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Re:Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing by numlock86 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:19AM (#22306655)
> Well, at least they are not using diameter of human hair as a unit of measure.

I recently heard a scientific talk mentioning that the earth is losing around three slices of mortadella in helium every second ...

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Re:Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing by pr_nik on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @03:34AM (#22307031)
In defense of academics resorting to such comparisons, making this tangible, exciting, accessible, and generally common sense-compatible is all the rage nowadays. The attention economy certainly rules the PR-side of academia and success there can translate into cash for basic research. Not my idea, not my style, but it's a thing.
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Re:Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing by Koshkin on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @09:18AM (#22308964)
Problem is, those who might need this sort of comparisons never read such articles. (Educated people already know what a nanometer is.)
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Re:Artificial atoms create stable qubits for quantum computing by Iwan-Zotow on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:47PM (#22312098)
HOw many olympic size pools? Or football fields?
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