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--- quantum:life_in_the_skies [2024/04/01 16:36] – baw-ndavis
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 Greg got up at four a.m. to make his flight. He doubted there would be another flight half as important to him the rest of his life. He was heading to Houston to be tested to become an astronaut. He probably could have slept in, but his nerves were too much. His whole life had prepared him for this moment.
-While he prepared, the latest generation of quantum computers, nicknamed Eigenweasels, were busily calculating and recalculating his fate. Using thermal quantum annealing and math that even an astronaut would balk at, the Eigenweasels took vast amounts of information in and solved vast numbers of quantum optimization problems to verify that each and every plane would reach its destination.
+While he prepared, the latest generation of quantum computers, nicknamed Eigenweasels, were busily calculating and recalculating his fate. Using thermal quantum annealing and math that even an astronaut would balk at, the Eigenweasels took vast amounts of information in and solved staggering numbers of quantum optimization problems to verify that each and every plane would reach its destination.
 Greg reached his gate with two hours to spare and sat staring at a novel, comprehending not a word. He wasn't worried about his flight. He took for granted that the Eigenweasels were watching out for him, recalculating the entire flight path and cross-checking it to make sure his flight avoided other planes and the worst of the storms. No, Greg was worried about doing three laps of the pool fully clothed. Sure, he'd done it a dozen times, but what if he cramped?