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US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal

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Re: US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal

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I think we're all seeing a theme.

Is the theme that any direction US tech advances in results in a persistent campaign of negative hit pieces aimed at trying to halt/destroy any achievements? Written by "journalists"/publishers that have never, and will never, say a single negative thing about china? Sure seems like that's the theme.

Take a deep breath and get your meds updated.

Re: US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal

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I think we're all seeing a theme.

Is the theme that any direction US tech advances in results in a persistent campaign of negative hit pieces aimed at trying to halt/destroy any achievements? Written by "journalists"/publishers that have never, and will never, say a single negative thing about china? Sure seems like that's the theme.

> But a member of the US Congress is now arguing that those deals are illegal, as Congress did not allocate the money for this purpose—instead, it was meant to support public research in semiconductors.

That is the theme. Illegal use of public money. It’s called crony capitalism.

Re: US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal

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>That technology overlaps only partially, at best, with what’s used in quantum processors.

Dunno, how can you say that for sure when we don't actually know how to make a practical quantum processor? The bigger issue is that we are scaling up manufacturing of approaches that have not been made to work.

I remember a meeting where the project manager pointed out that we were due to send some test boards to a customer. I pointed out that we didn't have a design yet. The PM then asked why we couldn't send them some boards anyway. I suggested that since the boards wouldn't work that we could just cut out some green cardboard and add some component shapes with a magic marker thus saving significant time and effort.

It turned out that I was not as funny as I thought I was...

Re: US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal

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post #19

Trump Jr. is one of the government money recipients via 1789 capital (which had already profited from the groq insider sale last year): https://www.startribune.com/donald-trump-quantum-computing-i...

That's Sir Mountain Dew Trump Jr to you.

Re: US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal

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post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is the theme that any direction US tech advances in results in a persistent campaign of negative hit pieces aimed at trying to halt/destroy any achievements? Written by "journalists"/publishers that have never, and will never, say a single negative thing about china? Sure seems like that's the theme.

What does your tangent about feelings have to do with the fact that the money is illegally allocated? That is the theme OC is pointing out.

My understanding for the money to be "illegally allocated", the court system would have to declare it so.

The article do not mention any lawsuits that overturn the allocation, just a couple senators disagreeing with the interpretation of the law. The senate does not interpret the law, but the judicial branch.

Re: US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal

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post #19

Trump Jr. is one of the government money recipients via 1789 capital (which had already profited from the groq insider sale last year): https://www.startribune.com/donald-trump-quantum-computing-i...

Trump Jr the guy selling drones to the Middle East after his father started a war? What a standup guy!

Re: US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal

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post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is the theme that any direction US tech advances in results in a persistent campaign of negative hit pieces aimed at trying to halt/destroy any achievements? Written by "journalists"/publishers that have never, and will never, say a single negative thing about china? Sure seems like that's the theme.

That is basically the theme. You've figured out the actual grift. The crazy thing is how these same magazines will promote actual fake industries like crypto, while demonizing industries that produce actual results like AI. The goal seems to be to get Americans to invest assets into currencies likely already controlled by foreign entities while discouraging them from developing their own potentially revolutionary tec…

Um sorry have you heard about the gutting of the NSF?

Re: US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal

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post #27
post #19

Trump Jr. is one of the government money recipients via 1789 capital (which had already profited from the groq insider sale last year): https://www.startribune.com/donald-trump-quantum-computing-i...

Trump Jr the guy selling drones to the Middle East after his father started a war? What a standup guy!

The Trump family is a fully integrated business. Start a war, sell weapons. Negotiating peace deals and looking for investors at the same time.

Sue the government and be in charge of the agency you sue.

Re: US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal

#30
disclosure: I have large (to me) investments in quantum.

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The US needs to keep leading innovations. We have permanently lost the ability to manufacture. For China (and the world) to stay dependent on us, we need to continue pumping out technologies.

Ukraine / Iran / Afghanistan / Vietnam has proved having the biggest baddest military is not that valuable.

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