Can someone check my understanding: does this mean they have eight logical qubits on the chip? It appears that way from the graphic where it zooms into each logical qubit, although it only shows two there.
If that is true, it sounds like having a plan to scale to millions of logical qubits on a chip is even more impressive.
They have never demonstrated even a single physical qubit.
Microsoft has claimed for a while to have observed some signatures of quantized Majorana conductance which might potentially allow building a qubit in the future. However, other researches in the field have strongly criticized their analysis, and the field is full of retracted papers and allegations of scientific misconduct.
They have no qubits at all, "logical" or not. yet. They plan to make millions. It is substantially easier to release a plan for millions of qubits than it is to make even one.
> Cadmium is bad news. Lead and mercury get all the press, but cadmium is just as foul, even if far fewer people encounter it. Never in my career have I had any occasion to use any, and I like it that way.
It seems clear that he doesn’t want to work with cadmium, regardless of the compound.
I mean, sure. But then you read past that sentence, and you see that the rest of the article is about this particular compound, and it's unique tendency to explode, form toxic gases when burned, and so on.
I can't speak for the guy, but lots of things are "bad news", colloquially, and yet we work with them in the laboratory as an accepted everyday risk. I am not an inorganic chemist, but I'm pretty certain that they work with far riskier things than inorganic Cadmium on a regular basis.
I see you plan on making money by charging for the hosted service. Given that, and given recent history in the industry with companies starting out with this model only to rug-pull it from users later and move to a more restrictive license, can you publicly commit to keeping the code MIT/AGPLv3-licensed into the future?
Yes. Both Zai and I care a lot about FOSS — we also believe that open-source business models work, and that most proprietary devtools will slowly but surely be replaced by open-source alternatives. Our monetization strategy is very similar to Supabase — build in the open, and then charge for hosting and support. Also, we reject any investors that don't commit to the same beliefs.
And for organizations, it's only $419 for the first year. It's $251/yr from 3+ years on.
It should be noted that $419/year is $35/mo, which is still $10/mo cheaper than the Visual Studio 2022 Professional monthly subscription at $45/mo. $21/mo at 3+ years is less than half.
This is a gratuitously negative comment that is unfair and uses an incorrect metaphor. Rent-seeking is trying to charge for something without providing any new value, usually from something already established as free. I don't believe Rider was ever available for free, but even if it was, they certainly have improved it with loads of new value since then. You're welcome to your opinion (that I don't share) that their IDEs are not worth the cost, but you're also free to not buy them. That's not rent-seeking, it's the free market.
I personally am a big fan of Rider and the JetBrains Toolbox suite, and I get several times more value out of my subscription than it costs. YMMV.
Take a look at CAR T-cell therapy, used for Leukemia and blood cancers (and mentioned in this article). The first trials were happening around 2011, and now there are several FDA-approved therapies using this breakthrough. LLS notes [1]: "In some studies, up to 90 percent of children and adults with B-ALL whose disease had either relapsed multiple times, or failed to respond to standard therapies, achieved remission after receiving CAR T-cell therapy." These are people that would have died 10+ years ago.
My younger brother passed away from ALL in 2012 after a clinical trial for one of these treatments didn't work. His participation in the trial, even with the unsuccessful result, helped further the research that is now saving lives that weren't saved before.
CAR T-cell therapy is perhaps the most powerful breakthrough against blood cancer in history. Now, it might be able to tackle other cancers as well. We're making progress. Of course we all want it to go faster, but it's happening.
Gridfinity is an awesome organizational system you can print yourself, customized to your needs. I’ve also printed watch charging stands, a bottle drying stand, games, and gifts for other people. Will you save money? Probably not, but it’s fun.
For some definition of "end." Semantically, E2E encryption should mean encrypted end-to-end between you and the person you're calling, without Zoom having the key or ability to decrypt it. For example, this is Signal's definition of E2E encryption.
If that is true, it sounds like having a plan to scale to millions of logical qubits on a chip is even more impressive.