And what happens when the universe runs out of pids?
Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online quantum computer
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Re: Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online quantum computer
#12> The outcome provably does not exist until you measure it.
My preferred interpretation:
There is a density function across all possible realities (Hilbert space).
Schrodinger's cat has equal density of being alive and dead.
The person who opens the box can be happy or sad.
The density of cat being alive is entangled with the observer being happy. And the opposite for the death.
The original cat distribution did not "collapse" or "resolve" per se. The cat is still equal parts alive and dead. But it did become non-uniformly entangled with the distributions of rest of the universe.
Perhaps this is the many worlds interpretation.
Re: Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online quantum computer
#13Watch the Remedial Chaos Theory episode of Community to see why it is a bad idea to play around with making decisions that can spawn alternative worlds and timelines based off a single unnatural random event. (also probably one of the best episodes ever)
Re: Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online quantum computer
#141 fork per 4 seconds? That's so inefficient. Just observing Geiger counter will fork the universe faster than article's very inefficient implementation.
I generally try not to comment on work-related stuff in public but I almost fell out of my chair when I saw that sampling rate. Surely they can do better, and that's just a limitation of the free API?
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#15This is potentially useful because people can be very impressionable when it comes to quantum magic. I think if I could build some kind of shiny heavy tangible apparatus to interface with the IBM compute service, with like seven segment LEDs (resist the urge to use Nixie tubes, this is a serious, practical device) with a big loud trigger and some kind of boutique radio, I would have a potentially very persuasive magi…
But why would you resist the urge to use Nixie tubes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwIGnATzBTg
Re: Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online quantum computer
#16Watch the Remedial Chaos Theory episode of Community to see why it is a bad idea to play around with making decisions that can spawn alternative worlds and timelines based off a single unnatural random event. (also probably one of the best episodes ever)
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Re: Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online quantum computer
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
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.
Ah, but in the other universe, you logged in successfully and saw there was nothing to see.
Re: Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online quantum computer
#18Rick: OK, Morty, this program runs by spawning a new universe for each parallel subtask, destroying the universes that throw an exception instead of returning a value, and then aggregating the remaining results. Are you ready to experience quantum hyperspatial optimization, Morty? This'll strap a warp drive to the ass of your gamer shit for sure.
Morty: Aw, geez, Rick, I don't think we ought to--
Rick: Nothing ventured, nothing gained, Morty. Let's goooooooooooo!
[He clicks the mouse, and Solitaire comes up]
Rick: Haha, nice. [He starts playing.]
[We are shown a 16x16 grid of the same moment happening in 256 alternate universes.]
Ricks: Nothing ventured, nothing gained, Morty. Let's goooooooooooo!
[They click the mouse.]
Rick 183: Oh, sh--
Rick 39: Jesus Chr--
Rick 201: NO! We've gone too fa--
[237 of the alternate universes disappear in a white-hot light, their squares replaced by static.]
Re: Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online quantum computer
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
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.
I had this issue with IBM SSO many times. You may have to wait 24-48 hours before it’s resolved for your acct.
Re: Unix forking the universe by running IBM's free online quantum computer
#20And what happens when the universe runs out of pids?
The "split" happens contantly outside the lab/quantum-computer. Just get a geiger counter, the atoms split randomly using a quantum process. Or just get a digital camera, the photons are absorved in the CCD sensor randomly using a quantum process. Or ...