JanisErdmanis

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by JanisErdmanis 9mo ago
> However dumping that much debt all at once would require the sellers to heavily discount a large portion of their bonds, earning them increasingly fewer, and paying in (depreciating) dollars. I think all investors are now looking at th
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by JanisErdmanis 9mo ago
Piracy does not pay taxes ;)
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by JanisErdmanis 9mo ago
When I did my BSc and MSc in physics almost all my exams were oral just like you described. Latter I did a PhD in a different university where oral exams were never practiced. My PhD supervisor told me that part of it is because of the scal
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by JanisErdmanis 10mo ago
Having demonstrated error correction, some incremental improvements can now be made to make it more repeatable and with better characteristics. The hard problem then remains how to connect those qubits at scale. Using a coaxial cable for ea
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by JanisErdmanis 10mo ago
From analytical arguments considering a rather generic error type, we already know that for the Shor algorithm to produce a useful result, the error rate with the number of logical qubits needs to decrease as ~n^(-1/3), where `n` is th
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by JanisErdmanis 10mo ago
I have also fallen in this trap by thinking that a good product that addresses the needs of users would make it wanted. But coming so far with no traction to show I seriously doubt my prospects of bridging the gap between from the needs to
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by JanisErdmanis 10mo ago
I have quite a few gripes about the app structure while developing https://github.com/PeaceFounder/AppBundler.jl . The requirement (recommendation) to distribute shared libraries within the Frameworks folder, where each
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by JanisErdmanis 10mo ago
I map the arrow keys for switching windows which works quite well for me.
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by JanisErdmanis 11mo ago
That is one possibility. Probably the only one, though.
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by JanisErdmanis 11mo ago
Indeed, a wonderful proof. It does, though, make one implicit assumption that if one stretches the fabric by the same amount, all holes in it stretch by the same amount. In particular, it assumes that triangle stretching is size-independent
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by JanisErdmanis 11mo ago
> you can build most of the control and readout circuits to work at cryogenic temps (2-4K) using slvtfets Given the magic that happens inside high-precision control and readout boxes connected to qubits with coaxial cables, I would not e
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by JanisErdmanis 11mo ago
> I don't think there is any fundamental reason why this could not be replaced by a different tech in the future. The QC is designed with coaxial cables running from the physical qubits outside the cryostat because the pulse measure
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by JanisErdmanis 11mo ago
I agree with the statement that measuring the performance of factorisation now is not a good metric to assess progress in QC at the moment. However, the idea that once logical qubits become available, we reach a cliff, is simply wishful thi
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by JanisErdmanis 11mo ago
I am consistently using `m` for marking relevant files/directories in the dired mode and then `A` to find a regex among all included files. It does not seem that I miss anything by not relying on such a project approach.
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by JanisErdmanis 11mo ago
It is quite negligent that they are not using the threshold decryption ceremony, but at the same time, I don't think we should dismiss the framing of human mistake here. Even if there were a threshold decryption ceremony in place, such
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
It is very easy to switch. Today I got things done with ChatGPT. If I didn’t have any LLM available only then it would be disaster.
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
It is discouraged to override internal internal functions, hence, one often only needs to monitor the public API changes of packages as in every other programming language. Updates for packages in my experience rarely had broke stuff like t
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
All is true, and I agree with you, yet it is deeply unsatisfying for one with original ideas.
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
> I admit that I was initially surprised by how often I ran into the attitude from students in these programs that they don't actually need to be well-versed in anything besides the exact information they need to know to conduct res
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
Because of the variety of roof designs and associated mounting systems, it is generally known how to mount the panels you are paying for. Installing panels on a high-pitched roof is also not an easy feat. For ground mounting, site preparati
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
Equating freedom with choice is strange. Often choices comes hand in hand with commitments which removes initial options from the table while other options appear. Whether the lost options produces regret is a matter of one’s evolving value
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
I personally use Julia, which does not have such boxing issues. Rust, C, C++, and Fortran also avoid boxing like this. Perhaps Go is also free from such boxing? Python does it, that's true.
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
That doesn't sound very pleasant.
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
> if you wanted to store an integer in a collection, you had to manually convert to and from the primitive int type and the Integer “boxed” class I have never worked with Java. What is this? Why would one want to have a class for an Inte
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
Such petiotions also fail to communicate legitimacy in a sense that authentic members have signed the petitition. Hence it can also be used adversely to steer the public opinion (although unlikely for the given situation).
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
> trained on stolen data without permission My sympathies to academic publishers ;)
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
What issues have you seen recently in the wild where Linux just does not work on a laptop? I have pretty good experiences just putting Ubuntu on old laptops for people who asks me to fix their computer.
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
How would setting up a primary credential with an identity provider differ from the process of registering to vote for USA citizens? All the discrimination opportunities and accountability issues seem to apply equally there.
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
I have a cheap 25 euro PoE cameras from aliexpress that gives decent video quality. The night vision though is lacking in comparison to one Brillcam that I have. The cameras are connected to a cheap 20 euro PoE switches that advertise being
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by JanisErdmanis 1y ago
I agree that a system that enables anonymous deliberation is desirable, however, the power of vendor to surveil and deceive participants can be a lucrative opportunity for selling out democracy to the highest bidder. Hence to have a solutio

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