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I actually started swimming again three weeks ago. It had been over three years since I had been in a pool and now I've swum 13 of the last 15 business days (I swim at the university student rec center where I work) and it's actually the best part of my day now.
As for a gym, I've never been in one and wouldn't know what to do with the equipment.
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Have never ever visited a gym in my 55 years of existence.
Instead, I do yoga at home, on a daily basis.
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I know how you feel. Last year was the first year I didn't run a marathon because of COVID.
Every other year I didn't run because I am fat and lazy...
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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So what was your reason last year?
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Next time, let's not go together 
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If you are too busy with other activities, will you then not not go to the gym?
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Not going to the gym is always a top priority.
It's hard work and I can't afford to skip a day or I may gain my losses.
It's almost a top sport, but once you start it's addictive 
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Hmm ... where do I know it from ? 
Trying very hard not to go swimming each Saturday,
always with success, at least for the last 2 years
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Unfortunately, I am quite allergic to most forms of exercise, and I am under a doctor's strict orders to not go to the gym under any circumstances.
To make matters worse, my wife has to do all the work around the house and property, since I am medically unable to.
modified 14-Aug-21 13:59pm.
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Slacker007 wrote: To make matters worse, my wife has to do all the work around the house and property, since I am medically unable to.
And how much did you have to pay the doctor for that note?
Asking for a friend ..
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Me & my GF, we've made Wednesday our pub day. How comes? In our ex-gym, Wednesdays were the days with the pool being (mostly) free due to scheduled courses. But y'know, do we, like, REALLY need to go to the gym today, or would a pub be more fun and as great if not better as a together-activity?
That's how Wednesday became our pub day. We're sticking to it (unless there's a pandemic going on) long after having quit the gym.
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To inject a little seriousness, a gym is not required to get exercise. Just get out and walk a little, do some yard work, take a bike ride, whatever.
For those who are out of shape, but want to do something about it, start small--but start! Walk down to the mailbox today. Maybe the corner tomorrow. Maybe around the block next. Keep going!
(FWIW, my late brother never bothered to try, and died at 41 due to his obesity.)
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funny, but I think I have made exercise a regular part of my week for the last 30+ years. I went almost stir crazy during the height of covid because I couldn't exercise. Figured out an outdoor venue where we could and just kept going.
If I don't exercise my brain actually has issues. I am a much better person with an outlet like hitting a small ball really hard for a few hours each week. International Racquetball Federation – Official website[^]
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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We renamed our John, Jim, so we can honestly say we visit the Jim daily.
"Qulatiy is Job #1"
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Dunno, I would remove the batteries before storing them though.
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I saw that or a similar article on the same subject and it seems to me they author really has no idea. At one point describing how a qubit can have multiple states then describing how they use a wire to determine the "spin" of the qubit setting either 1 or 0. I want to know how they can get a qubit to "spin" in both directions
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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The paper[^] doesn't make any claims about information storage. It sounds like you are getting speculation from a journalist. Don't believe everything you read online, journalists want more views sometimes at the expense of accuracy.
Let's extract the claim (last paragraph on page 2):Here we demonstrate ESR of single spins in a silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor (SiMOS) quantum dot (QD) device by using a compact dielectric resonator (DR) placed above the chip (Fig. 1B). The DR is constructed from potassium tantalate (KTaO3 or KTO), a quantum paraelectric material that exhibits an exceptionally high dielectric constant at cryogenic temperatures and hence compact microwave mode volumes. ESR control is confirmed to be resonator-driven by observing an enhancement in the mixing of the quantum dot spin states within the dielectric resonator bandwidth. This represents the first step towards the vision of large-scale qubit control using global magnetic fields generated off-chip.
Then look at the methodology/results, I am not going to paste it here because it's too long, but all you need to do is read the section labled 'Nanoelectronic Device and Spin Readout' on page 4. Note that in the final paragraph the authors state that they have only achieved "81% fidelity". Which is an middle/high error rate.
That's really all you need to look at. There is no claim about information storage.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Thanks. It sounds like it isn't just the journalist, though, because if you watch the “Missing Puzzle Piece”: Critical Advance in Quantum Computer Design video on that page, Andrew Dzurak makes it sound as if this will be the breakthrough that leads to heaven. But as you said, the error rate is still significant. Also, all this is doing is making a resonant field of quantum cubits, as far as I can see it. (If such terminology is valid for quantum particles.) That is effectively one qubit? (+/- 19%  )
Maybe he has had to write too many grant requests throughout the years, and is caught up in the heat of salesmanship?
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Yeah,
It's speculation. I'm not an expert in quantum computing but from what I can understand the technique they are using looks very very promising. I do understand the most of the physics and the core idea that makes all it it work is explained in the section labled 'Nanoelectronic Device and Spin Readout'. It's actually pretty simple, once they reach a triplet state[^] the Pauli exclusion principle[^] prevents the electron from tunneling and it maintains it's state. This is the core idea behind their technique.
One of the biggest hurdles for me when I read these papers is that every science field has it's own nomenclature. For some reason the paper refers to the Pauli exclusion principle as 'Pauli spin blockade' abbreviated as PSB. It looks like this term is exclusive to the quantum computing field.
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I bet spy agencies would pay a lot of money for something that could decrypt captured info 81% of the time.
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It is the same technique as putting all the toppings on the pizza before putting into oven,
But, this technique facilitates the removal of half-alive cats, an optimization that saves toppings like anchovies.
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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I'm a little puzzled now ... Do you ever use half-dead cats for pizza topping?
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