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Re:Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Co... by Ajedi32 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @09:16AM (#21334284)
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21043659

Is there anything new in this article, or is it just a repeat of what we already learned last month?

Re:Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Co... by xiphias2 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @07:57AM (#21333634)
It would be great if they could start to publish benchmark results for Shor's algorithm if the conputer is able to run it, even if the results are not exact at this point.
Re:Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Co... by scottlocklin on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @11:17AM (#21335486)
They absolutely can't publish benchmark results for Shor; their architecture can't run it at all. This is Google and IBM's marketing departments duking it out for ... reasons. IBM has physics on their side.
Re:Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Co... by fooker on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @11:40AM (#21335741)
>IBM has physics on their side.

What do you mean by this?

Re:Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Co... by xiphias2 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:10PM (#21336652)
They wrote that the computer is a generic computer, so it's perfectly capable of running Shor's algorithm, just not with practical parameters (for example without error correction)
Re:Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Co... by forthehorde on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @09:27AM (#21334376)
Damn really hate those "subscribe to read", maybe there's a link to this article without the need to subscribe?
Re:Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Co... by JDEW on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @10:39AM (#21335061)
You can read NYT articles in a private browser window.
Re:Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Co... by scottlocklin on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @11:18AM (#21335493)
Not any more.
Re:Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Co... by dubya on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:34PM (#21336301)
Actually, you can again. At least in Safari with Wipr installed. They're doing an overlay at the bottom of the window instead of just blocking the whole thing.
Re:Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Co... by forthehorde on Thursday October 24, 2019 @02:55AM (#21342307)
Thanks, will try that
Re:Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Co... by freefal on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @11:29AM (#21335634)
Reader mode in Firefox will remove the subscribe banner and show the article.
Re:Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Co... by goda90 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @11:51AM (#21335859)
I find I have to press the reader mode button quickly. It seems to load the entire article, then Javascript moves/deletes most of the article so reader mode can no longer see it after a short segment.
Re:Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Co... by pluma on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:16PM (#21336102)
Open dev tools, clear all storage and cookies for the site.

NYT tries to detect private browsing mode but they need to use client-side data to track whether you've already read your free article.

Note that in the US this information may violate the DMCA. But on the other hand their behavior violates the GDPR in Europe so fair's fair.

Re:Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Co... by mav3rick on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @05:17AM (#21332749)
Amazing feat ! Kudos to all involved.