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[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Quantum computer do exist. And have existed for some time now. Breakthroughs have been achieved several times.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, sure and it’s interesting stuff. But not anywhere near useful in the sense people mean when they talk about computers.

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 10 hours ago

They are as useful as the Large Hadron Collider, or the New Horizons probe.

They are instruments of practical scientific research. They may have some return in useful technology or not, but science is always worth it.