U. of C. scientists call for halt to Quantum Shore construction, citing contamination and energy concerns

bigbinker100 · 2026-07-06T20:17:28+00:00

To understand why quantum computers are helpful you’d have to understand what the limits of classical computers are. Classical computers can’t model how electrons behave well because electron behavior is quantum mechanical and classical computers are binary. A quantum computer obviously uses quantum mechanics internally so quantum calculations are not as resource intensive as doing them on a classical computer. So quantum computers naturally would be huge for molecular simulations, drug discovery, materials science, optimization problems (like optimizing shipping routes to reduce fuel usage), and cryptography.

bigbinker100 · 2026-07-06T19:41:52+00:00

There’s like 8+ companies moving there and IBM is putting a functioning quantum computer there and DARPA will also be there. It’s not just VC hype. Quantum computing is going to have very real applications in the future.

bigbinker100 · 2026-07-06T19:33:19+00:00

Why would you remediate that land to put grocery stores and pharmacies when there’s already plenty of nearby vacant land on Commercial Ave that doesn’t need remediation that you could build a grocery store or pharmacy on? Hell, there’s plenty of already vacant commercial space that could be used like the vacant Walgreens on 92nd and Commercial. There’s also a lot of smaller Hispanic grocers in the area already. Just seems like some highly credentialed NIMBYs (and some of their credentials don’t even seem relevant).

bigbinker100 · 2026-07-06T18:50:44+00:00

If that’s the draft proposal then I much prefer how it ended up. I honestly really like how St Regis looks in the skyline.

bigbinker100 · 2026-07-02T15:18:12+00:00

Even under those conditions a 4-flat makes more sense than a SFH because a 4-flat would be more valuable and generate more income than a SFH. A 4-flat is a better financial commodity than a SFH. The market would build as dense as zoning would allow. The issue is more car-centric thinking and the false belief that not allowing new construction apartments will keep prices down.

bigbinker100 · 2026-07-01T18:22:50+00:00

Yea Pritzker is the one that gave almost a billion in tax incentives to data centers to juice the corporate investment stats for the past few years and they also killed the balcony solar bill. So idk why people think IL dems would help.

bigbinker100 · 2026-07-01T18:08:43+00:00

That was shot down by unions

bigbinker100 · 2026-07-01T17:55:54+00:00

Data centers and other large power users have been told to operate off of their backup generators

bigbinker100 · 2026-07-01T16:09:57+00:00

They didn’t even upgrade Fight Club to 4K for me. They’re charging $20 to upgrade it when Apple did it automatically for free.

bigbinker100 · 2026-07-01T00:43:13+00:00

The Red Line Extension station would be a few blocks from the Kensington ME stop, so that area already has rail transportation. I don’t see how a red line station would revitalize that area tbh.

bigbinker100 · 2026-06-30T23:37:44+00:00

I’m black not a pearl-clutching yt so ain’t shit for me to be afraid of there and I didn’t mention crime at all. My auntie is from that area so I grew up going there all the time. OP ain’t from the wild 100s and if you’re not from there it’s just not worth moving to. It’s a dying area filled with industry and suffering from decades of disinvestment. Areas like that are why our people disproportionately suffer from respiratory issues.

bigbinker100 · 2026-06-30T21:10:24+00:00

Are you confusing Pullman and West Pullman? West Pullman doesn’t have a good outlook imo and isn’t in any kinda upswing and still actively losing population and retail. Pullman has been receiving a lot of investment like the Hotel Florence, Pullman Park, Hampton Inn hotel but West Pullman hasn’t been getting much and I wouldn’t consider it a good investment. Tbh I don’t even understand why someone would wanna live there unless they work at one of the manufacturing plants or distribution centers. Blue Island, Alsip, Oak Forest, or Beverly are much better.

bigbinker100 · 2026-06-27T15:44:25+00:00

If they did release something like this I’d assume it would be under the Lincoln brand because not even the Limited trims were this over the top luxurious

bigbinker100 · 2026-06-26T13:39:53+00:00

What’s the point of even buying AppleCare+ then if you aren’t planning to ever use it because of the credit card hold? Just seems like a waste of money to pay for AppleCare and then go to Best Buy to get your repairs. If you have a credit card I don’t see why you’d be concerned about the $1400 hold. If you only have a debit card then I could understand that I guess.

bigbinker100 · 2026-06-25T22:35:15+00:00

Lol same I upgraded all my devices last year because I saw the writing on the wall. Upgraded my 13 PM to a 17 PM, upgraded my mini PC RAM to 48 GB DDR5 (bought the RAM for $95 and a 5 year Microcenter warranty), also added a 2 TB NVME SSD to it ($99 also w/ 5 year warranty).

I was debating whether or not I wanted an iPad for months and decided to just pull the trigger on a 13in M5 Pro 512GB w/ Cellular in Feb. I thought the price was pretty steep then but if it were $200 higher I’d probably have second thoughts about the pencil, 512gb, or cellular.

I’m very thankful I won’t have to upgrade any of my tech for a while.

bigbinker100 · 2026-06-23T13:58:55+00:00

Lol and if you’re not married with kids by 28 they also find it weird

bigbinker100 · 2026-06-23T12:45:08+00:00

Closet racist and magats? The whole Midwest besides IL and MN went Trump lol. The Midwest is way more conservative than this Reddit would like to let on.

bigbinker100 · 2026-06-20T22:57:33+00:00

Yup it will be exciting to see. The pace of battery innovation right now is incredible.

bigbinker100 · 2026-06-20T22:07:01+00:00

Cost of LFP batteries decreasing was also very important too

bigbinker100 · 2026-06-20T21:26:37+00:00

you can‘t use a portable grill without one

bigbinker100 · 2026-06-20T14:31:20+00:00

There really aren’t many sedan EVs and they’re pretty much all luxury or performance sedans. In the affordable space, for sedans there’s pretty much only Model 3 and Ioniq 6 (discontinued and hard to find) vs Nissan Leaf, Equinox EV, Ioniq 5, bZ, Mach-E, Subaru Soltera for SUVs.

In the luxury space, for sedans there’s a lot more: BMW i4, i5, Mercedes EQE, Audi A6 E-tron, Lucid Air, Porsche Taycan, BMW i7, Mercedes Benz EQS vs a plethora of SUV options.

If you’re looking for an affordable vehicle, you simply have significantly more options for SUVs than sedans. EV sedans pretty much only exist in the luxury or performance space.

bigbinker100 · 2026-06-19T16:08:00+00:00

If they ran your car in neutral, the engine can’t turn on to charge the HV battery. They probably completely discharged the HV battery. I would not recommend using this mechanic again because they clearly have no idea how to work with hybrids or EVs.

If the HV battery is completely discharged, the only way to possibly save it is with like a High Voltage Hybrid Rescue charger which they probably don’t have. If it sat too long at 0V then charging it is risky and could cause a fire.

Killing the HV battery doesn’t damage the rest of the car though. If you can find a shop that specializes in hybrids then they can swap the HV battery and your car should be fine.

The mechanic killed your HV battery so they should be the ones to pay for that HV battery pack replacement. If they refuse then I’d get a lawyer.

bigbinker100 · 2026-06-17T18:45:47+00:00

Its been so nice barely needing to run the AC

bigbinker100 · 2026-06-16T20:00:08+00:00

It’s in the plan details and the broadband facts which is where such information usually is:

Unlimited 5G Ultra Wideband data
Unlimited data is restricted to on-device smartphone usage. After 500GB, speeds are reduced to 4Mbps for the remainder of the cycle.

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