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Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?

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335 points ingve | 1 comments | 31 Aug 25 12:14 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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hulitu ◴[31 Aug 25 19:56 UTC] No.45086503[source]▶
> Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?

They tried. But because they know exactly the question, they cannot give a precise answer. /s

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1. amelius ◴[31 Aug 25 22:31 UTC] No.45087687[source]▶
That's ok as long as the VCs don't know the answer either /s