What's a "Code Refactor Specialist"?
Are you implying that in the future we'll have programmers who will just write code using AI and a specialist role whose job it would be to clean up that code? That isn't going to work, you'll need a superhuman for that role. People who write the code using AI have to be the ones who review it and they have to be responsible for the quality of that code.
I have a question. Please excuse my ignorance but I thought that once the world has a working quantum computer, the world as we know it will be destroyed. Since a quantum computer can solve any NP hard problem in a polynomial time, it would mean it could break any kind of crypto, any kind of security and can brute force anything. Why hasn't that happened yet since its 2018 and we already have quantum computers?
That's not how quantum computers work. They ("quantum networking") significantly increase security as you can tell whether a qubit has already been observed (eavesdropped) or not. Also, there are proven asymmetric cryptographic algorithms that work with quantum computers. Algorithms based on factorization (RSA) won't be safe any more but you still need a large amount of qubits (around 1000s - don't cite me on this please) to break them, which has not been achieved yet.
Definitely not the end of the world.
edit:// And they can not solve any NP-complete problem in polynomial time. That is a common misconception and not based on facts.
edit2:// Researchers working on quantum computers actually don't believe that they will make it mainstream (partially due to their complexity like cooling them down to near zero Kelvin) but instead be specialized systems available via the internet for rent - or something similar. More on the side of predicting complex systems like the weather than powering your smartphone. Then again, who thought the PC would make it mainstream.
First, they only work on really specific problems. They aren’t just a magic tool for brute force.
Current public-key crypto (both RSA and elliptic curve) happens to be one of those problems. However, there are systems where we don’t know how to break them with quantum computers, and it probably isn’t possible. These aren’t in wide use but have been tested in production e.g. by Google. If it becomes a problem, people can switch.
Second, actual existing quantum computers are too small to do much of anything. We are just hitting the point where they could start to become interesting. There are still engineering and theoretical challenges in making them really work.
All these quantum programming languages let you simulate a quantum computer, but doing so demands exponentially more resources as you add qubits. The advantage of a real quantum computer is that this would not be the case.
Also, keep in mind that NP hard ≠ NP complete. By saying 'solve any NP hard problem in polynomial time', you're also saying 'solve any NEXPTIME hard problem in polynomial time', which is known to be false.
There's no way to have a 2 hour commute in Munich unless you live in Salzburg, Austria. The problem with Munich is the lack of good tech companies here.
If you think there are no good tech companies in Munich, what's then left in Germany? :P
I do agree the more hip ones are in Berlin, and maybe Hamburg - but I'd still say your statement is unfair, if not taken in the context of lack of "good tech companies" in Germany overall.
My personal limit is more 45 min. Within that radius I'd have to find a home which is comparable to my current one. I don't think any employer would pay that much more to afford it.
As a person who moved from Pakistan to Germany, I can confirm. In Pakistan an average person will only eat fast once in a while, on occasions like a birthday party as the article suggests; in developed countries on the other hand fast food is a cheap no-brainer lunch and dinner option
