I always expect to see a James Bond villain or some sexy robot women in the room.

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    I realized I’ve never actually seen a quantum computer. When I saw this post, I decided to look one up, and expecting them to look like some old storage server or something. I mean they can’t look that antiquated, right?

    Then I saw one on the Internet, and realized quantum computers look like THIS:

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      This is the interior of the computer. They hang it to reduce vibrations as well as thermal fluctuations. I work in a different area of physics, but my uni has one of these quant computers and I’ve spoken to my colleagues who work on it. When they need to run an experiment the whole setup gets enclosed in a vacuum-sealed container and brought down to near absolute zero. Really neat to see in person.

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      Yeah I really loved the look of the quantum computer in Alex Garland’s Devs

      Turns out it’s pretty close to the real thing

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        Such an amazing show. Watched it blind with no idea of what I was getting into. And the soundtrack is right up there with Arrival’s.

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          Absolutely. I’ve always been a big Nick Offerman fan and I loved his performance in it, a fantastic show all around.