And let's remember, the Saudis are some of America's closest allies. I guess it's because we talked them out of selling oil to Hitler, but surely there's an expiration date on how long we owe them a favor for that.

The parent post was talking about engineering issues, not end user issues. Computers look different if you're working on their insides.

Yeah, RSA encryption. Against an agency that has poured undisclosed billions (yes b-) from it's black budget into quantum computing.

I've said it before. The only thing worse than being exploited by capitalism is NOT being exploited by capitalism.

The most difficult trucking will be the last to be automated. But plenty of shipping and trucking jobs are no more complicated than the "civilian" driving that Google's cars are already doing. Give them 10 years of working on the easier jobs in real world conditions and they'll have figured out the hard stuff too.

A lot of people in Appalachia would cry a great deal if coal mining were suddenly done by robots not even manufactured in America. Often times the one thing that is worse than having a dangerous, shitty job is not having it.