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Getting Started With Quantum Computing

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“More often than not, the only reason we need experiments is that we're not smart enough.”  ― Scott Aaronson IBM is currently offering free time on one of their quantum computers for interested researchers. Yup, you can program a real life quantum computer right now! In fact, I highly recommend signing up which you can do here . Go ahead and check it out. It took me about 24 hours to get my account approved so you can come back here afterwards to finish reading this post. What got me interested in this opportunity was that while I have tried to keep up on the field of quantum computing, it basically is magic to me.  I've been building up some general rules in my head about quantum systems, but any sort of question about them that did more than scratch the surface left me shrugging my shoulders. Also it was hard to separate fact from fiction. Quantum Laws (in Matt's head): Quantum is a system like everything else.  A quantum state is a configuration of the system.