Hacker Papers
- 26
Pretending to factor large numbers on a quantum computer
Hacker News threads
- Apr 2013Lockheed Martin pays $10M for D-Wave's Quantum Computer
- Dec 2017Design of a silicon quantum computer chip
- Sep 2019IBM will soon launch a 53-qubit quantum computer
- May 2021Quantum Computer Datasheet [pdf]
- Jan 2024Ask HN: What has quantum computing achieved so far?
- May 2024What You Shouldn't Know About Quantum Computers
- Jan 20262026 Predictions Scorecard
- 27
On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton
Hacker News threads
- Aug 2024The Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton (2010)
- Feb 2010The entropy force: a new direction for gravity
- Jul 2010Is Gravity Real? A Scientist Takes On Newton
- Jul 2010Is Gravity Real? A Scientist Takes On Newton
- Jul 2011Should we worry about what the LHC is not finding?
- Apr 2013Physicist proposes new way to think about intelligence
- Apr 2013Physicist proposes new theory of gravity, arguig that gravity doesn't exist
- Dec 2016First test of new theory of gravity
- Feb 2019What every physicist should know about string theory
- 28
How to factor 2048 bit RSA integers with less than a million noisy qubits
Hacker News threads
- May 2025How to factor 2048 bit RSA integers with less than a million noisy qubits
- May 2025Google Researcher Lowers Quantum Bar to Crack RSA Encryption
- May 2025It Might Be 20 Times Easier for Quantum Computers to Break Bitcoin, Google Says
- Aug 2025Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?
- Aug 2025Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?
- Oct 2025Willow quantum chip demonstrates verifiable quantum advantage on hardware
- Oct 2025Keeping the Internet fast and secure: introducing Merkle Tree Certificates
- Nov 2025Shor's algorithm: the one quantum algo that ends RSA/ECC tomorrow
- Jul 2026France's Anssi Will Block PQC-Free Products from Certification Starting 2027
- 29
Quantum Computing in the NISQ era and beyond
Hacker News threads
- Jan 2018Quantum Computing in the NISQ Era and Beyond by John Preskill
- Jul 2018Quantum Computing in the NISQ era and beyond
- Aug 2018Quantum Computing in the NISQ Era and Beyond – John Preskill
- Jan 2018The Era of Quantum Computing Is Here. Outlook: Cloudy
- Jul 2018Getting Started with Quantum Computing in Python
- Sep 2018Quantum computing is almost ready for business, startup says
- Sep 2018US takes first step toward a quantum computing workforce
- May 2019How to factor 2048 bit RSA integers in 8 hours using 20M noisy qubits
- Sep 2019Scott’s Supreme Quantum Supremacy FAQ
- Dec 2020First release of quantum operating system, Deltaflow
- 30
Gravitational Lensing by Spinning Black Holes in Astrophysics, and in the Movie Interstellar
Hacker News threads
- Jul 2018Gravitational Lensing by Spinning Black Holes in the Movie Interstellar (2015)
- Jun 2021Gravitational Lensing by Spinning Black Holes in Astrophysics, and Interstellar
- Feb 2015Gravitational Lensing by Black Holes in the Movie Interstellar [pdf]
- Sep 2018Raytracing a Black Hole
- Mar 2019Rotating Black Holes May Serve as Gentle Portals for Hyperspace Travel
- Apr 2019Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]
- Aug 2024Interstellar movie black hole implemented with Einstein's equations in C++
- Nov 2024Show HN: Physically accurate black hole simulation using your iPhone camera
- May 2026Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried with the 'Iliad'
- 31
The Effects of Moore's Law and Slacking on Large Computations
Hacker News threads
- Apr 2015The Effects of Moore’s Law and Slacking on Large Computations [1999] [pdf]
- May 2008The Effects of Moore's Law and Slacking on Large Computations
- May 2024The Effects of Moore's Law and Slacking on Large Computations (1999)
- Oct 2009Ask HN: Are there any very long term genetic programming experiments?
- Nov 2019Voyager 2’s Discoveries from Interstellar Space
- Apr 2022Google's Pathways Language Model and Chain-of-Thought
- Oct 2023The Wait Equation and AI Investment
- Jan 20254.5M Suspected Fake Stars in GitHub
- Jan 2026Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native
- 32
Indeterminism in Physics, Classical Chaos and Bohmian Mechanics. Are Real Numbers Really Real?
Hacker News threads
- Jun 2018Are real numbers really real?
