[bowsamic]

Yeah the problem is in the name and the marketing. People think it is meant to replace normal computers, but that is totally wrong. The simulation use cases as well as probing fundamental physics are far more immediate and exciting

[baby]

And there’s all the crypto FUD that quantum computers will scale enough to break crypto algorithms

[hnfong]

It hasn't happened yet or won't happen any time soon, but if there's a chance RSA is going to be broken I'd rather be aware of the possibility 10 years earlier than 10 days after...