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The paper.
https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf
It's worth a read. Lotta sarcasm going on.
16 pages. Dogs. Cards. Odds. Lies. Tariffs.

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[–] ephrin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Scribble is a good boy, 13/10.

[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 1 points 3 hours ago

Scribble understands the importance of evidence-based science. :]

[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 8 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Technocrit buried the lead when they posted this. Here it is with the actual paper highlighted.

Here's another paper describing the issues at play. This one is a bit more serious.
Craig Gidney - Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?
https://algassert.com/post/2500

And apparently this field is ripe for humor. And Buzz Lightyear graphics.
The prior author did his own joke paper, which is too much for my head.
Falling with Style: Factoring up to 255 “with” a Quantum Computer
https://sigbovik.org/2025/proceedings.pdf#page=146