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The latest edition of The Quantum Technician has dropped! Check out all the latest news and posts from the quantum computing community in a single digest.

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The Quantum Technician 23-12-2025
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Stop inventorying keys.

https://dadrian.io/blog/posts/stop-inventorying-keys/

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Stop inventorying keys.
Summary: Stop inventorying keys; migrate to PQC via TLS library updates and protocol-level changes, addressing SNDL and MITM risks without exhaustive key inventory.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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Un supersólido de polaritones en un cristal fotónico semiconductor

https://francis.naukas.com/2026/01/09/un-supersolido-de-polaritones-en-un-cristal-fotonico-semiconductor/

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Un supersólido de polaritones en un cristal fotónico semiconductor
Summary: Polaritón supersolid in a semiconductor photonic crystal observed via OPO and interferometry in a GaAs-AlGaAs waveguide
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January 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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Understanding complex conjugates in quantum mechanics

https://unstableontology.com/2026/01/09/understanding-complex-conjugates-in-quantum-mechanics/

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Understanding complex conjugates in quantum mechanics
Summary: Explores why quantum mechanics uses complex numbers, anti-linearity, Hermitian observables, and Schrödinger evolution via groupoid representation theory.
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January 10, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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The unreasonable effectiveness of the Fourier transform

https://joshuawise.com/resources/ofdm/

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The unreasonable effectiveness of the Fourier transform
Summary: Teardown 2025 talk on Fourier transform fundamentals, OFDM insights, Python demos, and practical signal processing lessons.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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The latest edition of The Quantum Technician has dropped! Check out all the latest news and posts from the quantum computing community in a single digest.

https://quantum.blaze.email/archive/the-quantum-technician-23-12-2025/

#quantum #quantumcomputing
The Quantum Technician 23-12-2025
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January 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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Training a Hamiltonian Neural Network

https://ritog.github.io/posts/hamiltonian_nn/index.html

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Training a Hamiltonian Neural Network
Summary: Hamiltonian Neural Network in PyTorch learns system dynamics from derivatives for a harmonic oscillator using HNN, Liouville principles, and batch-trained gradients.
ritog.github.io
January 7, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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The Transformer as Renormalization Group Flow

https://www.symmetrybroken.com/transformer-as-renormalization-group-flow/

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The Transformer as Renormalization Group Flow
Summary: Transformer attention as a Bayesian RG flow: coarse-graining tokens to semantic attractors using neural networks, physics-inspired interpretation.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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We Thought This Particle Was Impossible To Measure!

https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2026/01/we-thought-this-particle-was-impossible.html

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We Thought This Particle Was Impossible To Measure!
Summary: Explores measuring a seemingly forbidden particle in quantum gravity with Sabine Hossenfelder discusses methods and implications.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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Predictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01

http://rodneybrooks.com/predictions-scorecard-2026-january-01/

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Predictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01
Summary: Rodney Brooks reviews predictions in AI, robotics, self-driving cars, and spaceflight with insights on Waymo, Zoox, Starship, and humanoid dexterity.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Blog | Quantum mechanics is not that hard

https://nchagnet.pages.dev/blog/physics-concepts-explained/quantum-mechanics-is-not-that-hard/

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Blog | Quantum mechanics is not that hard
Summary: Demystifies classical and Lagrangian mechanics, introduces phase space and momentum, and previews quantum mechanics intuition with a ballistic example.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Writing an eigenvalue solver in Rust for WebAssembly

https://abstractnonsense.xyz/blog/2025-12-31-eigenvalue-solver-in-rust-for-webassembly/

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Writing an eigenvalue solver in Rust for WebAssembly
Summary: Gershgorin circles, QR algorithm, and WebAssembly-based eigenvalue solver in Rust for wasm-bindgen
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January 4, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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Werner's 2026 predictions

https://olshansky.info/thoughts/2026-01-01-werner-s-2026-predictions/

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Werner's 2026 predictions
Summary: Werner Vogels' 2026 predictions touch cloud security, PQC rollout, and quantum-safe practices across AWS, Apple, Google, and browsers.
olshansky.info
January 3, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Predictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01

https://rodneybrooks.com/predictions-scorecard-2026-january-01/

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Predictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01
Summary: Rodney Brooks analyzes predictions in AI, robotics, self-driving cars, quantum computing, and spaceflight, reflecting on 2018 forecasts and 2026 developments.
rodneybrooks.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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Why Quantum Computers might never work

https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2025/12/why-quantum-computers-might-never-work.html

