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[redmountainmine]

Strictly for the geeks:

Quantum Computing becomes relatively likely

"Practical applications for full quantum computers that have several hundred thousand qubits are one or two decades away, but specialized applications that require only a few qubits are two to five years away [my emphasis], and applications that require 10 to 20 qubits

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[eldereft]

crap, you shoulda mentioned you were going to be up soul-gnawingly late, I didn't call when I got up b/c I did assume you were sleeping in prep. for that thing with the stuff.

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[slytherinstephy]

::stares stupidly at the computer:: wha??????

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[eldereft]

I saw his entry maybe a quarter hour or something after he posted and felt bad b/c I had blown him off to sleep (silly me, I know) earlier the evening previous. If I had known when I got up that he was yet awake, I would have called. Just another example of the pressing-yet-largely-unrecognized need for exo-brains.
Unless, of course, you were blinking in incomprehension at the post itself, in which case I fear that while I certainly could help you, I doubt that it would do any good. Or at least, I have noted a marked decline in the success rate of my explanations the moment anyone else is involved.

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[redmountainmine]

This is definitely one of those times nick, definitely.