Apart from intellectual appeal,
(1) there was a new paper from Google about quantum ergodicity, see https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2506.10191 . So in general tech community can benefit a lot from understanding ergodicity via this package and see hands on how it is implemented, see Vignette as well, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/isingLenzMC/vignette...
(2) The repo is part of ergodicity research that is now revisited from classical point of view. actually new commits are significant, a new dataset is generated. See, https://zenodo.org/records/17151290 , so reproducibility is amazing even after so many years.
Because if it isn’t in the “hype” it’s worthless, obsolete, trash…
Welcome to the new world of tech, that warms its hands by burning the old world.
Enjoy the vibes…
I don't quite agree, rather melodramatic, but it really paints a picture.
Also, older papers can be of interest but don't usually make it to the front page of a general audience news site unless there's something bigger going on that gave it renewed general interest.
The upvoting scheme can not distinguish between a hot topic of interest to 10% of readers, that deliver 10 upvotes in the first 10 minutes, from a more niche topic of interest to 5% of readers, that gets 10 upvotes in 10 minutes.
At least it can't distinguish at that time. So things go to the front page, and future votes determine what happens!
But that initial "on the front page" boost is a nonlinearity that many good posts do not get through.
Personally, I really liked this post, and was merely asking because I was very surprised others liked it too!