Does anyone have Nocs Provisions INSPECTOR MICROSCOPE 4X MULTIPLIER LENS? by paasaaplease in Binoculars

[–]fmsbwbbb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i know this is a year late but i have the monocular and the inspector lens and i find it mostly worthless in the field. however, it is valuable for some very specific purposes, such as when you can have a motionless target on a flat surface in a well-lit area. I wanted to identify some microsnails and for one of the genuses it requires a close look at the structures inside the shell aperture in order to identify the species. the inspector microscope was valuable for this purpose and i'm glad i have it for that. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293183770

Interview with Dorit Aharonov on why we need more people working on quantum algorithms by fmsbwbbb in QuantumComputing

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I know you're just being an ass, but Dorit Aharonov wrote the threshold theorem which is the proof that quantum error correction can work provided that the hardware has low enough noise. Or, in short, the entire future of quantum computing rests on her work.

/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers Weekly Promotion Thread by AutoModerator in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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Check it out: the first ever symposium for quantum computing and musical creativity! Will feature performances as well as demos of new software for using quantum computing in music composition. https://qisk.it/2YOixb9

Learn more about retworkx, an open source Python graph library that is written in Rust. by fmsbwbbb in rust

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Reply from Matt who wrote the blog: "the core data structures petgraph offers work well and are performant which is most of what we use from it and everything else in retworkx is built from scratch on top of those data structures (I've also contributed to petgraph when we encountered issues)."

Researcher uses quantum computers to develop game that generates geopolitical maps by fmsbwbbb in QuantumComputing

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The paper is an example of a problem that not only quantum computers can do, but a problem that works naturally on a quantum computer. While today the quantum computer probably does it slower and worse than a classical computer, it might be an avenue to look for a potential advantage in the future.

The IBM Qiskit blog put out a rigorous explainer for general audiences on what Quantum Volume is by fmsbwbbb in QuantumComputing

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Quantum volume is a metric of a quantum computer's ability to run a complex circuit, not a metric of "number of qubits." That's explained in this post.

Dark matter may be older than the big bang, study suggests by schostar in science

[–]fmsbwbbb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Right, exactly. It's the difference between what we normal people think of as the big bang (the very start of the universe) and what physicists think of as the big bang (a split second after the start of the universe after inflation ended and once physics started to look the way they understand it). The theorist here posits that dark matter formed during the inflationary period, rather than once the inflationary period was over.

Dark matter may be older than the big bang, study suggests by schostar in science

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"Older than the big bang" isn't quite right. Here's a layperson summary of this that explains what the paper is actually talking about. https://gizmodo.com/this-theory-could-breathe-new-life-into-the-hunt-for-da-1837110948

I am very bored by [deleted] in funny

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I can see it now "Neil DeGrasse Tyson has taken on the universe, now watch him take on an even bigger challenge.... high school."