Honest people becoming dishonest doesn't scale either.

I'm good at what I do, but at 47 I'm over 20 years past my sell-by date as far as most tech companies are concerned.

I turn 47 this year, and I am conditionally calling bullshit, with the caveat on location. Yeah, there are the hipster post-social media tech startup places that might not be interested in you, but if you look behind the covers, you find they're not doing anything that interesting to someone with your seniority anyway. You mention your area, and yeah, if it's all Java monkeys and Windows admins, you might be right. The really cool tech jobs are out there, and they're not found in the same channels you found them in when we were in our 20s or even in our 30s. What technologies do you know? What technologies are you interested in? Find a meetup group or look for the user groups in your area for those technologies. Learn and network. These groups are where the cool jobs are found now. If they're not out there, start some, and if they don't take off, then consider relocating. It sucks, I know. I'm in love with where I live, and I'd hate to leave it. But it's not being 47 holding you back, unless you're going to argue that there's a big difference between being 46 and 47. :-)

Nothing wrong with Sudoku, but the EA version would say "Want to place a 9 here? Wait 20 minutes, or buy the 10 pack of 9s for $1.99!"

The losses of nutrients from canning, while not non-existent, are a lot less than people think. Sodium can a problem, but in any kind of mass economic disruption, the primary sources of crazy amounts of sodium in our diet will be pretty much offline. Most canned goods come in lower sodium versions as well.

Hedges and sets odds on the bets such that no matter the outcome, there is profit.

Until that day comes, I will refer to globalization with a more accurate name: "neo-feudalism".

Hmmm. That's a good point, especially since I carry around a big boat Note 2. But there's something I did with my Newton that I still don't do with any electronic device and that is take notes. It's the only device I ever had that recognized my native handwriting (not printing, not Graffiti from the Palm OS era), which is an amazing feat because I can barely read my own handwriting.

Sad thing was, I got much more utility out of my Newton than my iPad. I don't even know *where* my iPad is right now, and I'm not even sure where to look for it. It could be stolen for all I know.

Of course, if someone did that to Apple nearly 20 years ago when the stock was in the toilet but they still had a pile of money they would've pretty seriously screwed themselves. Not saying it's never a right choice to do that but it's not always right either.

You have zero expectation of privacy from the authorities. If however, you embarrass the authorities you are suddenly breaching important privacy protections. Funny how that works, eh?

Even outside of the valley in more normal priced places, if the first digit of that six figures is a '1', it's still solidly middle class, nothing more.

Came in publisher bundles that represented a way to get a bunch of other games I wanted for a lot less than buying them individually would cost. I know there's a racing game I got in one of those that I have never installed and never will just because racing games aren't my cuppa.

Heh. I've written many gotos in C. Almost universally, the label they go to is called "error_exit" which sits right before resource deallocators and the return statement. :-)

It's the fucking paperwork and receipt saving that goes with it. Frankly, I'd be willing to pay more to not even have to think about it.

Really? What OS does all that mission critical software run on?