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by smburdick 3mo ago
Calling it concatenation is a little misleading. Japanese is known as an agglutinative language [0], and how verbs are conjugated also has a lot to do with politeness, as well as local dialects. That's why you can turn on an anime an
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The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Battle for Your Attention Is Built on a Lie(nytimes.com)
6 points by smburdick 8mo ago|1 comments
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by smburdick 2y ago
John Knoll was the FX lead for the Star Wars prequels, and went on to direct Rogue One. The behind the scenes documentaries for the prequels have aged well: https://youtu.be/da8s9m4zEpo?si=5y5gHUMxztwVzMny
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by smburdick 2y ago
My undergrad math professor created one of the first fully online linear algebra texts: http://linear.ups.edu/html/fcla.html It's integrated with Sage, a Python library for studying (among other things) number the
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Topological Quantum Error Correction [pdf](smburdick.github.io)
2 points by smburdick 2y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Topological Quantum Error Correction (TQEC)(github.com)
1 points by smburdick 2y ago|0 comments
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by smburdick 2y ago
I’m typing this comment on an iPad ;-) Which I love using for marking up papers and other documents for quick feedback. But doing research is another story.
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by smburdick 2y ago
For me, reading papers requires deep focus. I have to have it physically printed out if I'm going to really read the whole thing.
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by smburdick 3y ago
From [1]: > We implemented the algorithm on IBM quantum processors using only 5 qubits Last December, a team based out of Harvard demonstrated the ability to scale up to 48 logical qubits: https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.
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by smburdick 3y ago
Reminds me of those old-timey propeller planes, and gyrocopters.
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by smburdick 3y ago
This is what a minifier does, and those go even further to rename variables. Another thing that should be pruned away entirely are data files, including all constant strings within the code, since humans should avoid those when focusing on
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by smburdick 3y ago
This is why grants are really important. That usually means deliverables in a specific timeframe. To me, that elevates open source from a full-time hobby to a job.
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by smburdick 3y ago
This is why I use a tablet. Lets me do math formulas quickly, and can view the notes wherever as long as it updates to wi-fi.
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by smburdick 3y ago
Alongside Brian Kernighan, the "K" in K&R C, and much more Unix lore.
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by smburdick 3y ago
Does that excerpt start with an if-else sequence?
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by smburdick 3y ago
Not sure if they do, have reached out.
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Ask HN: Online services/apps (or books) for an intermediate Japanese learner?
3 points by smburdick 3y ago|2 comments
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by smburdick 3y ago
Not a huge issue to fix (just needs to be upgraded) but it broke deployments to two open source projects I work on over the past couple days. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. Idk.
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Readthedocs-Sphinx-Search breaks for older releases(github.com)
2 points by smburdick 3y ago|1 comments
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by smburdick 3y ago
How can AI be unethical? There's eigen-values everywhere!
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by smburdick 3y ago
+1. Looks fantastic!
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by smburdick 3y ago
As a software developer with some tutoring/TA experience, I'm concerned about whether the next generation of devs will actually be able to code, if all they had to do was use a Copilot to complete their assignments, especially at
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by smburdick 3y ago
I resent Gladwell to this day, possibly because I was assigned to read him in high school. He is quoted too much -- the 10,000 hours thing is just a meme at this point, for me anyway.
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by smburdick 3y ago
+1. What are the fundamentals of CS? Algorithms?
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by smburdick 3y ago
I am at times more of a book learner, but find that attitude is often more helpful for non-CS disciplines that change slower (eg, math/physics). A recent negative book example for me is the Quantum Programming book from O'Reilly.
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by smburdick 3y ago
I think there are some good arguments, but it doesn't take into account the leaps and bounds made in error correction lately. The most common conceit is that coming up with new algorithms is hard, but he (by his own admission) only bri
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Anyon(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by smburdick 3y ago|0 comments
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by smburdick 3y ago
You should deepfake Leonard Nemoy's voice for the characters. ;-)
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by smburdick 3y ago
> When developing a game, it was and still is important to consider the size of the final product (unless you’re Call of Duty). :-)
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by smburdick 3y ago
I don't see a way to leave feedback right away on your page. To solicit more feedback, you might consider linking your email address/contact page in the article itself, or have an anon. comment section on your blog itself. (I real

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