Google claims to have proved its supremacy over conventional machines with new quantum computer
  • @[email protected]English
    11•1 year ago

    “This is a very nice demonstration of quantum advantage. While a great achievement academically, the algorithm used does not really have real world practical applications though."

    On the cusp of a new era

    • @V4ubanEnglish
      7•1 year ago

      Let’s wait until they use that to break encryption

  • @holycrapEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    70 quits. Around 4,000 would be needed to break encryption. This is a step in that direction and still a huge achievement!

  • @myslslEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Paywalled. Is there a free version of this article or a workaround?

      • @myslslEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        This is awesome. Thank you for this!

        • @jocanibEnglish
          7•1 year ago

          If you make a bookmark on your bookmarks toolbar and put:

          javascript:void(location.href=“https://12ft.io/”+location.href);

          in the URL field, whenever you hit a paywall you can click the bookmark and it’ll take you straight to a 12ft.io version.

          Doesn’t often work with academic papers but it usually does for news and commentary.

          E2A:

          javascript:void(location.href=“https://sci-hub.se/”+location.href);

          is the equivalent for sci-hub (works well for academic papers) but you may need a VPN for some jurisdictions.

          • @[email protected]English
            1•1 year ago

            This seems like a great idea, but doesn’t do anything for me. Are there any caveats? Have tried it in Firefox and Brave.

            • @jocanibEnglish
              2•1 year ago

              Works for me in Firefox.

              Did you make sure you copied the whole line?

              It needs to be a bookmark on your toolbar. It doesn’t work if you can’t click it directly from the page. I don’t know why.

              • @[email protected]English
                2•1 year ago

                Weird. I copied it starting with the “j” and ending with the “;” Also it is on the toolbar.

                I decided to search the exact string and see what came back. Didn’t find a solution to the problem, but did find an alternate version that works for me.

                I appreciate you introducing me to these. They will be super handy in the future.

                Here is the other version in case anyone runs into the same issue.

                javascript: (() => { window.location.replace(“https://12ft.io/” + window.location.href)})();

                From: https://tildes.net/~tech/10ko/little_12ft_io_bookmarklet

                He also has the text for a bookmark a ladder icon in the comments, in case anyone is interested.