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24 alternatives to Quantum Computing since Democritus (Scott Aaronson)
Irreverent overview of ideas in math, CS & philosophy
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Quantum Computing since Democritus (Scott Aaronson) launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Life and work of two of our most eminent physicists
2017 · its alternatives →
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2017 · modalduality.org · its alternatives →
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2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A three-part deep dive into quantum computing
Apr 2026 · bitcoinquantum.space · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I don’t know who else has the same issue, but: Textbooks often bury good ideas in dense notation, skip the intuition, assume you already know half the material, and get outdated in fast-moving fields like AI. Over the past 7 years of my AI/ML experience, I filled notebooks with intuition-first, real-world context, no hand-waving explanations of maths, computing and AI concepts. In 2024, a few friends used these notes to prep for interviews at DeepMind, OpenAI, Nvidia etc. They all got in and currently perform well in their roles. So I'm sharing. This is an open & unconventional…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I recently published a book called “The Magic of Code” which is about the delights of the computational world, examining computing as a kind of “humanistic liberal art” that connects to so many topics, from art and biology to philosophy and language. The link I’ve shared is to a page on my book’s website where you can download a pdf of the introduction, to give HN readers a taste of what is inside. Right now there is so much worry and concern around technology that I feel like some people—though not the folks here—have forgotten how much fun that code and computation can also be. So I wanted…
2025 · themagicofcode.com · its alternatives →
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A book about human-computer interaction and web usability
2015 · its alternatives →
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We’ve just released an open-source library for solving the Maximum Independent Set (MIS) problem with neutral atom quantum computing, running on both quantum processing units (QPUs) and classical hardware, thanks to emulators. This project is the result of collaboration between Pasqal, academic researchers, and industry partners, aiming to make it practical to experiment with quantum approaches to hard combinatorial optimization tasks. The MIS problem appears in real-world scenarios like scheduling, resource allocation, and network optimization, areas where classical solvers often struggle…
2025 · its alternatives →
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Singularity university labs, the heretic & silicon valley
2016 · its alternatives →
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Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
2016 · its alternatives →
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