In 2012 I participated in a small group discussion led by Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK. I chanced into it, but he painted a picture I've thought about often in the years since, and that has changed the way I see the world.

The QIP 2026 call for papers is out! QIP 2026 will be held in Riga, Latvia from January 24–30, 2026. See you there!

I did my first postdoc in Riga at the University of Latvia with Andris Ambainis. I highly recommend both the QIP conference and Latvia! qip2026.lu.lv

ChatGPT lietošana un skolēnu brīvdienas. Var redzēt, kāds šobrīd ir populārākais lietojums.

NEW: Is the internet changing our personalities for the worse? Conscientiousness and extroversion are down, neuroticism up, with young adults leading the charge. This is a really consequential shift, and there’s a lot going on here, so let’s get into the weeds 🧵

I saw this math question on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire. Would you win $125,000? What would your strategy be?

We are thrilled to announce that QIP 2026 will take place in Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻  on January 24–30, 2026! 📢 The submissions are now open — join the world’s leading conference on quantum information processing. 🔗 Visit conference website for more information: qip2026.lu.lv

Schrödinger's Neighbor Says Thought Experiment Very Interesting But He'd Really Just Like A Straight Answer On Where His Cat Is buff.ly/OS12ocL

Unfortunately creativity is almost impossible to measure, and equally hard to ‘teach’ directly, because it isn’t a skill separate to the domain specific content and skills it’s applied to. There is no transferable skill of being creative. A plumber can be creative in their role

EQSI Colloquium restarts on Wed, Sep 10 at 16:00 CET with a talk by Scott Aaronson on new results on quantum oracles! Join online at zoom.us/j/98153302250?…

Labākais veids kā skolēniem ar grūtībām matemātikā palīdzēt pārvarēt tā saucamo matemātikas “trauksmi” ir labi apgūt pašus pamatus

No one trolls with street names quite like Prague.

Šī, manuprāt, ir reālistiska prognoze.

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”

Nobela prēmija eksperimentālās kvantu skaitļošanas līderiem - galvenais Devorē un Martinisa darbs pēdējās desmitgadēs ir supravadošo kvantu datoru būvēšana (balstoties uz idejām, par ko piešķirta Nobela prēmija), gan akadēmiskajā vidē, gan vadot Google kvantu datora komandu.

Five rounds down and six to go! The FIDE World Youth U14, U16 & U18 Championships in 🇦🇱 Durrës are heating up — with only two players still on a perfect 5/5! 🔥 🌟 🇱🇻 Marija Kuznecova (U16 Girls) and 🇰🇿 Mark Smirnov (U14 Open) have been unstoppable so far, standing alone at the

"managed by cloud" verķiem ir savas ēnas puses. vienmēr skaties vai tavam "gudrajam" verķim un mājai ir lokālā vadība un kontrole.

The funniest thing has officially happened to the International Association for Cryptologic Research.

🚨 QIP 2026 registration deadline EXTENDED! You now have until 9 December (AoE) to register and join us in Riga! 🔗 Register: app.onlineexpo.com/events/qip-202…

I went from 19 followers to over 25,000 in the past year and a half, mostly because of my writing on here. Here's the progression I followed to level up my writing and build an audience. It’s reproducible if you're willing to put in the work. == STEP 1 == Become a domain