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Dave Bacon is a theoretical ski bum who is also an assistant research professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. His research is on quantum computing, his scientific passions extend to everything in physics, mathematics, computer science and beyond, and his personal pleasures include making wine, playing poker, skiing, camping, and daydreaming (although not all of those at the same time.)

Recent Posts

• An Ad About Nothing
• Want Fame? Be a First Mover
• Got NSF?
• Wisely Using Your Advantage
• Google Thinks Anyone Can Fault-Tolerantly Quantum Compute
• Still a Lot to Do
• National Medal of Science
• London Eye Is Falling Down Illusion
• Back! From Outer Space! Without That Sad Look Upon My Face
• Self-Correcting Quantum Computers, Part IV

Recent Comments

• Joe Fitzsimons on An Ad About Nothing
• Sean Barrett on Still a Lot to Do
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• Lisa on An Ad About Nothing
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• Geordie on Still a Lot to Do
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• Sean Barrett on Still a Lot to Do
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  • Quantum Computing Bastardizations
• Read You Tweed
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Archives

• September 2008
• August 2008
• July 2008
• June 2008
• May 2008
• April 2008
• March 2008
• February 2008
• January 2008
• December 2007
• November 2007

Blogroll

Quantum Loonies

• Brissie to Brizzle
• Cohærence*
• David Deutsch's Blog
• nextquant
• not exactly in focus
• Peter Rhode
• Quantized Thoughts
• Quantum Algorithms
• Quantum Moxie
• Quantum Quandries
• rdv live from Tokyo
• rose.blog
• Shtetl-Optimized
• we don't need no "sticking" room 408
• Zeroth Order Approximation

Physics and Astronomy Propoganda

• Andrew Jaffe: Leaves on the Line
• Angry Physics
• An American Physics Student in England
• Arcane Gazebo
• Asymptotia
• atdotde
• Backreaction
• Cocktail Party Physics
• Cosmic Variance
• Dynamics of Cats
• illuminating science
• incoherently scattered ponderings
• Information Processing
• Life as a Physicist
• Life on the Lattice
• {metadata}
• Musings
• The n-Category Cafe
• nanoscale views
• Not Even Wrong
• Physics and Physicists
• A Quantum Diaries Survivor
• Random thoughts of an astro major
• Remaining Eye
• Science After Sunclipse
• Swans On Tea
• The Spline
• Uncertain Principles

Computer Scientists Are Cool Too

• Absoultely Regular
• Avi Rubin's Blog
• Computational Complexity
• Computer Research Policy Blog
• [Lowerbounds Upperbounds]
• Ernie's 3D Pancakes
• Freedom To Tinker
• The Geomblog
• in theory
• Machine Learning (Theory)
• My Biased Coin
• Nerd Wisdom
• See Jane Computer
• Structure & Strangeness

Science, Unclassifiable, (and That's Good)

• FemaleScienceProfessor
• Reasonable Deviations
• Three-Toed Sloth

Mathematics

• Math Less Traveled
• What's New (Terence Tao)

There Exists Science, Beyond Physics, Math, CS

• The Chem Blog
• Pharyngula

Science 2.0

• Michael Nielsen
• Scirate.com
• Scirate.com blog
• Zotero
• Science in the open

Friends Who Put Up With Me

• French Street Brewery
• Geoknitting
• impropaganda
• katzenklavier
• Quantumbiodiscs
• scrofulous
• Spike, Peanut, and Me
• Ten Pound Press

Finance/Economics and Money Money Money!

• Alea
• Coding the markets
• Daily Speculations
• Information Processing
• Masteroftheuniverse

Seattle Rocks

• John Cook's Venture Blog

Left

• Brad Delong
• Informed Comment
• Paul Krugman
• TalkingPointsMemo

Right

• Siskiyou Daily News

Other Information

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