Comment Re:"Powerful" quantum computer (Score 1) 74
I've actually programmed quantum computers, and I have to admit this is correct. We have access to more qubits now than we can effectively use because of the rapid accumulation of noise and decoherence in quantum processing. No one seems to have achieved much with Quantum Error Correction, and schemes to get it to work better (like Cat qubits) remain theoretical.
There might be a breakthrough someday, and when it happens everyone will know quickly, but there is still a lot of work to do to get there. Or there may never be a breakthrough.
Comment Re:How do I quantum vide code? (Score 1) 74
I just asked Google in AI mode "qiskit bell state" and it gave me the code.
from qiskit import QuantumCircuit
from qiskit.quantum_info import Statevector
from qiskit.visualization import plot_histogram
# 1. Create a quantum circuit with 2 qubits and 2 classical bits
qc = QuantumCircuit(2, 2)
# 2. Apply a Hadamard gate to qubit 0 to create a superposition
qc.h(0)
# 3. Apply a CNOT gate with qubit 0 as control and qubit 1 as target
qc.cx(0, 1)
# 4. (Optional) View the ideal quantum statevector before measurement
state = Statevector.from_instruction(qc)
print("Statevector:\n", state)
# 5. Measure both qubits into the classical bits
qc.measure([0, 1], [0, 1])
# 6. Draw the circuit text representation
print("\nCircuit Diagram:")
print(qc.draw(output="text"))
You can go run it on IBM Quantum Platform or AWS Braket
Comment Survival Research Labs doing this since 1979 (Score 1) 37
Survival Research Labs has been fighting robots (with flamethrowers, etc.) since 1979. See https://youtu.be/1Cp7aD0q63g?s...
However I'm more excited to see autonomous robots fight!
Comment Aqueduct time (Score 1) 135
The Grand Canal of China is 1776 km. California Aqueduct is 640 km. Los Angeles Aqueduct is 375 km. Rasht known as the "City of Rain" (Shahr-e BÄrÄn) is about 300 km from Tehran. Start digging the aqueduct!
Comment Re:Trump has expanded the high skill work visas (Score 2) 235
No, the H1-B program has not changed this year under Trump. The number of new visas issued annually remains capped at 65,000, plus an additional 20,000 for people with a masterâ(TM)s degree or higher.
Under Trump's first term, there was increased scrutiny and stricter enforcement on H1-B, leading to higher denial rates (24% vs. 6%) and more requests for evidence. Much of that was overturned in the courts, and the denial rate is back to normal.
Prior to 2004, H1-B numbers were legislatively higher (195,000).
Comment Javascript? (Score 2) 28
Where is the Javascript version so it can run in the browser window?
Comment Yet cloud providers continue to grow (Score 1) 176
AWS 4Q 2023 revenue grew 13% YoY to $24.2 billion. So more workloads are going on the cloud than leaving.
Comment Re: It's definitely upending auto dealerships (Score 1) 472
Data point, I just saw my first Tesla on the streets of San Salvador, El Salvador, this week.
Comment Hack oppressive governments (Score 1) 16
Probably the best strategy to strengthen critical mineral supply chains is to hack oppressive dictatorships into liberal democracies.
Comment Re: Which America? (Score 1) 52
On average, it takes the Japanese less than 5 years to build a nuclear power plant. In South Korea and China, less than 6 years. https://www.sustainabilitybynu...
Comment Re: A strange decision... (Score 1) 160
The fire truck crashed into the Cruise. Fire trucks crash into cars all the time, for example: https://www.carscoops.com/2022...
Comment Use multiple availability zones (Score 1) 45
If you have virtual infrastructure in AWS with high availability requirements, use multiple Availability Zones (AZs), which are distinct locations within an AWS Region that are distant enough from each other to provide isolation from common physical failures (fire, flood, tornado) but have inexpensive, low-latency network connectivity to other AZs in the same AWS Region (for reliable synchronous database replication, for example).
Comment All AWS instances use ECC (Score 2) 188
Of note:
Q: Does Amazon EC2 use ECC memory?
In our experience, ECC memory is necessary for server infrastructure, and all the hardware underlying Amazon EC2 uses ECC memory.
(From: Amazon EC2 FAQs)
Comment Why not on the cloud? (Score 1) 188
Why isn't Linus developing on the cloud?