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Australia made billion-dollar bet building first 'useful' quantum computer
- hulitu 3y ago> Australia made billion-dollar bet building first 'useful' quantum computer And then comes a nerd with a Commodore64 and has a laugh at you. /s
- kristianp 3y agoSeems very misguided for a government to make a bet like this.
- brokenmachine 3y agoI'd rather this than the financial ineptitude of our previous government spending billions with nothing to show for it... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/11/aukus-pact-australia-pays-830m-penalty-for-ditching-non-nuclear-french-submarines https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/11/aukus-pact-aus...
- K0balt 3y agoI thought this was going to be an example of win if we win, win If we lose policymaking. A moonshot where you either make it to the moon and learn a lot in the process, or you don’t make it to the moon and learn a lot in the process… After reading the breathless article, it looks more like a simple gamble on an unproven technology with the hope of economic gain and maybe some local expertise. I hope it works out.