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Laan Tungir
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Knowledge creation is fundamentally unpredictable.

You would have to already have the knowledge in order to be able to say when it would be created, which of course is a contradiction.

Two things make discussing current work on quantum computers even worse.

1. Startups in order to raise money over-hype and over-promise.

2. Instead of getting individual fully functional qubits to work, there is this idea of getting partially functional qubits, and then attempt to do error correction.

So you hear about a company that builds a quantum computer with X qubits, but none of the qubits reliably function.

Imagine knowing you want to run code on a classical computer, but all the transistors/bits functioned 50% of the time. How many would you need to run your code???

It isn't clear to me that this approach will even work.

When we get sufficiently advanced quantum computers, past transactions done on privacy coins can become revealed.

If you want more permanent privacy, use Bitcoin privately with Lightning or ECash.

You can't decrypt what you can't see.

I.m going in the reverse direction. 😁

GM and Merry Christmas! Hope you got some fun gifts from Santa.

The first step on my journey was deciding to only use open source software. Probably Photoshop was the hardest to give up, and I still don't feel that there is a good alternative, but I gave it up anyway.

I'm with ya.

Did you just vibe-code this?

Yeah, always had a love-hate relationship with SONY. They designed great products, but always wanted to lock you into their ecosystem.

AIs love love love emojis.

Ninefold Roof

#architecture

Architects: T2P Architects Office

Area: 159 mΒ²

Year: 2024

Photographs: Vincent Hecht

City: Karuizawa, Nagano

Country: Japan

On a site sloping down to a valley on Mt. Happu inΒ Karuizawa, we planned a villa for four families, aiming to create a place where they can enjoy the rich nature surrounded by a forest with a view of a stream. The architecture was designed to float lightly above the ground on an independent foundation to correspond to the terrain, and to be a group of small volumes with a roof that slopes down to create a quiet appearance with minimal impact on the site.

The plan is a square divided into nine sections, with common areas on the first floor and private rooms on the second floor. The first floor, enclosed by glass, is an open space with a panoramic view, and the four private rooms on the second floor, which require privacy, are laid out in a crisscross pattern, with high ceilings at the four corners of the crisscross space, creating a sense of unity on the first floor.

Corresponding to the nine sections of the plan, nine small roofs with different slopes and orientations overlap each other so that they become higher toward the center. The roofs at each of the four corners protrude from the exterior wall in the shape of swastika, covering the four terraces that are connected to the entrance, kitchen, living room, and master bedroom on the first floor, extending the living space to the exterior. The living space extends to the outside.

Despite its simple spatial composition, a three-dimensional and deep space is built under the nine-layered roof, creating an inclusive place where people can enjoy a variety of distances from nature. As a base for families of different generations to gather, we hope that a variety of activities in harmony with nature will develop.

Would love to see images first, followed by text.

Signed,

Your biggest fan. :-)