Chris Ferrie
@csferrie.com
Work: quantum learning and control. Play: writing words and code.
#1 best-selling science author for kids.
https://csferrie.com
#1 best-selling science author for kids.
https://csferrie.com
Lazy parenting hack. Chop up fresh veggies and just leave them out. The kids eat three times as many servings as they avoid during meal time.
November 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Lazy parenting hack. Chop up fresh veggies and just leave them out. The kids eat three times as many servings as they avoid during meal time.
🚀 New book: The Curiosity Chronicles — a pick-your-quest science adventure! See the plot map + extras: thecuriositychronicles.com
Build your own with my free Adventure Builder: csferrie.com/adventure-bu...
#STEM #KidLit
Build your own with my free Adventure Builder: csferrie.com/adventure-bu...
#STEM #KidLit
September 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🚀 New book: The Curiosity Chronicles — a pick-your-quest science adventure! See the plot map + extras: thecuriositychronicles.com
Build your own with my free Adventure Builder: csferrie.com/adventure-bu...
#STEM #KidLit
Build your own with my free Adventure Builder: csferrie.com/adventure-bu...
#STEM #KidLit
Replacement rubber foot for a Microsoft Surface Laptop and the packaging it came it...
September 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Replacement rubber foot for a Microsoft Surface Laptop and the packaging it came it...
Internet. You know what to do.
September 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Internet. You know what to do.
I came for the "thank you" chocolates but stayed for the teacher's saying:
"I had a chance to meet with a few of the students today and they were still buzzing.
"
"I had a chance to meet with a few of the students today and they were still buzzing.
"
August 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I came for the "thank you" chocolates but stayed for the teacher's saying:
"I had a chance to meet with a few of the students today and they were still buzzing.
"
"I had a chance to meet with a few of the students today and they were still buzzing.
"
I'm no AI evangelist, but strawmanning it doesn't add to the conversation.
August 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I'm no AI evangelist, but strawmanning it doesn't add to the conversation.
People are asking where the idea for Quokka came from...
July 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
People are asking where the idea for Quokka came from...
I'm in Melbourne for Science Week!
Join me The Sun Bookshop some science-themed reading and activities.
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Join me The Sun Bookshop some science-themed reading and activities.
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/storytime-...
July 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I'm in Melbourne for Science Week!
Join me The Sun Bookshop some science-themed reading and activities.
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/storytime-...
Join me The Sun Bookshop some science-themed reading and activities.
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/storytime-...
TIL the German translation of Cosmic Bullshit is more Cosmic Bullshit.
July 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
TIL the German translation of Cosmic Bullshit is more Cosmic Bullshit.
POV: running your first quantum program at www.quokkacomputing.com/qasm
July 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
POV: running your first quantum program at www.quokkacomputing.com/qasm
Hey Perth, don't let the weather get you down. Come out tomorrow evening and laugh along at some quantum shenanigans.
🗓️ When: Wed 9 Jul, 6 – 7:15 pm AWST
📍 Where: Ross Lecture Theatre, Physics Bldg, UWA
events.humanitix.com/wa-aip-prese...
🗓️ When: Wed 9 Jul, 6 – 7:15 pm AWST
📍 Where: Ross Lecture Theatre, Physics Bldg, UWA
events.humanitix.com/wa-aip-prese...
July 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Hey Perth, don't let the weather get you down. Come out tomorrow evening and laugh along at some quantum shenanigans.
🗓️ When: Wed 9 Jul, 6 – 7:15 pm AWST
📍 Where: Ross Lecture Theatre, Physics Bldg, UWA
events.humanitix.com/wa-aip-prese...
🗓️ When: Wed 9 Jul, 6 – 7:15 pm AWST
📍 Where: Ross Lecture Theatre, Physics Bldg, UWA
events.humanitix.com/wa-aip-prese...
What do you mean by "physical qubits"? Atoms? An air fryer is made of atoms. To remain stable, it "uses" superposition and entanglement and even encodes qubits.
The problem is not even that we couldn't control those atoms. The problem with this line of reasoning is that it doesn't run QASM files.
The problem is not even that we couldn't control those atoms. The problem with this line of reasoning is that it doesn't run QASM files.
June 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
What do you mean by "physical qubits"? Atoms? An air fryer is made of atoms. To remain stable, it "uses" superposition and entanglement and even encodes qubits.
The problem is not even that we couldn't control those atoms. The problem with this line of reasoning is that it doesn't run QASM files.
