Yes, sorry, I didn't mean to imply they could only "factor". But the things they can do that they get the big advantage over classical computing I find underwhelming when considered against the entire scope of computing problems. Again, great for the people who have those problems, but I still am not sure that they are "worth" what are being poured into them in terms of any real economic impact they have. I do wonder if I could trace back all the money in the sector to their original source just how much of it would end up being the intelligence sector who wants their crackz, and how valuable it'll end up being to them in the end if they can't get a decent crack before we all go post-quantum encryption anyhow.
Yes, sorry, I didn't mean to imply they could only "factor". But the things they can do that they get the big advantage over classical computing I find underwhelming when considered against the entire scope of computing problems. Again, great for the people who have those problems, but I still am not sure that they are "worth" what are being poured into them in terms of any real economic impact they have. I do wonder if I could trace back all the money in the sector to their original source just how much of it would end up being the intelligence sector who wants their crackz, and how valuable it'll end up being to them in the end if they can't get a decent crack before we all go post-quantum encryption anyhow.