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Every word in the title makes sense to me individually.
by rzzzt 2y ago
Every word in the title makes sense to me individually.
- xeonmc 2y agoveritasium video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCrtk-pyP0I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCrtk-pyP0I Essentially, when this gets commercialized we'll be able to make room-temperature qubits using two grapes and a diamond in a microwave oven. This opens up a whole new field of "grapetronics" for scalable quantum computing hardware.
- gilleain 2y agoIs is naive to think that the same effect could be replicated with something the same size and density (and some other properties?) of the grapes. Basically, an artificial grape.
- xeonmc 2y agoWhile similar substitutes does also let you make some crude sparks, it turns out that the composition and quality of the grapes are crucial in the finessed focusing of energy needed for this application. Only the grapes grown in vineyards of the finest châteaux are capable of achieving the maximum performance needed for bleeding edge grapetronics. This propels France into a quantum computing superpower, being in sole control of the limited quantity coveted by nation states as strategic assets, with anciliary equipment such as Taiwanese microwave ovens manufactured by Tatung becoming a critical link in the supply chain.
- ohyes 2y agoYes, using anything less than the finest of French grapes from the Champagne region is just a sparking qbit.
- eig 2y agoI’ve gotten it working with small cherry tomatoes, but you have to cut it into quarters to get the right wavelength.
- bookofjoe 2y agoAG
- gus_massa 2y agoWarning: It may break ypur microwave. Use a spare microwave or ensure your S.O. is at least as crazy as you.
- pimlottc 2y agoI have no idea what a “dimer” is (as opposed to “dimmer”)
- tempodox 2y agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dimer https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dimer I suspect the grapes take up the role of the molecules here.
- gilleain 2y agoIn chemistry, a 'monomer' is a single unit and a 'dimer' a pair. Haemoglobin in your blood, for example is a 'tetramer' of four separate units (although technically more like ABAB so a dimer of dimers).
- tempodox 2y agoSneaky grapes hurling sparks at each other if you put them in a microwave and switch it on.