Can't find any explanation of what the supposed D-Wave quantum computer actually does. Null hypothesis: pure hype.
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@Meaningness SciAm appears to agree with me, which is never a good sign: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/05/17/is-it-quantum-computing-or-not/ …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness 3 possibilities: D-Wave snuck in a mechanical Turk, D-Wave got really lucky, D-Wave actually works. Guess we'll know soon enuf.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Snap-solving NP-hard problems is pretty interesting if you're an airline, no?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness What's the difference between NP-hard and NP-hard optimization?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Good enough for a couple trillion dollars' worth of applications, though.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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