Google, NASA, and D-Wave are teaming up to take quantum computing to the next level.

The case or container of the D-Wave is much more empty than I had suspected. It’s so different from portable computing which seeks to maximize internal dimensions for power usage and heat.

The biggest question is the question itself – “we don’t know what the best questions are to ask that computer, that’s exactly what we’re trying to understand now” (Eleanor Rieffel @ 4:52 in the video above).

(via kottke.org)

(Revised and republished April 19th, 2025 — I can’t help but think of Everything Everywhere All At Once)