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> it will be really easy to google Hopefully :) Sometimes it gets spelled as LIQ𝑈𝑖⏐〉 ( http://stationq.github.io/Liquid/ ) which is different from LIQUi|> ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/language-in... ), which is different from LIQUID. It all depends on how Google feels about qubits on any given day.
But can you spell it all three ways at the same time?
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I didn't know that you can use Visual Studio on anything that is not Windows. I'll try to install it. Edit: Looks like you need Visual Studio Community for this SDK which Microsoft only has a Windows version.
Looks like it's available for Mac as well: https://www.visualstudio.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-st... Edit: The QDK does not have Mac support yet.
Nice to see Microsoft's progress in quantum computing. It seems like you can't use this SDK without Visual Studio. If you don't have Visual Studio, you can use LIQUi|> [0]; another quantum SDK from Microsoft. [0]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/language-in...
“toughest challenges, such as world hunger or the dangerous effects of climate change” How does quantum computing address world hunger or climate change? Convincing humans to not use fossil fuels or to eat less beef doesn’t need Shor’s algorithm.
Shor's algorithm is not the only potential application for quantum computers. Simulating quantum mechanics and optimization is what quantum computers will probably be used for in the next couple of years. Regarding the world hunger and climate change claim. I think they are referring to the fact that quantum computers can simulate quantum chemistry more efficiently compared to classical computers. This article [0] ta…
My concern is magic tech solutions to easily solved problems allow lazy humans to keep polluting and point to some phantasmagorical silver bullet in the not too distant future...which inevitably comes much much later than expected.
In short, at current CO2 emission growth rates, the Antarctic ice sheets will melt long before QC allows chemists to produce emission free petroleum use or planet scale carbon capture and sequestration. Let's use those future tools for Mars colonization in 2150, but for now, for our kids' sakes, let's stop making throwaway plastic baubles by the tons, relying on petroleum based fertilizers for Big Mac production, and fix the many very solvable behavioral problems with today's tech.
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“toughest challenges, such as world hunger or the dangerous effects of climate change” How does quantum computing address world hunger or climate change? Convincing humans to not use fossil fuels or to eat less beef doesn’t need Shor’s algorithm.
Quantum computer would enable systematic approach in areas like material sciences and molecular biology, which today are essentially trial and error.