I believe this is mainly because on StackExchange there's a competition to write clearly and concisely. If you don’t answer a question clearly and concisely, someone else will. In contrast, academic papers have less incentive for clarity and brevity. 2/2

Christopher pointed out that I didn't define fault-tolerant syndrome extraction. I've updated the question now.

I'm asking this on QCSE: quantumcomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/40...

Also useful for showing something doesn't work. Just need to run one counterexample instead of hunting for a mistake in a proof.

No delays, long live the arXiv 🙂

One reason I believe this could be useful is because I like defining codes by properties of circuits implementing them.

The advantage of a definition in terms of circuit properties is that it can answer: is this circuit implementing a color code/surface code/something else?

I write down the answer to flashcards

I answer flashcards in my head