• 4am@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    They’re not for running games faster, but they could potentially find two large prime factors pretty fast.

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      11 months ago

      … potentially …

      Useless today, unknown tomorrow.

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        11 months ago

        I have personally written code for quantum computers to save time due to algorithmic complexity; I was a college student at the time.

        So if their usefulness is stuck in the unknowable future then I’m a time traveler.