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    [rant] Diligence in quantum computing (your nudes are safe)

    This is an academic rant about a recent provocative paper unlikely to interest the typical audience of my unprofessional blog. It's uploaded here so it can be linked when inevitable future papers show as profound a negligence in their presentation. Shitpost-seekers, seek elsewhere!
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    [talk] A sleepless 7am symposium

    I was an undeserving invited speaker at the Quantum Innovation 2022 symposium, presenting unpublished research on classically simulating noisy quantum variational algorithms. This was miraculously the first successfully recorded talk of my PhD, yet frustratingly, the first I gave at 7am (4pm in Tokyo) after staying up all night. Watching below for some delirious slurring.
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    [thesis] Some thesis shitposts

    I recently completed my PhD thesis, having littered it with subtle jokes and snarky remarks. So that they won't go forever unread, buried within a painfully long and uninteresting grave, I collate my favourite below:
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    [rant] The genius of Borges

    I recently read Borges’ Ficciones and was mesmerised by the prose, even after its translation from Spanish. Below I compile my favourite excerpts, grouped by why I like them.
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    [essay] Numerals

    I recently wrote some very ridiculous notes for a highschool maths class at John Monash Science School. They may prove an interesting read to young mathematicians, older programmers, or general fans of tomfoolery. Read below, or download here.