- Oct 2018Church-Turing Thesis Cannot Possibly Be True [video]
- Nov 2018The Strong Free Will Theorem (2009) [pdf]
- Sep 2021How to fit any dataset with a single parameter
- Nov 2023Struggles with the Continuum
- Jan 2024Why is Maxwell's theory so hard to understand? (2007) [pdf]
- Jul 2026How real are real numbers? (2004)
- 33
An Analysis of Anonymity in the Bitcoin System
Hacker News threads
- Oct 2011Bitcoin value falls from above $33 to below $3
- Nov 2011Researchers Locate Flaw In Bitcoin Protocol
- Nov 2012Internal FBI risk assessment of Bitcoin network [pdf]
- Feb 2013Things You Need To Know About Bitcoins
- Apr 2013Bitcoin Is an Existential Threat to the Modern Liberal State
- Jan 2014Bitcoin 2.0 explained
- 34
Introducing Physical Warp Drives
Hacker News threads
- Oct 2025Physical Warp Drives (2021)
- Dec 2025Introducing Physical Warp Drives (2021)
- Mar 2021Scientists announce a physical warp drive is possible
- Mar 2021Breaking the warp barrier for faster-than-light travel
- Mar 2021A new model for faster-than-light travel that uses conventional physics
- May 2021Physical Warp Drives
- Dec 2021Numerics applied to Casimir geometry generates intersection with Alcubierre warp
- Nov 2022Physical Warp Drives (2021)
- Nov 2022Physical Warp Drives (2021)
- Jul 2024New Warp Drive Model Requires No 'Exotic Matter,' Scientists Say We Can Build (2021)
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Quantum error correction below the surface code threshold
Hacker News threads
- Aug 2024Quantum error correction below the surface code threshold
- Dec 2024Quantum error correction below the surface code threshold
- Aug 2024Google proves Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing is possible
- Sep 2024Qubit Transistors Reach Error Correction Benchmark
- Nov 2024IBM Quantum delivers on 2022 100x100 performance challenge
- Nov 2024Understanding Google's Quantum Error Correction Breakthrough
- Nov 2024Understanding Google's Quantum Error Correction Breakthrough
- Dec 2024Willow, Our Quantum Chip
- Dec 2024Willow, Our Quantum Chip
- Feb 2025Why Quantum Cryptanalysis is Bollocks [pdf]
- Aug 2025OpenSSH Post-Quantum Cryptography
- 36
Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam
Hacker News threads
- Sep 2011Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam
- Sep 2011Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam
- Sep 2011Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector
- Sep 2011Speed-of-light experiments yield baffling result at LHC
- Sep 2011CERN press release regarding neutrino experiment
- Sep 2011CERN press release regarding neutrino experiment
- Sep 2011CERN press release regarding neutrino experiment
- Oct 2011Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Puzzle Claimed Solved by Special Relativity
- Nov 2011Neutrino experiment affirms faster-than-light claim
- Jun 2012CERN Confirms Neutrinos Not Faster Than Light
- Jul 2012Higgs Boson: Physicists See Best Proof Yet of 'The God Particle'
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The Argument against Quantum Computers
Hacker News threads
- Aug 2019The Argument Against Quantum Computers by Gil Kalai [pdf]
- Oct 2019Quantum computers: amazing progress, but probably false supremacy claims
- Dec 2019Amazon Braket – Get Started with Quantum Computing
- Oct 2021Major Quantum Computing Strategy Suffers Serious Setbacks
- Feb 2023Towards quantum computers that are robust to errors
- Dec 2024The Google Willow Thing
- Dec 2024The case against Google's claims of "quantum supremacy"
- 38
Characterizing Quantum Supremacy in Near-Term Devices
Hacker News threads
- May 2018Characterizing Quantum Supremacy in Near-Term Devices
- Jan 2017Fake Physics
- Apr 2017Google plans to reach a Quantum Computing milestone before the year is out
- Jun 2017By the end of 2017, Google hopes to prove quantum computers can beat classical
- Sep 2018Quantum computing is almost ready for business, startup says
- Sep 2019Quantum Supremacy Using a Programmable Superconducting Processor
- Sep 2019Scott’s Supreme Quantum Supremacy FAQ
- 39
MIP*=RE
Hacker News threads
- Jan 2020MIP*=Re
- Aug 2021MIP* = Re
- Jan 2020Recent groundbreaking result in complexity theory: MIP*=RE
- Jan 2020'Remarkable' MIP*=RE proof describes how to solve seemingly impossible problem
- Mar 2020Landmark computer science proof cascades through physics and math
- Mar 2020Landmark computer science proof cascades through physics and math
- Apr 2020Mathematicians try to understand how CS proof solves Connes embedding conjecture
- Mar 2023Ask HN: What's new in theoretical CS these days?
