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[โ€“] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 9 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I disagree. A viable quantum computer would be a gigantic technological breakthrough of a kind we haven't seen in a long time.

[โ€“] fullsquare@awful.systems 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

These things haven't been able to factor 35 so far, despite decades of development

[โ€“] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

So we should just stop development on technology if it's too hard? Maybe stop attempting nuclear fusion as well? That has also been going on for decades.

[โ€“] fullsquare@awful.systems 0 points 1 day ago

No, fusion research is just paper thin disguise for thermonuclear weapons research, so this will get funding no matter what. I mean here especially things going on in places like Z-machine, Laser Megajoule, NIF and such but not only these

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