Physicist working on neutral atom quantum computing at Atom Computing. Ex-condensed matter physics postdoc at MIT. PhD in superconducting quantum computing from Yale. Used to do systems/kernel programming at Apple, Palm, Internet Systems Consortium, Scyld, and Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab. Contributor to Valgrind. Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer.
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MIT physicists develop new ferroelectric memory with superb endurance and speed
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Ask HN: Reducing the maintenance surface area of hosting a small internal app
I've noticed that tech people will respond to an encroachment on civil rights with a technological alternative. I think this is a mistake, because the excuse is presented in bad faith, and to present an alternative is to accept their framing. The correct response is something to the effect of "I know what you're trying to do, fuck off."
I think that's the datacenter with the gas turbine generators that operate without permits because they're "portable." Data centers have tremendous externalities but colossus is a particularly nasty offender, and not just due its size.
the irritating thing about LLM generated papers like these is that they're wrong but are generated using LLMs that are capable enough to bury the absurd claim pretty deep in there.
The power of quantum computing is constructing the solution to a problem out of an interference pattern. Classical probabilities don’t interfere, but quantum probabilities do. Loosely, quantum probabilities can be constructed to cancel, since their amplitudes can be negative.
Shor’s algorithm works on the quantum Fourier transform. The quantum Fourier transform works because you can pick a frequency out of a signal using a “test wave.” The test wave can select out the amplitude of interest because the information of the test wave constructively interferes, whereas every other frequency cancels. This is the interference effect that can only happen with complex/negative probability amplitudes.
I have a 556 and 547 that I still use. They work fine. They slowed down a bit from the resistors drifting but whatever. Still very fun to use and they heat the workspace in the winter.