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Dave Bacon is a theoretical ski bum who is also a pseudo professor. 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.)
Nothing he says on this blog should be construed as having anything to do with his employer or his dog.
Category: Quantum Computing
Customer X: Hi, D-wave? So, I hear that you have this computer that can be used to solve computationally hard problems. Oh, yes, sorry, should have said a quantum computer, my bad. Well, you know we've got this hard computational...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 3:10 PM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Off The Deep End
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Category: Physics
What prefix do you use for 1027? If Austin Sendak has his way, it will be http://cbs13.com/video/?id=69081@kovr.dayport.com">hella (also Time article here.) The diameter of the observable universe is about one hellameter. As a fellow member of the club "people from...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 1:19 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Off The Deep End
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Category: Off The Deep End
Over at masteroftheuniverse, the master has posted a great list of prop bets. Among his bets is one that probably won't work on many computer scientists (or it shouldn't if they've had even a decent theory course) based upon the...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 4:00 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Off The Deep End
Items sharing a similar topic, meandered onto in the depths of a major outpouring of procrastination... The path less traveled by Andrea Schweitzer (via @mattleifer) on a different way to have a career as a scientist. And for a description...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 7:29 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Go Ahead, Waste Your Time
It's like Jackass for people who can wire stuff together (via @JoeAndrieu): Happy Friday!...
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Category: Off The Deep End
Scienceblogs and Serious Eats are teaming up this year for the 2010 Pi Day Bake-Off. I wonder if Mrs. Pontiff is up to defending her crown?...
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Category: Go Ahead, Waste Your Time
Today Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke at the University of Washington in the Microsoft Atrium of the Computer Science & Engineering department's Paul Allen Center. As you can tell from that first sentence UW and Microsoft have long had very...
Posted by Dave Bacon at 3:18 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science
The Singularity University is crazy. I like crazy. If I were a grad student with copious time on my hands (trust me, in comparison, you have copious time, dear GradStudent) I'd apply to attend the Singularity University summer school:SU's Graduate...
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