Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online quantum computer

Re:Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online qu... by ggm on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @07:45PM (#40292823)

> I genuinely think it's a fun & potentially meaningful way to make a decision.

what difference is there to any 50/50 choice mechanism you chose, other than being horrendously expensive to implement?

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Re:Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online qu... by andrewp123 on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @07:52PM (#40292864)

If you roll a regular coin without any quantum effects, every version of you will either see only heads, or only tails. You need quantum in order to make the choice nondeterministic.

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Re:Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online qu... by hotdogscout on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @08:26PM (#40293076)

There are no other versions of people

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Re:Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online qu... by OutOfHere on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @08:36PM (#40293140)

I keep getting "500 Internal Server Error" when trying to login. It's not logging in. I get this error after entering the "IBM verify code" which I receive in an email.

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Re:Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online qu... by toast0 on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @10:48PM (#40293870)

Ah, but in the other universe, you logged in successfully and saw there was nothing to see.

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Re:Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online qu... by mise_en_place on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @11:01PM (#40293942)

I had this issue with IBM SSO many times. You may have to wait 24-48 hours before it’s resolved for your acct.

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Re:Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online qu... by OutOfHere on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @10:42AM (#40298641)

How do I know they won't just give me a cached output from someone else's identical job, or from a simulator? I don't really trust IBM to not mess it up.

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Re:Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online qu... by dwattttt on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @07:56PM (#40292888)

I think it's time we had the quantum computing talk: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-talk-3

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