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Re:The Exponential Time Hypothesis Is False [pdf] on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @06:56AM (#50257224)
where be the appendices?
Re:Highlighting My Code Based on How Much I Care on Monday August 31, 2026 @07:08AM (#49508264)
i like the idea, is there a theme we can download?
another excellent agency for mr. president to target
Re:Quantego: A Family of Lego Models of IBM Quantum Computers on Thursday August 06, 2026 @07:01PM (#49203805)
Well at this point I would say it’s you that’s being unscientific.
Re:Quantego: A Family of Lego Models of IBM Quantum Computers on Thursday August 06, 2026 @08:42AM (#49195873)
Ok, fake science...? It's not reeally fake.. Not more fake than how ever many hallucinated papers there are out there^^ (what I mean is that the scientific process is technically being followed).

Also, the dress up is done mostly by marketing and by the big egos in the field who think that because 5 big discoveries where made in the field then every discovery is a big discovery.

That being said, research in quantum computers has contributed to adjacent fields: cryo, lasers, controls, probably semiconductor too..

And on real world value, I am not fully caught up on the improvements currently offered say in optimization problems, but definitely there's definitely real contributions in quantum communications.

So... maybe you don't appreciate the contributions but there have been some.

Re:Quantego: A Family of Lego Models of IBM Quantum Computers on Thursday August 06, 2026 @05:02AM (#49194263)
I guess these are the kind of updates we are getting on Quantum Computing these days ^^'
Re:Quantego: A Family of Lego Models of IBM Quantum Computers on Thursday August 06, 2026 @05:01AM (#49194256)
ok, a bit harsh aren't we? what fields aren't "scam" anyway?
Re:Never Argue with Your Boss (2009) on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @05:16AM (#48918204)
yet the salaries impose hierarchies..
Re:Never Argue with Your Boss (2009) on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @05:03AM (#48918117)
This hits close to home.

In academia arguing is sort of your job, or at least part of it.

So when a supervisor can't/won't understand their student's argument, the situation feels very futile.

Probably there's examples of constructive resolutions somewhere out there

Re:Markets are competitive if and only if P = NP on Friday July 03, 2026 @12:01PM (#48776597)
Or, P=NP
Re:Markets are competitive if and only if P = NP on Friday July 03, 2026 @11:59AM (#48776563)
A 2010 entry by the same author:

Markets are efficient if and only if P = NP https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.2284

:)

Re:Researchers used math to crack Wordle on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @02:41AM (#48656054)
Nobody mentions that this was already done by 3Blue1Brown?

https://youtu.be/v68zYyaEmEA