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Workshop: “Quantum Circuits and Algorithms for Cryptography”, and poll results

quantum

We voted on a name for not-post-quantum crypto, and landed on: “quantum-insecure crypto.”

Jul 14, 2026
2 min

Bit twiddling hacks for strings of constant weight

code

In which I accidentally go shoulders-deep into optimizing Julia code

Apr 11, 2025
13 min

How I saved Berkeley $20,000

fun
code
retro computing

And got repaid in snacks (and deep personal satisfaction).

Oct 24, 2024
9 min

Embedding runnable Python in PDFs

code
fun
dumb stuff with computers

Tired of distributing code with your manuscript? How about distributing your code as your manuscript!

Oct 12, 2024
2 min

Numerically computing fidelities close to 1

quantum
numerics

A trick for avoiding floating-point errors when numerically computing the fidelity of quantum state vectors.

Oct 10, 2024
3 min
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