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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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The weather in Southern Ontario is phenomenal this weekend

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

Drafting xkcd.com/3093/

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

Kitchener Waterloo remains my favourite place on Earth. #uwaterloo

Drank through an entire kettle's worth of tea while editing my novel this evening. βœοΈπŸ«–

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.

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

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

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

Joining dungeons and dragons this weekend! πŸ‰

Facts! #buildinpublic #founders

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

I do this whenever discussing my research topic with people outside the lab. πŸ˜‚

#MarsLanders #sciArt #spaceArt #Marsrovers

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

I guess we are DIDMOD: dual income, dual masters, one dog. πŸ‘©β€πŸ’ΌπŸ‘¨β€πŸ’ΌπŸŽ“πŸŽ“πŸ•

Final meal in Vancouver before we catch our flight. ✈️

The average developer has 2 friends

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

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

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

Tennis Balls xkcd.com/3080

My PhD proposal defense is on Monday. The anticipation!

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.