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Why Quantum Computers might never work
Summary: Quantum computing challenges and physics limits explored through Sabine Hossenfelder's analysis of decoherence, error rates, and theoretical feasibility
backreaction.blogspot.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Time as Quantum Collapse

https://blogs.gentoo.org/zmedico/2025/12/25/time-as-quantum-collapse/

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Time as Quantum Collapse
Summary: Explores Time as Quantum Collapse and Quantum Darwinism within T-Ø Law concepts and Wheeler-DeWitt implications.
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December 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Teilhard de Chardin’s Vision Meets Quantum Science

https://donwatkins.info/2025/12/26/teilhard-de-chardins-vision-meets-quantum-science/

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Teilhard de Chardin’s Vision Meets Quantum Science
Summary: Explores Teilhard de Chardin and quantum ideas on consciousness, memory, and Omega Point in a universe of relation and open futures.
donwatkins.info
December 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Combinatorial Morning in Tel Aviv, Sunday 28/12/2025

https://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/combinatorial-morning-in-tel-aviv-sunday-28-12-2025/

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Combinatorial Morning in Tel Aviv, Sunday 28/12/2025
Summary: Combinatorics seminar in Tel Aviv with talks on quantum algorithms, 2-factors, Ramsey-Turan problems, and the sandglass conjecture.
gilkalai.wordpress.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Francis en LFDLC 662: Premio Nobel de Física 2025 al efecto túnel cuántico macroscópico

https://francis.naukas.com/2025/12/26/francis-en-lfdlc-662/

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Francis en LFDLC 662: Premio Nobel de Física 2025 al efecto túnel cuántico macroscópico
Summary: Francis discusses the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for macroscopic quantum tunneling and energy quantization in superconducting circuits.
francis.naukas.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Quantum Error Correction goes FOOM

http://algassert.com/post/2503

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Quantum Error Correction goes FOOM
Summary: Gidney discusses quantum error correction FOOM potential, showing rep and surface codes, qubit quality, Moore-like growth, and hurdles.
algassert.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Tiny Tapeout 8 demo competition entries

https://www.a1k0n.net/2025/12/19/tiny-tapeout-demo.html

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Tiny Tapeout 8 demo competition entries
Summary: Tiny Tapeout 8 demo entries; Verilator C++-simulated VGA, Skywater 130nm, FPGA (OrangeCrab), HDL, sine rotation, stereo RGB222, and ABAC music encoding
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December 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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The latest edition of The Quantum Technician has dropped! Check out all the latest news and posts from the quantum computing community in a single digest.

https://quantum.blaze.email/archive/the-quantum-technician-23-12-2025/

#quantum #quantumcomputing
The Quantum Technician 23-12-2025
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December 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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November’s Lectures, 2025

https://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/novembers-lectures-2025/

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November’s Lectures, 2025
Summary: November 2025 lectures cover combinatorics, AI explainability, quantum computing, robotics, and topology with Kalai highlighting Orit Raz, John Martinis, and Yuri Gurevich.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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More on whether useful quantum computing is “imminent”

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9425

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More on whether useful quantum computing is “imminent”
Summary: Scott Aaronson surveys quantum computing progress, Q2B talks, cryptography urgency, and public commentary dynamics.
scottaaronson.blog
December 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Surprise: Free Will Needs Quantum Physics to Fail, Physicists Show

https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2025/12/surprise-free-will-needs-quantum.html

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Surprise: Free Will Needs Quantum Physics to Fail, Physicists Show
Summary: Quantum foundations meet philosophy: free will debates, surprising implications, and experimental considerations.
backreaction.blogspot.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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A Stationary Action is Stable Information

https://www.symmetrybroken.com/a-stationary-action-is-stable-information/

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A Stationary Action is Stable Information
Summary: Maximal information in phase space limits, Planck's constant as unit conversion, stationary action as information stability in path integrals
www.symmetrybroken.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM