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comp-phys-marc.bsky.social
Christian. Quantum experimental physicist and science writer. PhD @ UBC ECE. 2025 Xanadu resident. Former Software Eng @ Photonic Inc. MSc Quantum Info Sci @ UWaterloo. BSc CS and Physics @ Laurier. Views my own.
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submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

Made my second contribution to pennylane this week. 🚀 github.com/PennyLaneAI/...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Drafting xkcd.com/3093/

submitted 9 days ago • 65 comments

It is so good having my dream job again. #xanadu

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Kitchener Waterloo remains my favourite place on Earth. #uwaterloo

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Drank through an entire kettle's worth of tea while editing my novel this evening. ✍️🫖

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Just received an excellent critique from @aealexander.bsky.social on the most important part of the current draft of my novel, The Mercury Relay. Very professional and very motivating for me as a writer! Now I have some concrete things to improve on as I continue to refine the draft... stay tuned.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Absolutely massive news. Microsoft just open sourced Copilot! Check out our exclusive interview with Erich Gamma, creator of VS Code, and Kai Maetzel, Copilot Lead to get all of the details! youtu.be/GMmaYUcdMyU

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

I don't like this slider!!!!!!!! These 2 things are not diametrically opposed!!

submitted 18 days ago • 16 comments

A quick script to help you automate your writing! Splits your master book bibliography into chapter bibliographies, with entries ordered by the order of the references' appearances in each chapter's source. Free and open source, as usual. github.com/comp-phys-marc/chapter_bibliography_maker

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Joining dungeons and dragons this weekend! 🐉

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Facts! #buildinpublic #founders

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

Was great to visit my old stomping ground and see old friends at Toronto Metropolitan University over lunch today!

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Making a very familiar commute from #Waterloo to #Toronto tonight.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Make C++ memory safe by adding spring-loaded RAM that pops out as soon as an exception is raised

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

So good to be back in #Waterloo, and to see all these familiar places. They have changed subtly, but are overall the same. I love this city.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

My first PR to @xanaduai.bsky.social's #pennylane is approved! github.com/PennyLaneAI/... #opensource

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Our paper on #quantum abstract machines has hit the arxiv! arxiv.org/abs/2505.00718

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Awesome first day at Xanadu, fantastic talks and interesting people from around the world. Many "recovering physicists" on our small team! #xanadu

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

The first day has begun @xanaduai.bsky.social !

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

One day until my residency at @xanaduai.bsky.social !

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I do this whenever discussing my research topic with people outside the lab. 😂

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

#MarsLanders #sciArt #spaceArt #Marsrovers

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

The #mistborn deck building game is great fun. And not just because I won. 😈

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

I guess we are DIDMOD: dual income, dual masters, one dog. 👩‍💼👨‍💼🎓🎓🐕

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Final meal in Vancouver before we catch our flight. ✈️

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

The average developer has 2 friends

submitted 35 days ago • 16 comments

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

submitted 39 days ago • 72 comments

The Lapu Lapu festival tragedy is horrible. Praying for the affected people and families.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Got my final grade for the last of my PhD courses: A+ !!!!!

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Tennis Balls xkcd.com/3080

submitted 42 days ago • 79 comments

My PhD proposal defense is on Monday. The anticipation!

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

As a #software developer, use #AI. But treat it like you used to treat stack overflow. Never copy paste it directly. Go through it line by line to understand it. Vibe coding is irresponsible.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Maxing out my message limit talking with chat gpt about condensed matter and solid state physics again

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments