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shiiiieeeet pic.twitter.com/Yfad0PZRd9
— KekMagician🫘🆙 (@KequeMage) February 17, 2025
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In a groundbreaking use of teleportation, critical units of a quantum processor have been successfully spread across multiple computers, proving the potential of distributing quantum modules without compromising on their performance.
While the transfer only took place over a space of two meters (about six feet) in an Oxford University laboratory, the leap was more than enough to emphasize the feasibility of scaling quantum technology by teleporting quantum states across an 'internet' of connected systems.
Teleportation is a quirk of physics that only makes sense through a quantum lens, where objects exist in a blur of possible characteristics until processes of measurement force them to adopt each state.
By mingling the undecided states of different objects in an act known as entanglement, and then carefully choosing the right kinds of measurements to make on one, it's possible to use the answers to force an entangled object some distance away to adopt (and destroy) the original object's quantum identity.
It might not be the kind of teleportation that would beam passengers through the vacuum of space in a blink, but it's perfect for sharing the blur of information necessary for logical operations in a quantum processor.
"Previous demonstrations of quantum teleportation have focused on transferring quantum states between physically separated systems," says lead author Dougal Main, a physicist at Oxford University.
"In our study, we use quantum teleportation to create interactions between these distant systems."
Where classical computers use binary 'on or off' switches to perform strings of computations on bits of information, quantum computers use mathematically complex distributions of possibilities known as qubits, typically represented in a simple feature of an uncharged particle such as a charged atom.
To make this process practical, hundreds or even thousands of such particles need to have their yet-to-be-decided states entangled with one another in a restricted fashion, without intrusive objects weaving their own possibilities in and messing up the calculations.
Scaling current technology to this level is complicated by obstacles that require error-correcting processes or shielding to preserve the delicate quantum states long enough for them to be measured.
Linking a number of smaller processors across a network to create a kind of quantum supercomputer is another solution. While quantum information can be transmitted in the form of a light wave, the potential for its state to be irreversibly corrupted along the way makes it an impractical option.
Teleportation requires the receipt of measurements the old-fashioned way – through reliable binary data. Once sent, operations at the receiving end can tweak their own entangled particle until it effectively looks like the original.
The all-important quantum blur of the teleported spin state in the Oxford University experiment was an 86 percent match with the original, more than good enough for it to serve as a logic gate for a simple operation known as a Grover's algorithm, which succeeded with 71 percent efficiency across the two quantum processors.
"By interconnecting the modules using photonic links, our system gains valuable flexibility, allowing modules to be upgraded or swapped out without disrupting the entire architecture," says Main.
Having options for restructuring a quantum network could diversify the applications for such technology, repurposing networks of computers into cowtools that can measure and test physics at its most fundamental level.
This research was published in Nature.
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Don’t let anyone ever tell you they speak for all gun owners. The face of gun ownership is changing, and Americans who own firearms aren’t monolithic in their opinions.
— 97Percent (@97Percentorg) February 18, 2025
We’ll be sharing some of our own findings from the research we’ve conducted with gun owners over the next few…
.webp?h=10 "Emoji Crown (hearts and shooting stars) - 💫This is techically the dizzy symbol, but it looks like a shooting star for Apple users 😘")
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american tiktok users installing a chinese app (rednote) directly on their phone bc of the tiktok ban is hilarious pic.twitter.com/F9rfqarCLv
— 🐻❄️⁷ is happy (@userbfIy) January 13, 2025
ok I know it's probably like 10 people doing this but look how heckin cute and wholesome they are 
please please please 
let this be how china wins think of how funny it would be omg
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in its time as one of the deadest( but best) esports of all time, competitive tf2 has had numerous dramas, some funnier than others. most of these are libertarian drama. one notable one occurred back in 2016
b4nny
Grant "B4nny" Vincent is the most successful competitive tf2 player of all time, having at least 30 tournament wins, 4 international tournament wins and numerous other meaningless trophies for his collection since 2008, racking up over 28,000 hours in the game. (no seriously) He is notable for being perhaps the only tf2 player to have made a career from streaming and for his enormous ego, creating numerous moments of hilarity.
(there will be more.)
one of b4nny's most redeeming traits (at least in the past) remains his penchant for tweeting.
his tweet game was so prolific that there is a 15 page thread on the main competitive tf2 forum compiling people's favorites
https://www.teamfortress.tv/32408/favorite-b4nny-tweet
some of these have caused immense seethe.
some of my favourites include:
(ok, this one is pretty funny, hes making fun of someone for not going to lan because of school or something lol)
despite his mastermind X antics b4nny has had a rough relationship with the community through the years.
initially starting off well liked, something seemed to snap in b4nny's heart, turning it cold.
maybe this was when he got cucked by his teammate and continued to play with him after finding out because he loves winning that much. Maybe it was his own teammate leaving mid-playoffs match due to him insisting on swapping the team's roles around for some reason, causing his team to get upset, get 3rd place (up to this point b4nny hadnt been either 1st or second in the top division for 4 years!) and disband immediately after. This also happened again like 7 years later but thats a different story.
B4nny immediately rebuilt his team with new up and coming players (including some who would go on to play in theoverwatch league (lolll)
all was well in b4nny's camp. He had recently met his funding goal to attend the 2016 international lan hosted in some shithole in england idk lol
one fateful day, b4nny decided to beat his liver and stream drunk. Clearly intoxicated, b4nny streamed on. meanwhile an up and coming top european player by the name of thalash decided to do some trolling 
by insinuating that b4nny was getting carried by his now ex-teammate who had cucked him 
in the past. B4nny's ego, already more inflated than the hindenburg (RIp crodies) reached nuclear meltdown levels. how dare a player who has never gone to LAN talk down on me like this! 
b4nny also has a bizarre half-joking hatred for european players, berating their playstyle constantly for being slow and boring (true)
these factors lead to b4nny going on a legendary drunken tangent raving about europeans, accolades and how thalash is the equivalent of what someone might call a plumber or taxi driver driver in the UFC.
the most notable part of this autism fueled rant is b4nny's legendary statement that he requests his new found foe utter when he loses to him on lan(0:33 seconds in video 1 :) )
im sorry im not good i apologize for my ego please forgive me, im just europeean.
uh oh!
this sparks huge drama in the community, with some pointing out that thalash was provoking an obviously deathly drunk b4nny while others laughed at his ego about an already small esport.
august 26, 2016
b4nny has arrived in europe with his team to smite the europeeans once and for all.
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at his sexiest, he is ready to take the win and prove why blumpfkenstiltskin needs to stop giving aid to twink european panhandlers.
can you guess what happens?
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b4nny loses, becoming a laughing stock and likely killing some hobo in retaliation (he lived in la).
b4nny later returns to his uncrushable winning ways, winning every single major tournament in NA until 2021 and eventually getting his getback on thalash in 2018 and 2019 at lan, one being in NA one being in ingerland.
b4nny still plays to this day. i think despite his insufferable ego, its quite impressive hes been able to dedicate himself to this without roping or moving on to another esport. hes clearly a talented team leader and team builder.
ill probably never post again on this site but theres so much funny drama from this esport holy shit lol
THE BWC RAP (LYRICS INCLUDED) 
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I'm feeling filthy man I might need a shower! 
She be hoppin' up and down on my ivory tower! 
My big white peepee make her rest in power 
And this big white worm it can last for hours 
Willy is white like a blank web page 
And it's so big got a darn rib cage 
Blow off her face like I am nick cage 
Bussin' off crazy like a 22 gauge 
It's the other kind of white meat (wow) Look at the girth 
And I hope you know that it's gonna hurt when I spurt 
It's a drama alert I got a BWC 
And I'll pull it out now, do you like what you see? 
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's my big white peepee 
Mid castizas you are gonna wanna see this 
Head game fire she a gosh darn genius 
Big white balls and they're bigger than venus 
Errybody sing along with me 
Doesn't matter how many SBCs seethe 
It's the mystical massive great white D
Put your hands up in the air for BWC! 
Errybody sing along with me
Doesn't matter how many SBCs seethe
It's the mystical massive great white D
Put your hands up in the air for BWC! 
Ice spice on my big white spike (Yo)
Never been the type to kiss a b-word night night (No) 
B-word I'm TomDark but my peepee is quite light 
And this girl that's on my peepee she is not quite white (She's black) 
You can twist it up and play with it (Woah) 
Make a motherfrickin' movie, Michael Bay with it (Woah) 
Girl I promise you not dealing with a baby peepee (No) 
That's a big white peepee in your radius (Oh)
B is for Big you can see it from afar 
W for wigger, cuz that's what we are 
C is for cramming it in when it's hard 
So darn huge you can see it from the stars
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's my big white peepee 
And it makes all the bird-brain bimbos flock 
Got em climbing up and down on my white beanstalk 
Yes it's big and it's long and it's whiter than chalk! 
Errybody sing along with me!
Doesn't matter how many SBCs seethe!
It's the mystical massive great white D!
Put your hands up in the air for BWC!
Errybody sing along with me!
Doesn't matter how many SBCs seethe!
It's the mystical massive great white D!
Put your hands up in the air for BWC!
She was shocked by the cubic of my pubic!
Now she's playing with it like a gosh dang rubix! 
Latinx and Indian women wanna do it! 
African kweens and even a Jewess! 
It's the same color as what comes out of it!
You might think it's huge but I think nun of it!
Cuz there's so many other white boys like me!
Who are packing themselves a BWC!
Jack Harlow - got BWC! 
Chris Pratt - got BWC! 
Willem Defoe - got BWC! 
Justin Bieber - got BWC! 
But Nicki Minaj - needs BWC! 
Ice Spice - needs BWC! 
Doja Cat - needs BWC! 
Zoe Kravitz - needs BWC! 
Errybody sing along with me!
Doesn't matter how many SBCs seethe!
It's the mystical massive great white D!
Put your hands up in the air for BWC!
Errybody sing along with me!
Doesn't matter how many SBCs seethe!
It's the mystical massive great white D!
Put your hands up in the air for BWC!
!builtfor !BWC !asians !whites !metashit !r-slurs !neurodivergents !dramatards !music !BIPOCs
Hypermuscular Hindu Hridaysamrat 
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Just watched this movie, and I think everyone should watch it. It has a really good message.
— Nilesh Bhai (@avgphoenixguy1) February 11, 2025
Sanya marries a 6ft+ guy who behaves well before marriage but turns out to be the most sexist and misogynistic person ever.
This seems to be the case with every 6ft+ guy pic.twitter.com/D51X6QACKg
Oh no no no shortbros
Clears the alimony cheque every month yeah
I love manlets
They can always make me feel better about myself.
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The Message:
"Elon. You know the world is not surviving till 2100. You need to stop with the dumb distractions because we need more than 10,000 people on Mars before 2050 if we are going to survive the collapse. Good luck."
Send me a screencap of the message being tweeted to Elon and I will transfer you 100 dc.
Preferably as many of you send the message to him as possible.
This is important. I have checked with both AI and psychic sources. This needs to be done now.
- forgor : Overpaid wfhcel that was crying about getting jeeted a month ago below
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835k for a two bedroom. Marvel at your tax dollars at work.
Eat the rich!
From Twitter instead
I’m feeling spunky. Let’s see who’s selling houses in DC.
— 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧 ~🎙️🇺🇸 (@RogueLou18) February 15, 2025
1- Voter Participation Center, Deputy Director of Mail Programs and World Bank consultant pic.twitter.com/aGPvGZBX5N
pauses enforcement of ban on bribing 
foriegn officials 
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+ our first Cryptic)
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LA Times, Sun, Jan 26, 2025 - "Quality Time"
https://downforacross.com/beta/game/6898590-swug
SOLVED
NY Times, Sun, Jan 26, 2025 - "Letter Openers"
https://downforacross.com/beta/game/6898597-vosk
SOLVED
LA Times, Sat, Jan 25, 2025
https://downforacross.com/beta/game/6898606-glaff
SOLVED
NY Times, Sat, Jan 25, 2025
https://downforacross.com/beta/game/6898604-glemp
SOLVED
rDrama themed crossword
https://downforacross.com/beta/game/6793417-jisk
SOLVED
NY Times, Sun, Jan 3, 2010 - "Antique Finish"
https://downforacross.com/beta/game/6898609-plusk
SOLVED
NY Times, Sun, July 4, 2024 CRYPTIC
https://downforacross.com/beta/game/6898623-vosk
SOLVED
THANKS FOR PLAYING EVERYONE
As you can see, this week we will do the usual Sat & Sun crosswords, then our special drama-themed crossword made by @ShriekingGeek , then we will do a Sunday NY Times crossword from 2010 which was uploaded this week, and then we will finally end on a cryptic crossword printed last year in The NY Times and uploaded this week, which was fortunate for us since we are going to start adding some cryptic crosswords to line up.
If you are not familiar with cryptic crosswords, I highly recommend you familiarize yourself with how they work if you want to help us solve them. Otherwise, the clues will look like gibberish. Here is a guide from The New Yorker:
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Malayan leaf frog pic.twitter.com/Y1jSBN0IyL
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) February 1, 2025
soccer player who called Bonglish cop "fricking white and stupid" is now being tried
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-04/sam-kerr-trial-london-metropolitan-police-london/104884292
She said she was uncomfortable in the taxi because some taxi driver in Sydney murdered some people and got upset at the popo for taking the taxi driver's side or something. Idk heard it yesterday on the radio.
Basically, Sydney is a dangerous place that you should never go to.
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