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Mahkfrombos

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  1. Agree
    Mahkfrombos reacted to bigneo in IBM just beat Google to a brand new type of computing-But Can It Play Minecraft?   
    It was obvious and totally appropriate as an easy joke for the big topic.
     
    Whatever joke you would add to the title wouldn't be as funny or wouldn't sound better than what it is now. Telling someone there are better jokes, you must remember that everybody is different with different senses of humour. Even if you added a "better" joke to the title, the original one will be original, and in my mind it wouldn't sound funnier or better, perhaps principles would take a play since I sense some toxicity in criticism
  2. Informative
    Mahkfrombos got a reaction from rhyseyness in IBM just beat Google to a brand new type of computing-But Can It Play Minecraft?   
    Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-launches-first-quantum-computer-cloud-service-2016-5
     
    IBM has released a publicly available, cloud quantum computer with a user interface to allow anyone with some algebra skills and some programming knowledge to create programs for it. The computer is 5 qubits, on par with a regular computer. The industry is expecting IBM and Google to race to somewhere around 50 qubits, much more powerful than today's super computers. This article focuses primarily on explaining the race between Google and IBM with some background on Quantum computing and specifics of this computer.
     
    As someone who is new to the world of quantum computing (for those like me see Tech Quickie-Quantum Computing), it seems like this is next leap forward in processing power, especially as we hear Intel tell us that processing innovation is slowing. I appreciate the opportunity the IBM is offering the public to use this intro to the technology via a cloud service. The article seems to frame this milestone as a possible put down to Google as a way to for IBM to say "haha we're here first." It's going to be an interesting playing around with this though, is there a Programming in Quantum for Dummies yet?
     
     
     
    Source 2: http://www.wired.com/2016/05/ibm-letting-anyone-play-quantum-computer/
  3. Funny
    Mahkfrombos got a reaction from Technic77 in IBM just beat Google to a brand new type of computing-But Can It Play Minecraft?   
    Sorry thought joke was obvious. Didn't really expect to have the world's greatest minds using potentially mind-blowing computing technology to play minecraft.
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    Mahkfrombos got a reaction from Master Disaster in IBM just beat Google to a brand new type of computing-But Can It Play Minecraft?   
    Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-launches-first-quantum-computer-cloud-service-2016-5
     
    IBM has released a publicly available, cloud quantum computer with a user interface to allow anyone with some algebra skills and some programming knowledge to create programs for it. The computer is 5 qubits, on par with a regular computer. The industry is expecting IBM and Google to race to somewhere around 50 qubits, much more powerful than today's super computers. This article focuses primarily on explaining the race between Google and IBM with some background on Quantum computing and specifics of this computer.
     
    As someone who is new to the world of quantum computing (for those like me see Tech Quickie-Quantum Computing), it seems like this is next leap forward in processing power, especially as we hear Intel tell us that processing innovation is slowing. I appreciate the opportunity the IBM is offering the public to use this intro to the technology via a cloud service. The article seems to frame this milestone as a possible put down to Google as a way to for IBM to say "haha we're here first." It's going to be an interesting playing around with this though, is there a Programming in Quantum for Dummies yet?
     
     
     
    Source 2: http://www.wired.com/2016/05/ibm-letting-anyone-play-quantum-computer/
  5. Informative
    Mahkfrombos got a reaction from Lethal Seraph in IBM just beat Google to a brand new type of computing-But Can It Play Minecraft?   
    Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-launches-first-quantum-computer-cloud-service-2016-5
     
    IBM has released a publicly available, cloud quantum computer with a user interface to allow anyone with some algebra skills and some programming knowledge to create programs for it. The computer is 5 qubits, on par with a regular computer. The industry is expecting IBM and Google to race to somewhere around 50 qubits, much more powerful than today's super computers. This article focuses primarily on explaining the race between Google and IBM with some background on Quantum computing and specifics of this computer.
     
    As someone who is new to the world of quantum computing (for those like me see Tech Quickie-Quantum Computing), it seems like this is next leap forward in processing power, especially as we hear Intel tell us that processing innovation is slowing. I appreciate the opportunity the IBM is offering the public to use this intro to the technology via a cloud service. The article seems to frame this milestone as a possible put down to Google as a way to for IBM to say "haha we're here first." It's going to be an interesting playing around with this though, is there a Programming in Quantum for Dummies yet?
     
     
     
    Source 2: http://www.wired.com/2016/05/ibm-letting-anyone-play-quantum-computer/
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    Mahkfrombos reacted to AlwaysFSX in Integrated Graphics vs Dedicated on Laptop   
    You are correct, the integrated GPU is essentially ignored unless the laptop has a lower power state where it disables the dedicated gpu to use the integrated gpu instead. Some models can also have a thing where the only use of the integrated gpu is external displays. Or where only some external displays use the integrated gpu, or where none of the external displays use the integrated gpu but instead use the dedicated gpu.
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