I try to make quantum computers easier to build https://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.social/post/3m3qvrvpgfs2dhttps://ionq.com/blog/accelerating-towards-fault-tolerance-unlocking-99-99-two-qubit-gate22 Oct 2025 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:k6ive55t2jkh7tn45tt2appp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3qvrvpgfs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.social/post/3m3odvzidfc2rFinally got the 4th nine! arxiv.org/pdf/2510.17286 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.1728621 Oct 2025 03:05 +0000at://did:plc:k6ive55t2jkh7tn45tt2appp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3odvzidfc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.social/post/3lh2hqxiuuk2nWhy are there two sets of APS passwords and emails, depending on which part of their website you go to? It’s been this way for years and it makes no sense31 Jan 2025 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:k6ive55t2jkh7tn45tt2appp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2hqxiuuk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.social/post/3ldwrxclkh22c [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Dec 2024 01:33 +0000at://did:plc:k6ive55t2jkh7tn45tt2appp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldwrxclkh22chttps://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.social/post/3lbnmpgec5s2sOptimist: cup is half full Pessimist: cup is half empty Topologist: cup is doughnut [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Nov 2024 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:k6ive55t2jkh7tn45tt2appp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbnmpgec5s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.social/post/3lbdhxnyprs23The volume of theory work on quantum information, quantum algorithms, QEC, etc… compared to hardware problems is really remarkable19 Nov 2024 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:k6ive55t2jkh7tn45tt2appp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbdhxnyprs23https://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.social/post/3lb6mhowjjk2fX has position but BS has momentum18 Nov 2024 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:k6ive55t2jkh7tn45tt2appp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb6mhowjjk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.social/post/3lau2fqovm22iI grew up in Alabama and live in Texas. Most of my friends and family throughout my life are conservative. Almost every argument is them being mad that liberals are doing something they aren’t doing. I cannot emphasize this enough: They will do this no matter what liberals actually do or say!13 Nov 2024 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:k6ive55t2jkh7tn45tt2appp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lau2fqovm22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.social/post/3l5alswcwub2qOG member of the 50/50 club https://media.tenor.com/skgDcsWySPEAAAAC/pablo-pablo-sanchez.gif?hh=373&ww=49828 Sep 2024 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:k6ive55t2jkh7tn45tt2appp/app.bsky.feed.post/3l5alswcwub2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.social/post/3l3b7i6xwnc2wOptimist: cup half full Pessimist: cup half empty Quantum Physicist: every time I observe the cup it’s either totally full or totally empty [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2024 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:k6ive55t2jkh7tn45tt2appp/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3b7i6xwnc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.social/post/3kwde4p4hwn2pThe people who make decisions at the New York Times are incredibly vapid.02 Jul 2024 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:k6ive55t2jkh7tn45tt2appp/app.bsky.feed.post/3kwde4p4hwn2phttps://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.social/post/3kvcqozngus2ySo much of tech hype is just taking the same sentence and inserting new nouns.19 Jun 2024 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:k6ive55t2jkh7tn45tt2appp/app.bsky.feed.post/3kvcqozngus2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.social/post/3krgtvstj6s2tA large fraction of my job can be classified as “trying to figure out why two plots don’t agree”01 May 2024 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:k6ive55t2jkh7tn45tt2appp/app.bsky.feed.post/3krgtvstj6s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rtsutherland.bsky.social/post/3kpxaljzhj62aI feel like people think by not voting, they are sending a message that they disapprove of Biden’s x, y, and z… when in reality the message is Biden’s x, y, and z are roughly equally important to me as “not living in a Christian nationalist dictatorship”. That’s is the only message anyone will hear.12 Apr 2024 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:k6ive55t2jkh7tn45tt2appp/app.bsky.feed.post/3kpxaljzhj62a