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Google gets an error-corrected quantum bit to be stable for an hour
  • Because quantum physics. A qubit isn't 0 or 1, it's both and everything in between. You get a result as a distribution, not as distinct values.

    Qubits are represented as (for example) quantumly entangled electron spins. And due to the nature of quantum physics, they are not very stable, and you cannot measure a value without influencing it.

    Granted, my knowledge of quantum computing is very hand-wavy.

  • RSS pleasantly surprised me
  • To this day I can't fully understand why they did it.

    One word: ads.

    With RSS, you have content from various sources in one place, stripped of the ads, without any cookielicious tracking. How are you supposed to monitize that?

  • 2024 Qatar Grand Prix - [POST RACE] discussion thread 🏁
  • I've been following F1 since almost 30 years and one thing has been a constant - stupid rule changes, and one thing has been consistently getting worse - the stewarding, especially since Whiting's passing.

    Zero consistency and the punishments make zero sense. The mirror was lying around for what, five laps? Didn't seem all that important to them.

  • Corpus Christi
  • A part of my family is extremely religious, and borderline fundamentalist. After a while I've been able accept the fact that some people want to know how the world works, and some want to believe.

    I know that my death won't be much different than if our dog dies. My consciousness will cease to exist, and I'll either get burnt or decompose. Many people are filled with existential dread and look to religion to comfort them. And that's cool for them.

    And then their things beyond your understanding, that you fill with little stories. Sickness isn't something that can be prevented by a shot, it's a punishment. Not getting kids? A punishment. Pork? Haram because Allah said so, not because refrigeration didn't exist. Whatever makes you happy!

    The problem I got is that these people are easily lied to and manipulated by authority. The religious right are so easily played by Trump it's embarrassing as a human being.

  • Kommunen müssen bis zur Neuwahl 675.000 Wahlhelfer suchen
  • Bei uns muss ich mich gar nicht melden. Hab vor über 10 Jahren ein Brief bekommen und bin dem brav gefolgt, und folge seitdem jedes Mal wieder wieder die Aufforderung.

    Meine Frau hingegen hat noch nie eine Aufforderung erhalten.

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