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Qafblog

Posted on April 18, 2020 by dabacon

“We are in a box,” says me. “Do you see some radium hooked up to a crazy steampunk device with skulls and crossbones and yellow, definitely yellow, but maybe also neon green or wavey blue?” says Qubitslets. “No I think … Continue reading →

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Tap. Tap. Tap.

Posted on April 17, 2020 by dabacon

Is this thing on?

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The open access wars

Posted on July 11, 2019 by sflammia

Vox has just published an excellent article on open access scientific publishing, “The open access wars“. While that is too provocative of a title, the article still manages to give an accurate assessment of the current state of play. Although … Continue reading →

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Open Thread for discussing the term "Quantum Supremacy"

Posted on September 25, 2018 by sflammia

This is an open thread in case anyone wants to discuss the merits and demerits of using the term “quantum supremacy”.

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Quantum in the wild

Posted on September 3, 2018 by dabacon

Sometimes quantum appears out of nowhere when you least expect it. From the September 2, 2018 edition of the New York Times Magazine.

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Un-renunciation

Posted on August 22, 2018 by dabacon

Can pontiffs un-retire (un-renunciate)?  I mean, I retired from being a pontiff way before it was cool.  But now the sweet siren call of trying to figure out whether there is really a there there for noisy intermediate scale quantum … Continue reading →

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Hazards of "Shut up and calculate"

Posted on March 26, 2016 by chb

Three quantum physicists show why no interpretation is the worst.

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Cosmology meets Philanthropy — guest post by Jess Riedel

Posted on August 20, 2013 by chb

My colleague Jess Riedel recently attended a conference  exploring the connection between these seemingly disparate subjects, which led him to compose the following essay.–CHB People sometimes ask me what how my research will help society.  This question is familiar to … Continue reading →

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LTCM Video

Posted on May 7, 2009 by dabacon

Via MarketSci blog, Eric Rosenfeld talks about the collapse of LTCM at MIT. Funny I can’t find in any MIT literature an advertisement for the fact that 2/3s of LTCM had MIT roots? (Caltech, snarky snark snark) Continue reading →

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Technical Analysis as an Indicator

Posted on May 4, 2009 by dabacon

Personally I’m very skeptical of technical analysis, but that’s just because I am skeptical of easy answers. But try to parse this article over at bloomberg titled “Stock Charts Fail Forecast Test in Complete S&P Miss.”

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