Hacker Papers
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That is not dead which can eternal lie: the aestivation hypothesis for resolving Fermi's paradox
Hacker News threads
- Jun 2017The aestivation hypothesis for resolving Fermi's paradox
- Nov 2017That is not dead which can eternal lie
- Oct 2023That is not dead which can eternal lie: the aestivation for Fermi's paradox
- Jul 2017Dissolving the Fermi Paradox [pdf]
- Jul 2017A New Theory on Why We Haven’t Found Aliens Yet
- Jun 2018What life could be like for civilizations 1 trillion years from now
- Oct 2018Scientists are looking for ways to put the simulation hypothesis to the test
- 77
The Proof of Innocence
Hacker News threads
- Aug 2012Physicist challenges a traffic case about running a red light. He Won [pdf]
- Apr 2012[pdf] Proof of Innocence, or how a Physicist gets out of a traffic ticket.
- Apr 2012Judge vs. Physics Professor: The Proof of Innocence
- Apr 2012Physicist Uses Math to Beat Traffic Ticket
- Jul 2017Quirks of the arXiv
- Oct 2023The Proof of Innocence
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Undecidability of the Spectral Gap (short version)
Hacker News threads
- 79
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
- 80
NP-complete Problems and Physical Reality
Hacker News threads
- Jan 2015NP-complete Problems and Physical Reality (2005)
- Jul 2015NP-Complete Problems and Physical Reality (2005)
- Nov 2016NP-Complete Problems and Physical Reality (2005)
- Aug 2010Ask HN: If P = NP, what does it mean?
- May 2015Is Quantum Mechanics an Island in Theoryspace? (2004) [pdf]
- May 2015Physical Limits to Computation (2000) [pdf]
- Nov 2015Computability: The Greatest Law of Physics
- Dec 2015A bad citizen in Javaland (2006)
- Nov 2016The P=?NP Poll (2002) [pdf]
- Aug 2017Ask HN: What is your favorite CS paper?
- Aug 2023Thermodynamic Linear Algebra (solving linear systems in O(n))
- 81
The Big Bang, CPT, and neutrino dark matter
Hacker News threads
- 82
The Free Will Theorem
Hacker News threads
- 83
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
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Constructor Theory of Information
Hacker News threads
- May 2014Constructor Theory of Information
- Nov 2014Constructor Theory of Information
- Mar 2019Constructor Theory of Information
- May 2014A New “Theory of Everything”: Reality Emerges from Cosmic Copyright Law
- May 2014A New “Theory of Everything”: Reality Emerges from Cosmic Copyright Law
- Dec 2014Wave-particle duality is the uncertainty principle in disguise
- Apr 2021How to Rewrite the Laws of Physics in the Language of Impossibility
- 85
Polynomial-Time Algorithms for Prime Factorization and Discrete Logarithms on a Quantum Computer
Hacker News threads
- 86
The Logic of Experimental Tests, Particularly of Everettian Quantum Theory
Hacker News threads
- 87
The Amplituhedron
Hacker News threads
- 88
An Introduction to Quantum Computing
Hacker News threads
- Aug 2019An Introduction to Quantum Computing
- Sep 2022An Introduction to Quantum Computing (2007)
- Aug 2015NSA announces plans for transitioning to quantum resistant algorithms
- Jun 2017Ask HN: Where can I find open course materials on Quantum Computing?
- Feb 2020Gilbert Strang Teaches Linear Algebra
- Feb 2020An Intuitive Guide to Linear Algebra (2012)
- 89
Apparent evidence for Hawking points in the CMB Sky
Hacker News threads
- Sep 2018Apparent Evidence for Hawking Points in the CMB Sky
- Aug 2018Possible evidence of black holes from a different universe
- Jan 2019An Advanced Civilization Could Resist the Accelerating Expansion of the Universe
- Oct 2020An earlier universe can still be observed today, says Roger Penrose
- Aug 2022We don't know how the universe began, and we will never know
- 90
A dialog on quantum gravity
Hacker News threads
- Oct 2012A dialog on quantum gravity (2003)
- Jan 2016String Theory Might Merge with Loop Quantum Gravity
- Jul 2017Quirks of the arXiv
- May 2022X-Clacks-Overhead
- 91
Unexpected Circular Radio Objects at High Galactic Latitude
Hacker News threads
- 92
An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything
Hacker News threads
- 93
The Alcubierre Warp Drive: On the Matter of Matter
Hacker News threads
- 94
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
- 95
Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation
Hacker News threads
- Oct 2016Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation (2012)
- May 2015Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation (2012)
- Oct 2012Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation
- Dec 2012Do we live in a computer simulation? UW researchers say idea can be tested
- Apr 2013Physicists To Test If Universe Is A Computer Simulation
- Feb 2014Is the Universe a Simulation?
- Jul 2014The Most Terrifying Thought Experiment of All Time
- Jun 2015Creationism Banned from Science Classes by Scottish Government
- Dec 2015Physicists and Philosophers Debate the Boundaries of Science
- Jul 2021Megaverse: Simulating Embodied Agents at One Million Experiences per Second
- 96
Spontaneous Inflation and the Origin of the Arrow of Time
Hacker News threads
- 97
Time from quantum entanglement: an experimental illustration
Hacker News threads
- 98
Evidence for Correlations Between Nuclear Decay Rates and Earth-Sun Distance
Hacker News threads
- 99
Observing Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays with Smartphones
Hacker News threads
- May 2016Observing Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays with Smartphones (2014)
- Oct 2014Cosmic rays found in smartphones
- May 2017LHC Micro Models: Build Your Own Particle Detector
- Nov 2018For a brief period, the Windows kernel tried to deal with gamma rays
- Feb 2021Researchers explore how storms on Earth create extreme bursts of radiation
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Could Solar Radiation Pressure Explain 'Oumuamua's Peculiar Acceleration?
Hacker News threads
- Nov 2018Could Solar Radiation Pressure Explain Oumuamua’s Peculiar Acceleration?
- Nov 2018Interstellar object may have been an alien probe, Harvard paper claims
- Jan 2019A Harvard Astronomer on the Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua
- Feb 2019Harvard’s top astronomer says an alien ship may be among us
- Jan 2021Harvard Professor Says Alien Technology Visited Earth in 2017
- Jan 2021Why do we assume extraterrestrials might want to visit us?
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