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@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Apr 06, 2026
@sophieschmieg @filippo @soatok each FTQC will be very expensive; looking at the time estimates, each broken key is weeks of time on a state-scale computer. This is worth considering in a threat model (but costs will come down and the speed up to larger FTQCs appear to be greater than linear)
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Apr 06, 2026
@sophieschmieg @filippo @soatok the candidates for near term FTQC require very substantial infrastructure and massive upgrades in capacity from some niche industries. Only PsiQuantum has bought the land needed so far. A FTQC does not currently exist.
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Mar 25, 2026
@xgranade @crazy4pi314 power-over-fibre is real! Also, when I was deploying a QKD system one of the old research posters on the wall was about degradation rates for COTS fibre under power-over-fibre conditions. TL;DR it's fine for a bit (days to years depending on the bend radius)
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Mar 12, 2026
the FT reports today that the US Military is using an AI kill chain, built by Anthropic and Palantir.
They use it to launder inadequate evidence into kill decisions no-one can be blamed for, to perpetuate a terror program where it's impossible to tell who counts as a "combatant". And they will kill you, your children, your neighbours, and your children's entire school, for reasons you will never know.
They use it to launder inadequate evidence into kill decisions no-one can be blamed for, to perpetuate a terror program where it's impossible to tell who counts as a "combatant". And they will kill you, your children, your neighbours, and your children's entire school, for reasons you will never know.
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Mar 07, 2026
RE requiem is dire. really really bad. product placement misogyny fatphobia misogyny again and marvel movie "quips". Whist every UE5 effect slider is at max.
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Feb 27, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop reform got about 13% of the total eligible voters, so suggests they struggle break out of “committed racists” core base who are about 8-10%[1]
It’s only media hype that they’ve got so far!
1: https://media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UKICE-FOCALDATA-MINORITIES-REPORT-081024-FINAL.pdf
It’s only media hype that they’ve got so far!
1: https://media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UKICE-FOCALDATA-MINORITIES-REPORT-081024-FINAL.pdf
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Feb 27, 2026
🟩🍉🟩🍉🟩🍉🟩🍉🟩🍉🟩! Go Greens!
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Feb 26, 2026
Gorton & Denton polls closed. Reform does not need even in principle to defend a Green peg on Kalshi. I'm optimistic!
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Feb 25, 2026
formal verification of artefacts: famously very approachable, pretty reasonable to set verifying something like a C compiler for a graduate class.
Oh, wait. it't not that easy. oh. oh well I'm sure the LLMs will be fine and won't cheat the test
Oh, wait. it't not that easy. oh. oh well I'm sure the LLMs will be fine and won't cheat the test
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Feb 24, 2026
The paper: Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with <generally being a good person>
The methods: n=40
come onnnnnn guys
The methods: n=40
come onnnnnn guys
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Feb 24, 2026
(at anthropic HQ) We've caught another one!
https://arxiv.org/search/cs?searchtype=author&query=Borrill%2C+P
https://arxiv.org/search/cs?searchtype=author&query=Borrill%2C+P
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
empty.cafe
Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Feb 22, 2026
Why do LLMs produce the sensation of connection with a conscious being in many, yet AI imagery does not?
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Feb 12, 2026
When you tie a bot to the internet you get a perfect simulacra of a Guy Who Cannot Log Off (because there are no logging off moves available to the Markov chain).
And what's the currently existing type of guy who _never_ logs off that the simulacra will emulate? Conspiracy theorists, probably. ClawAnon.
And what's the currently existing type of guy who _never_ logs off that the simulacra will emulate? Conspiracy theorists, probably. ClawAnon.
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Feb 02, 2026
AI writing sounds like the voice of a wannabe demagogue stewed in LinkedIn
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Jan 24, 2026
@gigabecquerel MBE target chamber?
I've very low confidence in this as that coppery looking maybe-source has a wild crater in it, but maybe that was afterwards?
I've very low confidence in this as that coppery looking maybe-source has a wild crater in it, but maybe that was afterwards?
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
empty.cafe
Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Jan 23, 2026
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Jan 23, 2026
good point, thanks!
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
empty.cafe
Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Jan 23, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop TIL the registered keeper for a car under a hire-purchase agreement is the finance provider.
also "80mph on the M4 near to the village of Groes-faen in Wales" is a pretty tortured way to imply but not say "80mph in a village" journalism is dead
also "80mph on the M4 near to the village of Groes-faen in Wales" is a pretty tortured way to imply but not say "80mph in a village" journalism is dead
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
empty.cafe
Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Jan 22, 2026
Macron is serving in those sunnies. That’s a man with the codes
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Jan 20, 2026
... is "Grokking" AI people not plotting loss on a ln(1-accuracy) axis?
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
empty.cafe
Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Aug 03, 2024
@repeattofade I know this is annoying but that sign means “only buses can progress” the red line is dead end and the text is a modifier
LGBTQIA does not include CARS!!
LGBTQIA does not include CARS!!
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Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
empty.cafe
Coral (bleached era)
@coral@empty.cafe
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK. Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons Ht shitty kickflips for the displayname
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@coral@empty.cafe
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Jun 05, 2024
@ChaosKitsune pretty reasonable max size imo the greater Seattle polycule is a outlier an shouldn’t be counted
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