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  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.worksto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    9 months ago

    The Bell Test rules out the possibility of a local hidden variable theory explaining quantum entanglement. That means the states of the two entangled particles are not simply unknown before measurement, they do not have independent states.

    This means either, when you measure one particle it “instantaneously” affects the other, which has weird implications for causality because which particle is measured “first” can depend on your reference frame.

    Or there is something statistical and truly random going on.




  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.worksto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneWoke rule
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    10 months ago

    The human supremecist plot is told through bits of text but also the fact that all rebel ships have 100% human crew.

    Meanwhile the Federation (which is the government the player is fighting to preserve) values diversity and attempts to make peace with all the aliens.

    One of the achievements you need to unlock one of the federation ships is to have a crew with at least 6 different species or something like that.


  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.worksto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneWoke rule
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    11 months ago

    Looked up my list and it’s really curious to see the ratings for my favorite games. Some games were marked “woke” for things I absolutely wouldn’t have thought of, while in other games I think some of the messaging flew over their heads.

    Woke: Counterstrike, because there are female skins

    Not Woke: FTL, where the main goal is to defeat an organization of violent racist facists.




  • What you see in mainstream news is always an exaggeration to hype up the layman. Right now all the hype is still focused on LLMs. The recent quantum breakthroughs that were “big news” a year ago were not as exciting as the news might have made it seem.

    Quantum research is still going at a slow but steady pace. We have working quantum computers. However, useful working quantum computers have to compete with massive classical computing clusters, which have a huge head start, even considering the theoretical scaling advantages of quantum computers.

    “Quantum supremacy” will come. But it also won’t be that exciting because the problems it’s good for are generally limited to niche scientific research scenarios. Maybe really big data centers might find some use for Grover’s search.

    The headline to look out for in regards to quantum computing will be something like “quantum computer discovers new material” (with varying levels of exaggerating language depending on the website). That will mark the start of quantum computers being useful (and potentially profitable).