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jcron The Rest Is Advertising – Confessions of a Sponsored Content Writer

Since the spamvertorials mentioned were published in The Atlantic, it reminded me of something in one of PG's essays earlier this year:

http://www.paulgraham.com/re.html

"The Refragmentation" January 2016

>"But when I went looking for alternatives to fill this void, I found practically nothing. There was no Internet then. The only place to look was in the chain bookstore in our local shopping mall. [9] There I found a copy of The Atlantic. I wish I could say it became a gateway into a wider world, but in fact I found it boring and incomprehensible. Like a kid tasting whisky for the first time and pretending to like it, I preserved that magazine as carefully as if it had been a book. I'm sure I still have it somewhere. But though it was evidence that there was, somewhere, a world that wasn't red delicious, I didn't find it till college."

jcron Learning from Tay’s introduction

s/Tay/Windows/g

"As many of you know by now, on Wednesday we launched a chatbot called Windows. We are deeply sorry for the unintended offensive and hurtful tweets from Windows, which do not represent who we are or what we stand for, nor how we designed Windows. Windows is now offline and we'll look to bring Windows back only when we are confident we can better anticipate malicious intent that conflicts with our principles and values."

Ah, I was wondering why that text looked familiar, broiler plate excuses.

jcron The Long-Awaited Promise of a Programmable Quantum Computer

The paper is linked at the bottom of the artice:

http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.04512

"Demonstration of a Programmable Quantum Computer Module"

Abstract:

>"Quantum computers can solve certain problems more efficiently than any possible conventional computer. Small quantum algorithms have been demonstrated in multiple quantum computing platforms, many specifically tailored in hardware to implement a particular algorithm or execute a limited number of computational paths. Here, we demonstrate a trapped-ion quantum computer module that can be programmed in software to implement arbitrary quantum algorithms by executing any sequence of universal quantum logic gates. We compile algorithms into a fully-connected set of gate operations native to the hardware. Reconfiguring these gate sequences provides the flexibility to implement a variety of algorithms without altering the hardware. As examples, we implement the Deutsch- Jozsa (DJ), Bernstein-Vazirani (BV), and quantum Fourier transform (QFT) algorithms on five trapped-ion qubits. This small quantum computer can be scaled to larger numbers of qubits within a single module, and can be further expanded by connecting many modules through ion shuttling or photonic quantum channels."

ADMISSION_OF_IGNORANCE: I haven't read the paper yet, but it looks fascinating and it's definitely on my must-read-quickly list. At present, I don't know if any of their code is available publicly.

jcron Ask HN: Is forming a company in UK a good option for a non-US resident

I have to give credit where due. It's unfortunately rare for someone with a brand new HN account to immediately contribute so much relevant and substantive information. Very Nicely Done!

Your articles are well written, easy to read, and seemingly accurate (n.b. without me doing any due diligence to check facts), but the meme images are too distracting, even a bit annoying (this is most likely due to me being a curmudgeon ;). Of course, opinions will vary, and I'm sure others might say the memes break up the reading and help hold attention.

For notes, it's generally a poor idea to submit a bunch of good stories at (roughly) the same time, particularly if they're from the same site. Your submissions will be competing for attention with all other stories, including your own. Though your "101" article is currently sitting on the front page of HN, your second article "Dev Guide" suffers from the others' success. Spacing out your submissions, like one a day, will give you better results. Also, the HN Guidelines (link at bottom of most pages) ask for users to avoid submitting so many links that the new page is dominated by your posts.

jcron Ask HN: Is forming a company in UK a good option for a non-US resident

The post from "therealmarv" is wrong on just about everything.

Incorporation laws vary from state to state in the US, but they tend to be fairly similar. Many states do not have state income taxes for companies, and have business-friendly laws, hence the reason why so many humongous companies are registered in the tiny state of Delaware. A lot of publicly traded companies (and I think most YC-funded startups) are registered in Delaware. In Delaware, all you need in your incorporation filings is an "Agent of Record" and there are many "create your own Delaware company" type sites that provide "Agent of Record" services, including postal mail forwarding and similar.

BTW, you might want to dig on the main YC site. I recall seeing something about incorporation paperwork and such.

Once you have a US corporation, you can get an EIN number from the IRS which is basically your tax ID for filing Federal Income taxes with the IRS. Your EIN number and incorporation papers is enough to get a US bank account for your business. From there, everything else you might want to do becomes even easier.

None of the above is difficult or particularly expensive. It might cost you about $1K total, plus yearly recurring fees for Agent of Record services.