Dr Doom approved of this back in his Pastafarian phase. He does not approve of this now, but does not believe in take backs just because something workable and efficient is now a source of embarassment.
A few too many folks are REALLY EAGER to explain to me that this humorous comic panel DOES NOT IN FACT accurately explain the quoted article, which is ACTUALLY about...
What the times headline fails to divulge is that the calculation is specifically formulated to be hard for regular computers and easy for quantum computers, so that they can tell if it does what it's meant to do. It's not even an ominously powerful computer, just novel.
Let’s wait a little while. Thing is, they keep ‘breaking’ problems that are entirely made up for the purpose of being easy to break with quantum and they don’t look too hard for efficient conventional algorithms.
Pattern so far has been every one solved faster conventionally in 6 months.
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Pattern so far has been every one solved faster conventionally in 6 months.
It's absolutely brilliant.