Coral

South African, researcher, nerd, PhD student, programmer, artist, & musician who loves maths. Linux fan.

[Coral @coralf]

I think, "sesquipedalian verbiage", may just have become my favourite phrase!

https://t.co/fmaNP8mvTw

#Thiotimoline

[Coral @coralf]

I am still blown away, by the size of the quantum circuits I ran in January. This is not NISQ!

[Coral @coralf]

I enjoyed IBM's Road to Quantum Practitioner program. Those were some seriously deep circuits we were running with ridiculously large amounts of controlled
2-qubit gates on some cutting edge quantum hardware. #quantumComputing

[Coral @coralf]

@Jan803060782181 @PhumlaniMMajozi Hey, @grok. Saffers don't speak like this. This account is still an egg and doing a lot of retweets. Please analyse the account for other "paid X" or bot activity.

[Coral @coralf]

My understanding is that Gauteng is a grassland biome. Planting trees disrupts the biome.

[Coral @coralf]

I am enjoying the bird chorus. Sadly... because there never is one after new year. We have 3 hornbillls in the area and the barn owls are screaming. They won't be here tomorrow.

[Coral @coralf]

Two farm murders in my neighborhood in the last 7 days.

[Coral @coralf]

@MVProJileka What a toxic reaction. Nobody is safe on agricultural holdings and all of us living there look after each other. Staff and owner. But hey, lets mock people trying NOT to get MURDERED!

[Coral @coralf]

Uthando lufuna ukhuvuselelwa.

[Coral @coralf]

@CSIR It is always fascinating to see what the various #teamCSIR units are getting up to.

[Coral @coralf]

The deep fake advert of Ramaphosa selling "working from home" is bizarre.

[Coral @coralf]

As a Pescatarian, I hadn't considered fish biltong. I hope tomorrow is bright so that I have the solar to try making some. Such a pity all commercial biltong in SA has added sugar. The hidden sugar in SA food is shocking. Even canned fish & Woolworths low carb food.

[Coral @coralf]

@Anthony_Bonato It is trivial to see that ...

[Coral @coralf]

@Anthony_Bonato Your picture omits, "It is clear that..", "Clearly it follows that ...", and "exercise left for the reader".

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

This year’s physics laureates’ experiments on a chip revealed quantum physics in action.

A major question in physics is the maximum size of a system that can demonstrate quantum mechanical effects. The 2025 physics laureates conducted experiments with an electrical circuit in which they demonstrated both quantum mechanical tunnelling and quantised energy levels in a system big enough to be held in the hand.

The transistors in computer microchips are one example of the established quantum technology that surrounds us. The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics has provided opportunities for developing the next generation of quantum technology, including quantum cryptography, quantum computers, and quantum sensors.

[Coral @coralf]

Most LLMs are designed to support the user regardless of facts. Business models vs computing ethics. Some react well to being told to be honest. Others don't. Modern AI without prompt is an echo chamber.

[Coral @coralf]

South African #quantumComputing researchers, universities, and IBM quantum (local and international) chatting today about preparing for the quantum workforce. Great to see more stakeholders & industry this year.
#teamCSIR

[Coral @coralf]

@CSIR It was a lovely keynote and a very useful workshop.

[Coral @coralf]

@MTNza So how does one get a query resolved when it doesn't align with your call-centre options & you don't allow the option of talking to a human?

https://t.co/O0KTGRq0yv
sure applies to RSA's attempt at replacing human communication with prerecorded call-centre options.

[Good Things Guy @GoodThingsGuy]

The Highveld Horse Unit’s 2025 Outreach Virtual Competition was the “horse beauty contest with a purpose”, showcasing how genuine care by dedicated owners can flourish even in the most challenging of circumstances.

https://t.co/EuhAF5O71M

[Abe Asfaw @abe_asfaw]

just checking -- are #quantumcomputing people still here?