Does looking at a qubit with an eye or two count as observing it?

#QuantumComputers

First salary ever. I'm so grown-up!

Some people say you should do everything you can in order to get the result you want. I think it's not true in general. Sometimes you gotta stop and think before you act. Sometimes you should reconsider. Sometimes you might be just wrong. Sometimes you have to submit. Sometimes you indeed have to pursue your goal with all might. Sometimes you should wait in shadows.

// Watching a shōnen anime where the main character wins through determination only. Ridiculous! Funny show though.

У меня есть веснушки на руках

Somewhere in the world, there is a wall, out of which 12 open pipes of different length emerge. Sometimes these pipes play beautiful melodies by themselves. The pipes are not usual, they're actually parts of the body of a creature that is sealed in this wall. Few know their name, for few learned their language. You can read some excerpts from a lost journal that was found by Ishmael during his travels below:

https://garden.bouncepaw.com/hypha/the_sentient_pipes

#Pipepunk #ShortStory

Hey @prahou can you make propaganda for the upcoming Mycorrhiza 1.15 release?

I try not to think about the climate situation too much. It's clear I will live in a burning world. Just gotta provide myself the luxury of living in a place that won't be so affected by this and is modern enough for my wants and needs (you know, internet, medicine, food abundance). Inaction is my choice. I kinda accepted it. Hottest year of them all? Yes, of course! Wait until you see the next one.

Insomnia thoughts. Won't have enough sleep before the electricity consuming work tomorrow.

So many people my age, id est almost all of them, express their uncertainty of what career they want to pursue. I'm somewhat unique in that regard because I chose the programming path quite early and never changed my opinion since then.

So, what is the conclusion we can make? I guess it's that people universally don't really want a career.

Somebody here mentioned Bibliomania yesterday, so I have read it. It was short and wonderful. Highly recommended, just the kind of stories I love.

And I myself would choose to stay in the room, of course.

#TheLibrary

Fav activities on dayjob: editing the wiki and marking tasks as done.

First day at my first dayjob. I'm yet to receive a copy of the IDE and Docker and whatnot. Was busy doing formal org stuff. Office is kinda fun?

I have a special playlist for the end of summer. Maybe I should have one for the beginning of spring? Open for recommendations

Bought three chicories. One with a German flag, implying its German origin; in a cool bottle. One of the store brand (the one with the sunflower). One liquid??? My friend AKA chicory expert told me the liquid ones are stronger than alcohol and should be consumed moderately after mixing with a lot of water. We'll see.

I love leap years. Always happy for those who have their rare birthdays on the 29th.

My new way of flirting: asking to draw birches for me.

Looking at them logs.

~/log --> cat betula-bouncepaw-2024-02-27.txt | grep 'got deleted' | wc -l
32870

Translation: at least 32870 Mastodon spams were sent towards my little server so far.

#ActivityPub #FediDev

I regret betting on IndieWeb first when developing Betula. Now I'm left with a bad architecture regarding reposts.

wind howling outside
three guys scrolling their phones
not saying a word

snowy february
the birds didn't like my backpack
government drones

#haiku