AxelWolf
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October 23rd, 2019 at 11:32:13 PM permalink
I only noticed this because it's been speculated as one of the reasons for the recent significant Bitcoin price drops.


Thoughts?
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
FleaStiff
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October 24th, 2019 at 3:56:51 PM permalink
All it seems to mean is that they have constructed a Quantum Computer that surpasses a digital computers performance limits, they don't seem to have done anything with it yet though.
onenickelmiracle
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October 24th, 2019 at 5:04:29 PM permalink
Quote: AxelWolf

I only noticed this because it's been speculated as one of the reasons for the recent significant Bitcoin price drops.


Thoughts?

Everything changes with quantam computing. Encryption is dead, etc.
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gamerfreak
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October 24th, 2019 at 5:30:28 PM permalink
This was hyped up a bit much. Google’s quantum computer is a steam engine where you would need a Tesla to do anything useful. It only ran a really specialized non-practical algorithm faster than what a supercomputer could do. For anything useful, supercomputers are still better.

The bitcoin market may have reacted, but encryption isn’t broken.

If you look at IBM’s response I think it’s a pretty accurate summary.
AxelWolf
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October 24th, 2019 at 6:05:16 PM permalink
Quote: gamerfreak

This was hyped up a bit much. Google’s quantum computer is a steam engine where you would need a Tesla to do anything useful. It only ran a really specialized non-practical algorithm faster than what a supercomputer could do. For anything useful, supercomputers are still better.

The bitcoin market may have reacted, but encryption isn’t broken.

If you look at IBM’s response I think it’s a pretty accurate summary.

Link?
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
AxelWolf
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October 24th, 2019 at 6:09:16 PM permalink
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Link?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/23/google-claims-it-has-achieved-quantum-supremacy-but-ibm-disagrees

First time I've ever read or heard the word bunfight. I imagined a couple guys with hair buns having a sissy fight argument.
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
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