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> I can't even imagine why I should bother trying to understand it. Well, maybe you should just try for the hell of it and see how far you get? Becoming fit se
by brailsafe 2y ago
> I can't even imagine why I should bother trying to understand it.
Well, maybe you should just try for the hell of it and see how far you get? Becoming fit seems impossible to a morbidly obese 45 y.o, and it is if that person's expectation is unreasonable, but if they just change it to be more reasonable, break it down into manageable
routines, then they can get somewhere eventually.
Find some papers, fill many gaps, dedicate a few years in your spare time, in 6 months you'll be 6 months closer than you were.
Whether there's a reason or not, idk, it's something to do, be curious. Don't forget that by dedicating their life to something, they're naturally not dedicating their life to other things, things that you might be able to do, like climbing mountains, making pizza, or coming up with witty banter in social situations.
- rkp8000 2y agoMSR has a very clear and accessible tutorial on quantum computing for anyone interested in getting up to speed with the fundamentals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_Riqjdh2oM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_Riqjdh2oM .
- guilamu 2y agoThis is very rare, so much I can't remember when was the last time it happened, but I was inspired by your words. Thank you for writing them.
- absoluteunit1 2y agoClicked on this article to learn a bit more about this newly released chip but instead got extremely motivated to pursue intellectual interests intensely
- nsxwolf 2y agoI have a treadmill though. Even though I don't use it. I can't get a quantum computer.
- owlmirror 2y agomost experts in that field do not have access to a quantum computer. For the longest times it was a very theoretical field. Having access to a physical machine will not help you for 99% of the knowledge you can acquire in that field right now.
- desdenova 2y agoEveryone forgets people have been doing quantum computing research for decades. Shor's algorithm is from 1994.
- trhway 2y agoi think you can. A very simple one - an optical based one, one qubit. Several thousand dollars of equipment of a typical university photon quantum entanglement lab. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLM_protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLM_protocol
- Keyframe 2y agonot computer, but you can definitely get a quantum devkit (an "emulator") and dabble with it.
- lapumawan 2y agoHow can you get it?
- porridgeraisin 2y agoAlso, Azure let's you run quantum code. You can in general start with these search keywords: qiskit caterpillar yosys.
- Bjartr 2y agoHere's a free quantum treadmill https://www.quantumplayground.net/#/home https://www.quantumplayground.net/#/home You don't need a "real" quantum computer to mess around with quantum computing and learn how it works any more than you need a supercomputer to play around with algorithms and learn how they work.
- sebastiennight 2y ago> things that you might be able to do, like [...] coming up with witty banter in social situations Well... guess it's time I start learning quantum computing then
- samplatt 2y agoAs an autistic that brute-forced the "witty social banter" skill early on and has recently turned 40... I kinda wish I'd learned quantum computing instead tbh.
- hackernoops 2y agoReddit refugee I take it?
- samplatt 2y agoTechnically yes, but I've been here for a few years. Why?
- marcellus23 2y agoany tips?
- samplatt 2y agoRead a lot of popular books for conversational ideas, follow the news for topical application of them, and attempt cognitive & emotional empathy for per-person personalization of the application. Simple in theory, juggling plates and knives in practice...
- namaria 2y agoMirroring goes a long way.
- shermantanktop 2y ago> in 6 months you'll be 6 months closer than you were Not to be morbid, but…in 6 months you’ll also have 6 months less of your life left to do those things. In the past few years, I have felt—-whether due to my aging, the chaos of current events, the mindless march of technology, who knows—-that our time here on earth is a gift that we squander at our peril. I think some would find that bleak and grim, but I consider it an existentialist battle cry. Make a list of those things that someday you’d like to say you’ve done, or know, or have built, or have given to others…and do one of them.
- teaearlgraycold 2y agoDon’t stress your inevitable death. But also don’t live like you’re immortal.
- learningstud 2y agoYour revelations echo with that of Seneca, "On the Shortness of Life". You take your life seriously which is an act that I immensely respect.
- lacedeconstruct 2y agoWhy should it matter anyway if its short or long when it will abruptly end as if it never existed
- simonh 2y agoWhy shouldn’t it? I think we get to choose what matters.
- danparsonson 2y ago> ...that our time here on earth is a gift that we squander at our peril. Yes but - it's up to each individual to decide on their own definition of 'squandering'. Ultimately everything we do is in service of our own search for meaning in life, and learning for its own sake can absolutely fulfil that role.
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- smellybigbelly 2y agoWhat books will get me started into understanding recent scientific publications? I’m interested in the theoretical side but even more in the engineering/hardware side.
- bodine30 2y agoThank you for adding such a simple, positive, growth-mindset message to the internet. This instantly brightened my day and compelled me to write what might be my first ever comment on this site. idk if I can understand quantum computers, but I can climb mountains and make excellent sourdough pizza and that's not something I could say a year ago. Mostly, I'm just happier than I was 5 minutes ago and you did that!