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[-] moormaan@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Quantum computing has been touted as the next frontier for at least a decade now, so I'm wondering why we still aren't seeing any reporting on some breakthroughs, and whether this is due to it all still being beyond the understanding of general public or there just not being any meaningful developments to speak of at all.

[-] jadero@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Quantum computing is like fusion power. There are so many complicated little details that we discover as we go and that have to be exactly right that success at a meaningful scale is always just over the horizon.

I only read about this stuff, so I might be completely wrong and the analogy might actually be stupid. :)

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

BTW this was also true for the creation of the silicon transistor if I remember correctly. Having to have many things exactly right for it to work well.

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