Rod Van Meter

Quantum computer & network architect; Caltech, USC, Keio. Husband, father. 量子コンピュータ、量子ネットワーク。カリフォルニア工科大学、南カリフォルニア大学、慶應義塾大学。父。he/him.
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2024-09-19 22:22:19

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@npub1lrv…tth9 ... except my route for getting there. As it happens, I can take one train from Kamakura to NRT. Ride the Green Car and it's fine. Getting to HND is shorter but more of a hassle.

2024-09-19 21:41:27

Time to update NRT.
I wouldn't call it a dump yet, but it's not up to global standards any more, and by the time they get it updated it WILL be a dump.

2024-08-24 10:43:59

Retraction Watch: Exclusive: Publisher retracts more than 450 papers from journal it acquired last year
https://retractionwatch.com/2024/08/23/exclusive-publisher-retracts-more-than-450-papers-from-journal-it-acquired-last-year/

2024-08-13 03:39:56

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@npub1cu4…mcxv if you're going to build a file system on it, doesn't the device, including its transport, need to be in the kernel?
I suppose some of the Sutherland auxiliary setup stuff can be in a daemon somewhere.
Unless you're advocating for a return to exokernels?

2024-07-21 23:42:59

I'm with her, 110%. She was my first choice for this year back in December, when I was hoping Biden would bow out; she still is. Kamala Harris will make a *fine* president of the United States of America.

2024-07-17 11:19:57

https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/112/801/554/883/492/823/original/44d6c099752e96b2.jpg
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2024-05-19 10:32:02

If you're Muslim of have acquaintances who are, I found a pretty good halal ramen place in Ikebukuro called Toribushi. Certified, and all chicken. Would probably satisfy kosher, too. If you're in north-central-west Tokyo, give it a try!
https://cdn.famichiki.jp/media_attachments/files/112/467/293/562/699/452/original/c19fe8ea8e32c115.jpg

2024-05-18 13:32:59

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@npub1qzc…yetl that REALLY feels like Brazil (the film, not the country).

2024-05-07 21:01:27

We have good biopics of Nash, Hawking, Turing, Ramanujan and Oppenheimer. Obviously, to make a good film, they not only have to be brilliant but also to have a truly compelling story.
So, who should be next (and did I forget anyone)?

2024-04-08 09:47:07

How Engineers at Digital Equipment Corp. Saved Ethernet - IEEE Spectrum
https://spectrum.ieee.org/how-dec-engineers-saved-ethernet

2024-03-17 10:31:26

Hey, @npub1cmr…whhl IETF is now in the fediverse!

2024-03-15 08:00:16

I will be in Brisbane for #IETF119 #IETFDownUnder starting on Sunday. See you there!
And #QuantumInternet Research Group meeting on Wednesday. Be there -- we'll have good talks on routing, and on the "timing regimes" for how to decide layering.

2024-02-24 10:58:28

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 that said, ants are wow-that's-tiny. Depth of field and field of view will be major problems. Most things marketed as "macro" lenses will still have a field of view of a few inches (10mm or more), with target audiences of flower photographers and the like.

2024-02-24 10:55:24

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 in Japan, my wife rents specialty lenses for very reasonable amounts when she needs them, even when the lenses would cost several times that amount.
Alternatively, you can probably buy a spacer or extension tube that will effectively turn any lens into a macro. Quality of results you get will depend on quality of the optics, of course. Those extensions used to be simple mechanical things, but are now pretty complex themselves as lenses are more complex.

2024-02-22 20:40:44

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@npub1dm5…5sqe does it mean anything else?

2024-01-27 10:21:43

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@npub1hxf…g8qu yeah, that was my mood, too. I don't have headphones so only listen when I can play it out loud, so for now back to Chip War for this train ride.

2024-01-27 09:54:37

Started listening to Wil Wheaton read John Scalzi's Kaiju Preservation Society. It's maybe trying just a little too hard in the early going, but it has a lot of promise.

2023-12-20 11:25:30

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 I have my doubts about Silt but with you on the others.

2023-11-26 05:35:39

Have been under the weather the last couple of days, so looking for something fairly mindless as I lay around the house. Am watching the first season of #StarTrek Deep Space Nine for the first time.
"Science" is pretty bad, acting is up and down, and the patronizing male chauvinism seems a lot worse than Next Generation.

2023-11-03 03:42:09

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@npub1y0e…mm9n @npub1943…y8qp @npub1gmx…atcq AC Propulsion was pretty rad. I rode in one once.