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·•· Waiting for the 'Next Big Thing', Quantum Computing at home.
·•· Interested in new technology, both mechanical and electronic.

The easy answer, courtesy Dr. Jeff Lichtman:
"Information forces you into this uncomfortable position where you have to kind of say - okay I don't get it but I know that the real world is more complicated than the way I'm thinking about it".

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