We have watched two episodes of the second season of “Altered Carbon.” We are almost enjoying it. Does it get better?
I just remembered Joe Biden is fine
“Please don’t show me any footage of Joe Biden saying or doing things.”
A Fantastic Night . . . If You Don’t Like Bloomberg, Warren, or Sanders
AP: Bloomberg is thinking about dropping out after a disappointing Super Tuesday showing.
Inside the race to build the best quantum computer on Earth
Google and IBM are dueling to commercialize a new generation of computing technology, quantum computing. While Google is working on a breakthrough to achieve “quantum supremacy,” IBM is dismissive of that approach, working on evolutionary development with a steady stream of commercial applications from the outset.
Gideon Lichfield goes in depth at MIT Technology Review, along with explaining the principles of quantum computing and differences between the two approaches. Based on Lichfield’s article, Google is ahead but IBM looks ready for a marathon:
Regardless of whether you agree with Google’s position or IBM’s, the next goal is clear… to build a quantum computer that can do something useful. The hope is that such machines could one day solve problems that require unfeasible amounts of brute-force computing power now, like modeling complex molecules to help discover new drugs and materials, or optimizing city traffic flows in real time to reduce congestion, or making longer-term weather predictions. (Eventually they might be capable of cracking the cryptographic codes used today to secure communications and financial transactions, though by then most of the world will probably have adopted quantum-resistant cryptography.) The trouble is that it’s nearly impossible to predict what the first useful task will be, or how big a computer will be needed to perform it. …
As for quantum supremacy itself, it will be an important moment in history, but that doesn’t mean it will be a decisive one. After all, everyone knows about the Wright brothers’ first flight, but can anybody remember what they did afterwards?
I tried to go 24 hours without touching my face. I made it 18 minutes
Nestor Ramos at the Boston Globe:
Surely I could give up wiping my mouth, rubbing my eyes, and scratching my nose, too. How hard could it be? I’m not a 4-year-old licking the buttons in the elevator; I’m a grown man in control of my various scratching and rubbing functions.
www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/0…
Wonderful article. While I read it I became aware I was scratching my nose.
China is using Uighur slave labor camps for manufacturing for US brands including Nike, Apple and Dell.
Miss Staten Island banned from St. Pat’s parade after coming out as bi — still shows up
Jeff Huang: My productivity app is a single .txt file
One file to track to-dos and have-dones.
Aaron Sorkin on his new play based on “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The West Wing,” “Studio 60,” and how he’d write the 2020 Democratic primary.