I see two different things going on. First, there's some market for humanoid robots, and Hyundai is spending a small amount of its R&D budget exploring the options.

Second, I have to imagine that there are spillover effects for their other robots. Being able to make legs that are nimble is good for the ability to make grabber arms for industrial robots. So even if the humanoid product line goes nowhere, they could end up with better material handlers.

I think we'll start seeing humanoid robots doing boring things in controlled settings within a decade. Imagine that Hyundai built a robot that can empty a Hyundai dishwasher and take out the trash from a Hyundai trash can. I could imagine senior living communities and college dorms using them to go from room to room to keep things tidy.

There are tons of really impressive robots that can't relocate from where they're installed. At this point, they're so common that they don't get HN threads. I doubt Hyundai is betting the farm on humanoid robots, but it's a market worth exploring, and if nothing else they generate a lot of hype.

I think the earlier point was the Hyundai is active in every area as Tesla and then a few more to boot.

I spend about $10/year on scratchers since I like the causes they support. But most of the volume that I see being bought at the corner store down the street comes from folks who really don't appear to understand the odds.

Happy to see a shoutout to QBASIC in this thread. That was my first programming language, taught in 10th grade intro to programming. I loved it! I then took C++ at the local community college then AP Comp Sci in 12th grade.

Yeah but the day-to-day is intense. That's a lot of work during those limited hours.

My friends in that sector all seem to have a lot in common with any other job in a massive corporation. Lots of red tape, hard to advance, but you know your paycheck will clear the bank and nobody's demanding that you put in 100-hour weeks. The difference is the product you're working on, which can range from weapons systems to more mundane things... the "Defense industry" ranges from the assembly line making bullets to the janitorial companies specializing in maintaining military facilities.

In my experience, infosec jobs are a mix of being bored (as you describe), doing meetings and documentation (e.g. Sales has a prospect that wants assurances that you take security seriously before signing a contract), and absolute blood curdling panic when there's an event.

If your infosec folks are always working 95%, they won't have time for the second two categories.

I've worked in all three sectors. My experience in the federal government suggests that government jobs are clearly defined, but not necessarily easier than a corporate job. If you want to do a specific thing for the next decade, you're better of going gov. But if you want to make a lot of money and don't mind your job changing with every CEO transition, go corporate. And if you want somewhere in the middle, go non-profit.