Dave Bacon

dabacon.tachyon.institute

29 August 2026 16:55

Is it wrong that my favorite social network is Goodreads. I’m more interested in what you read than in you, sorry not sorry. (And yes I judge you based on your bookshelf)

Dave Bacon

dabacon.tachyon.institute

12 August 2026 19:32

Quantum Roadmap Energy: the conserved quantity arising from the time invariance of quantum computing roadmaps.

James King

jamesking.io

29 July 2026 12:40

Poundstone is really good at exposition of mathematical concepts. I really like this description of ergodicity (pic, with alt text included). The book is chock full of efficient explanations like this. Do read the book!

James King

jamesking.io

29 July 2026 12:40

The book tells the story of the Kelly Criterion, an application of information theory to the domains of gambling and economics. It is enormously entertaining! The contents page gives a flavour: long-running intellectual feuds interwoven with gambling schemes. It would make a great movie.

James King

jamesking.io

29 July 2026 12:40

Just finished reading the 20th anniversary edition of Fortune’s Formula by William Poundstone. It is such a good book. The new edition has an extra part, titled Ergodicity, which covers the work of Ole Peters and others.