bramathon

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by bramathon 2y ago
The explanation of Google's error correction experiment is basic but fine. People should keep in mind that Quantum Machines sells control electronics for quantum computers which is why they focus on the control and timing aspects of th
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by bramathon 2y ago
This is not about AlphaQubit. It's about a different paper, https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.13687 and they do demonstrate real-time decoding. > we show that we can maintain below-threshold operation on the 72-qubit
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by bramathon 2y ago
I've used DVC for most of my projects for the past five years. The good things is that it works a lot like git. If your scientists understand branches, commits and diffs, they should be able to understand DVC. The bad thing is that it
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by bramathon 3y ago
Quantum computers have not yet achieved any practical application. What they have achieved is performing highly specialized tasks like random circuit sampling or quantum simulation which would be too difficult for even the largest classical
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by bramathon 3y ago
A few weeks ago with Ubuntu 22.04 on i7 with 16GB RAM. Perhaps it's related to using the devcontainer feature of VSCode, although I run jupyterlab in the same container
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by bramathon 3y ago
I have tried VSCode many times, but I find the performance of the notebook UI to be terrible. It seems to be popular, so maybe it's just me. In any case, jupyterlab + jupyter-lsp gets most of the benefits for me.
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by bramathon 3y ago
I'm currently using Duolingo to learn Portguese. I've found it to be a very effective way to build up a basic vocabulary and grasp the pronunciation. I plan to start to in-person classes in a couple months once I know ~1000 words.
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by bramathon 4y ago
I studied semiconductor engineering in Canada about 10 years ago (graduated in 2011). Career propsects were poor, a few jobs available in California. A career in software would have been far better in terms of pay and opportunities.