The problem is not even that we couldn't control those atoms. The problem with this line of reasoning is that it doesn't run QASM files.
PERTH! Let's have some fun with Quantum Bullsh*t! All ages welcome (the b-word only appears on screen 😉). Boffins Bookstore will be onsite if you want a signed copy!
🗓️ When: Wed 9 Jul, 6 – 7:15 pm AWST
📍 Where: Ross Lecture Theatre, Physics Bldg, UWA
events.humanitix.com/wa-aip-prese...
🗓️ When: Wed 9 Jul, 6 – 7:15 pm AWST
📍 Where: Ross Lecture Theatre, Physics Bldg, UWA
events.humanitix.com/wa-aip-prese...
June 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
PERTH! Let's have some fun with Quantum Bullsh*t! All ages welcome (the b-word only appears on screen 😉). Boffins Bookstore will be onsite if you want a signed copy!
🗓️ When: Wed 9 Jul, 6 – 7:15 pm AWST
📍 Where: Ross Lecture Theatre, Physics Bldg, UWA
events.humanitix.com/wa-aip-prese...
🗓️ When: Wed 9 Jul, 6 – 7:15 pm AWST
📍 Where: Ross Lecture Theatre, Physics Bldg, UWA
events.humanitix.com/wa-aip-prese...
It's an emulator. An educational toy.
And, before you say "It's not a quantum computer," you must define the term "quantum computer."
And, before you say "It's not a quantum computer," you must define the term "quantum computer."
June 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
It's an emulator. An educational toy.
And, before you say "It's not a quantum computer," you must define the term "quantum computer."
And, before you say "It's not a quantum computer," you must define the term "quantum computer."
I drop this in front of students and say, "This is a quantum computer, and today we are going to program it." The students are instantly engaged.
The self-appointed knights of the physics establishment object because their QC is always five years away, and how dare I diminish their decades of work.
The self-appointed knights of the physics establishment object because their QC is always five years away, and how dare I diminish their decades of work.
June 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I drop this in front of students and say, "This is a quantum computer, and today we are going to program it." The students are instantly engaged.
The self-appointed knights of the physics establishment object because their QC is always five years away, and how dare I diminish their decades of work.
The self-appointed knights of the physics establishment object because their QC is always five years away, and how dare I diminish their decades of work.
Why add "with at most polynomial resource scaling"?
Do you honestly think that definition is going to end up in the Oxford dictionary? No. Because, again, this is only relevant for an R&D plan; not a single device.
I've never claimed to scale Quokka beyond 30 qubits. It's an educational toy.
Do you honestly think that definition is going to end up in the Oxford dictionary? No. Because, again, this is only relevant for an R&D plan; not a single device.
I've never claimed to scale Quokka beyond 30 qubits. It's an educational toy.
June 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Why add "with at most polynomial resource scaling"?
Do you honestly think that definition is going to end up in the Oxford dictionary? No. Because, again, this is only relevant for an R&D plan; not a single device.
I've never claimed to scale Quokka beyond 30 qubits. It's an educational toy.
Do you honestly think that definition is going to end up in the Oxford dictionary? No. Because, again, this is only relevant for an R&D plan; not a single device.
I've never claimed to scale Quokka beyond 30 qubits. It's an educational toy.
I would like to apologise for any harm I caused in victimising these anonymous troll accounts.
/s Their defeat was surprising easy. Ego deflated with five words.
/s Their defeat was surprising easy. Ego deflated with five words.
June 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I would like to apologise for any harm I caused in victimising these anonymous troll accounts.
/s Their defeat was surprising easy. Ego deflated with five words.
/s Their defeat was surprising easy. Ego deflated with five words.
100% of the individual devices that have been labelled a QC fail DV. Seems to be failing as a "standard."
(That's because it's not.)
DV is a wishlist for a research program never meant to be a label.
blog.qutech.nl/2018/02/22/l...
I'll give you another shot. 😁
(That's because it's not.)
DV is a wishlist for a research program never meant to be a label.
blog.qutech.nl/2018/02/22/l...
I'll give you another shot. 😁
June 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
100% of the individual devices that have been labelled a QC fail DV. Seems to be failing as a "standard."
(That's because it's not.)
DV is a wishlist for a research program never meant to be a label.
blog.qutech.nl/2018/02/22/l...
I'll give you another shot. 😁
(That's because it's not.)
DV is a wishlist for a research program never meant to be a label.
blog.qutech.nl/2018/02/22/l...
I'll give you another shot. 😁