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go_elmo··on Quantum Algorithm Implementations for Beginners
I have to object, while not many algorithms exists, one of the most famous ones, Grovers algorithm [0] is also one of the most general ones and quite powerful. It reduces search of 2^n items to about 2^(n/2) while using n q-bits. Thats just the square root of a classical algorithm.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover%27s_algorithm

go_elmo··on We will never have enough software developers (2020)
No one talked about service workers. These peoples are exponentially more fcked than any of us can ever be. There is still a too large gap between employee and CEO / founder compensation in our buisiness, despite six figure salaries and yes, it is worth complaining about and fighting for.
go_elmo··on Coinbase Announces 18% Layoffs
oooof.
go_elmo··on Think U.S. Gas Prices at $5 a Gallon Are Bad? Try $10
In russia some things doubled in price (I think I heard from interviews with russians, but I cant be sure its correct or give sources so I should say x%), but there are no official statistics about it of course.
go_elmo··on Think U.S. Gas Prices at $5 a Gallon Are Bad? Try $10
Only food got 100% more expensive, lets eat gasoline. One has to wonder which country is the free one and which has a higher quality public education, lol
go_elmo··on The collapse of complex software
I am sure every SE agrees that somehow things are always the same. How about making code pieces algebraic in order to reason and write with them much easier? Like using Haskell?
go_elmo··on Manim: Animation engine for explanatory math videos
Im thinking about the didactic possibilities of interactive animations / graphs... Having math questions / lessons on a tablet including these could make understanding abstract concepts much easier by providing much more sensory input & intuition
go_elmo··on Painless desktop containers for everyday development
The problem is imo non openness and (too) quick development of cloud services. Cloud iaas is genius and a necessary step to increase efficiency. But imagine a open source standard for these services, instead of bigquery, lightsail bla bla, and im sure you wouldnt need 50% of "tools" and bloat that are aroud today..?
go_elmo··on Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen3 Review – with Linux
Dont have to lift hands from keyboard. Great for the 0.5% of cases where keyboard only isnt enough for navigation with i3 etc
go_elmo··on Cargo sous terrain – Underground cargo train in Switzerland
have you factored in the cost of human labor in your judgement? I mean swiss-level salaries. Thats 4k+ usd / month for retail workers. Thats what makes autonomous infrastructure cheaper in the long run than having anyone loading anything on an already overcrowded train net.
go_elmo··on The moon’s permanent shadows are coming to light
then again further cooling 20 °C in a vacuum and complete darkness might also be feasible
go_elmo··on Quaise Energy – Unlocking the true power of clean geothermal energy
Interesting point, what would explain it is non linearity. If you get 20% efficiency at 5 but 35% at 7km depth it might still be worth it. Would still have to outperform exponential drill cost with depth
go_elmo··on Possibility for strong high-latitude cooling under negative emissions
Ive seen stunning simple / passive water column chimney-effect approaches to do this using lower water levels mixing, no sources though, was german tv (arte station)
go_elmo··on Possibility for strong high-latitude cooling under negative emissions
Approaches aiming at increasing ocean bio activity, thus carbon capture by providing "ocean desert zones" with nutrients by whirling up ocean floor in those regions seems interesting for that purpose. Still a huge inception into the bio system thus risky.
go_elmo··on Twist: MIT’s Quantum Programming Language
Still prefer silq [0].

[0] https://silq.ethz.ch/

go_elmo··on A new wave of Linux applications
cli > gui
go_elmo··on Pollution causing more deaths than Covid, action needed, U.N. expert says
As a foreign tourist in london, london needs to fix its infrastructure. The amount of fine dust in the tubes is criminal.
go_elmo··on Time to run or time to walk? Your body knows the answer
I dont think theres a magic way, just optimizing regular stimuli of intermediate (not too hard) stresses is my best guess (similar to any exercising) start doing shorter routes more frequently, then increase both parameters slowly, thats how Im doing it, it got a habit and it feels great!
go_elmo··on Starship is threatening NASA’s moon contractors
Getting to orbit isnt the hard part having reliable engines (tested) and rocket (also tested), its returning in a state allowing for rapid reusability / not already having a RUD on deorbiting. I would be extremely surprised if any heat shield system manages a few flights without significant inspection / replacement.
go_elmo··on Time to run or time to walk? Your body knows the answer
It takes months to years for bones and non muscle tissue to adapt to new stresses. Took me 1 year of regular runs to adapt to non heel strikes, but it happens eventually.
go_elmo··on Satellite finds methane leaks from gas pipelines
amount of people is irrelevant. Amount of people wanting to live US standard is the problem. Order new shitty clothes 3x a week and other consumption bs? Costs 300x of an average person in the developping world
go_elmo··on Satellite finds methane leaks from gas pipelines
Interesting ted talk [0], tl;dr fastest way to slow down global warming is exactly this

[0] https://youtu.be/tlWuP7wESZw

go_elmo··on Nearly 1k mysterious strands revealed in Milky Way’s center
Thats totally ungraspable for human brains, mind blowing! Thats 10^23 kilometers, the same order of magnitude as the avogardo constant, means e.g. 14 gramms of carbon correspond to about 6.22 * 10^23 atoms of carbon, its the same magnitude to some of the larger smallest things...
go_elmo··on Why Quantum Mechanics?
Because since we dont understand consciousness, we cannot assume qm to be irrelevant for it, being the basis of the universe, which were just a part of?
go_elmo··on U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
Pigs are extremely close to humans genetically and physiologically, i mean look at those guys: omnivores, no fur (also in some wild races), smart af, this is often overlooked.
go_elmo··on Bitcoin mining is being banned in countries across the globe
Would you get a building permit for electric heaters the size of factories heating the environment anywhere in the world (apart from outlaw places and places where religion > public interests)? I cant think of such a place somehow...
go_elmo··on The Case Against Crypto
While your statement is true, the universe is so big, that exponential growth at our (increasing) rate is still possible for many, many millenia (assuming no apocalypse scenario). Apart from that, money is inflationary by design.
go_elmo··on Ask HN: Nerds of HN, did you overcome loneliness?
I am asking myself sometimes to what extend CS-based work increases autism-typical behaviour, simply by enforcing similar thinking patterns (maybe). I kind of get into a "tunnel" when having a well focused day of code and feel like Im on the spectrum afterwards. Maybe this enforces this stereotype even if there is no correlation..?
go_elmo··on A simple proposal to humankind. Global Peace Dividend
I agree that many people would perceive it in this way, but the truth is that your country would be paying as one, but receiving from many in a crisis. Thats the whole point of it.
go_elmo··on Research finds immune system responds to mRNA treatment for cancer
Its insane how powerful and complex the immune system is, it is nowhere nearly fully understood. It can fire against anything detected to be hostile, false alarms causing auto immune diseases. Being able to take snippets of something, e.g. any cancera person gets and telling it "fight" would be the holy grail :)
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