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Jesus, please don't upvote this clickbait headline. It's literally lying to get attention. We don't have any quantum computers yet. We will probably have unaff

Jesus, please don't upvote this clickbait headline. It's literally lying to get attention. We don't have any quantum computers yet. We will probably have unaffordable quantum computers before we'll have affordable quantum computers. This headline is not even a believable lie.

lisper 12y ago
Just because the headline is lying doesn't mean the article doesn't contain useful and interesting information. The popular press exaggerates headlines all the time to get attention, and HN guidelines mandate submitting with the original headline.
- copsarebastards 12y ago
  I disagree. Bytes from a source who is demonstrated to be willing to lie to you for ratings isn't information, it's just noise, which is not useful. I can't objectively say it's not interesting, but I can say is that I'm not interested.
  - lisper 12y ago
    Actually, it turns out that the headline is taken directly from the UNSW press release: http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/breakthrough-opens-door-affordable-quantum-computers http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/breakthrough-o... So it's not CE magazine that's lying (if they're lying), it's the University of New South Wales. And if you're going to accuse UNSW of lying you need a stronger argument.
    - copsarebastards 12y ago
      UNSW is lying in their headline to attract attention to their research. We aren't close to affordable quantum computing because we don't have quantum computing at any price point, let alone at an affordable one. Even a single multibillion dollar quantum computer would have huge implications, most notably that RSA, the basis for most of modern security, would be broken. This is like claiming we're close to affordable human Mars travel. We haven't even put one human on Mars; it would be ridiculous to claim we are close to making it affordable.
  - whitewhim 12y ago
    I am involved in the field, and I can say that it is quite an interesting result. Of course it doesn't mean we will have affordable quantum computer soon, or even in the near future but it is a legitimate result.
    - copsarebastards 12y ago
      And you trust someone who thinks that it means we will have an affordable quantum computer soon to report it?

lisper 12y ago

Just because the headline is lying doesn't mean the article doesn't contain useful and interesting information. The popular press exaggerates headlines all the time to get attention, and HN guidelines mandate submitting with the original headline.

copsarebastards 12y ago
I disagree. Bytes from a source who is demonstrated to be willing to lie to you for ratings isn't information, it's just noise, which is not useful. I can't objectively say it's not interesting, but I can say is that I'm not interested.
- lisper 12y ago
  Actually, it turns out that the headline is taken directly from the UNSW press release: http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/breakthrough-opens-door-affordable-quantum-computers http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/breakthrough-o... So it's not CE magazine that's lying (if they're lying), it's the University of New South Wales. And if you're going to accuse UNSW of lying you need a stronger argument.
  - copsarebastards 12y ago
    UNSW is lying in their headline to attract attention to their research. We aren't close to affordable quantum computing because we don't have quantum computing at any price point, let alone at an affordable one. Even a single multibillion dollar quantum computer would have huge implications, most notably that RSA, the basis for most of modern security, would be broken. This is like claiming we're close to affordable human Mars travel. We haven't even put one human on Mars; it would be ridiculous to claim we are close to making it affordable.
- whitewhim 12y ago
  I am involved in the field, and I can say that it is quite an interesting result. Of course it doesn't mean we will have affordable quantum computer soon, or even in the near future but it is a legitimate result.
  - copsarebastards 12y ago
    And you trust someone who thinks that it means we will have an affordable quantum computer soon to report it?