This is a valuable interpretation of quantum computing. I appreciate it leading with a “so what” that so often gets lost in the fundraising hype surrounding any journalism in the space.

Here’s a link to the actual paper, free to read. Notably, the paper starts with the assumption that other studies have already identified a link between environmental factors and heart disease. The focus is on how useful it is to collect that data through street view analysis as opposed to say sending someone out to survey a neighborhood. Also if image analysis can identify interesting environmental factors that researchers may not have identified previously. I can’t comment on their statistics, but they at least claim to be looking for the environmental affect by accounting for age, sex, race, income, and education.

Doesn’t look like it, from their docs:

Non-goals

Patching. Difftastic output is intended for human consumption, and it does not generate patches that you can apply later. Use diff if you need a patch.

I love how distinctive the art style is, but also how the gameplay rewards you for paying attention to the world and design.

Cool news, I hope it’s able to be reproduced!

I appreciate this approach to science writing. Gives context and conveys excitement about the science being done, without resorting to hyperbole about how this is guaranteed to change the world as we know it. And very well distilled for someone like me with no background in materials science!

Personally my peak VR experience has been playing the Outer Wilds with a PC VR mod, but very hardware dependent to get decent framerates.

Wanderer might be a good option for you if you’re looking for a puzzle game with a bit more story meat to it.

I think a lot of VR games end up short and sweet not just for technical & cost limitations but because the extra effort and intensity of the VR experience means players can get burnt out on longer story focused games. I remember Valve talking about how they had to really change up the pacing of their standard formula when they were developing Half Life: Alyx.

Feels like everyone I know has eventually ended up with their own copy. Hands down my favorite coop board game - it does a good job of minimizing the problem where one person effectively ends up playing for the whole table. Plus as you said the flavor is great.