have nothing to fear,” they claimed

about 2 months ago

Part of me feels bad not to have written for months about...

The duty of stating the obvious

about 2 months ago

1. Trump’s proposal for the US to “take over” Gaza and expel...

Hymn to be recited for the next thousand mornings

about 2 months ago

A few years ago, scientists feared they’d lose their jobs if they...

The American science funding catastrophe

about 2 months ago

It’s been almost impossible to get reliable information this week, but here’s...

Good news for once! A faster Quantum Fourier Transform

2 months ago

In my last post, I tried to nudge the arc of history...