- Aug 2023Complexity Theory’s 50-Year Journey to the Limits of Knowledge
- 40
Cool horizons for entangled black holes
Hacker News threads
- Nov 2024Cool horizons for entangled black holes (2013)
- Jul 2013Black Holes + Wormholes = Quantum Answers
- Dec 2013You can’t get entangled without a wormhole
- Jul 2015Ask HN: Is physics moving forward?
- Nov 2018The Strong Free Will Theorem (2009) [pdf]
- Nov 2018Black Holes, Quantum Systems, Superconductors and Planck’s Constant Are Related
- Nov 2022What is spacetime made of?
- 41
The Peter Principle Revisited: A Computational Study
Hacker News threads
- Jun 2018The Peter Principle Revisited: A Computational Study (2009)
- Feb 2011The Peter Principle Revisited: A Computational Study [pdf]
- Jul 2013The Peter Principle
- Jul 2009Why Incompetence Spreads Through Big Organisations
- Nov 2010Google Engineering Management Mistakes
- Apr 2011Jason Fried: Why I Run a Flat Company
- Nov 2017Hotbed of Misinformation
- Dec 2022Steve Jobs Said the Best Managers Never Want to Be Managers
- 42
Breaking the Warp Barrier: Hyper-Fast Solitons in Einstein-Maxwell-Plasma Theory
Hacker News threads
- Jul 2022Hyper-fast solitons in Einstein-Maxwell-Plasma Theory (2020)
- Mar 2021Breaking the warp barrier for faster-than-light travel
- May 2021Physical Warp Drives
- Sep 2021Why can’t I go faster than the speed of light?
- Jan 2022The horizon problem for faster than light travel
- Mar 2023SETI@home Is in Hibernation
- 43
Is "the theory of everything'' merely the ultimate ensemble theory?
Hacker News threads
- 44
Generalization of Conway's "Game of Life" to a continuous domain - SmoothLife
Hacker News threads
- Sep 2017Generalization of Conway's “Game of Life” to a Continuous Domain
- Oct 2012Conway's Game of Life, using floating point values instead of integers
- May 2018Continuous Domain Game of Life in Python with Numpy
- Jun 2021ALiEn – a GPU-accelerated artificial life simulation program
- Nov 2022In Game of Life any buildable pattern can be constructed by colliding 15 gliders
- Jan 2024Show HN: Conway's Game of Life, but with a gallery of other peoples patterns
- 45
Direct Multipixel Imaging and Spectroscopy of an Exoplanet with a Solar Gravity Lens Mission
Hacker News threads
- May 2023Photographing an exoplanet 25 light years away with 25km/pixel resolution (2020)
- May 2020SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
- Dec 2022Two temperate Earth-mass planets orbiting the nearby star GJ1002
- Oct 2024A solar gravitational lens will be humanity's most powerful telescope (2022)
- Jan 2025IAC confirms existence of a Super-earth in the habitable zone of a Sun-like Star
- Jun 2025JWST reveals its first direct image discovery of an exoplanet
- 46
Why bouncing droplets are a pretty good model of quantum mechanics
Hacker News threads
- 47
Nonlinear quantum mechanics implies polynomial-time solution for NP-complete and #P problems
Hacker News threads
- May 2010What’s taking so long, Mr. Babbage?
- Aug 2010Ask HN: If P = NP, what does it mean?
- Feb 2011A Deepness In The Sky
- Sep 2015You're not irrational, you're just quantum probabilistic
- Jun 2026Semiclassical Gravity Efficiently Solves NP-Complete Problems
- Jun 2026Semiclassical Gravity Efficiently Solves NP-Complete Problems
- 48
DNA Breathing Dynamics in the Presence of a Terahertz Field
Hacker News threads
- 49
The warp drive: hyper-fast travel within general relativity
Hacker News threads
- Jun 2008The warp drive: hyper-fast travel within general relativity
- Jul 2013Faster Than the Speed of Light?
- Aug 2018Alcubierre drive
- Nov 2020Warp Drive News
- Mar 2021Scientists announce a physical warp drive is possible
- Mar 2021A new model for faster-than-light travel that uses conventional physics
- Dec 2021No, we didn’t accidentally create a warp bubble
- 50
Life Before Earth
Hacker News threads
- Nov 2025Life Before Earth
- Sep 2015Life before Earth (2013) [pdf]
- Apr 2013Moore's Law and the Origin of Life
- Jan 2018Fossil Discoveries Challenge Ideas About Earth’s Start
- Aug 2020Planet Ceres is an 'ocean world' with sea water beneath surface, mission finds
- Dec 2020A Statistical Estimate of Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the Milky Way Galaxy
- Apr 2021When Did Life First Emerge in the Universe?
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