Small town life supports his argument. With fewer choices, you know them all well, don't worry you're missing options, and are reasonably certain no new options will appear after you make a decision. Result contentment.

Nobody wants to pay for claims arising from behavior riskier than their own.

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...only outlaws will have undetectable firearms."

So can I make money hiring underemployed older IT workers and marketing their labor for top dollar?

What's the furthest future entry in your personal calendar?

WSJ recently reported average base salary for Google engineers as $128K. You can finance the same lifestyle in Ann Arbor with $79K.

http://www.bestplaces.net/col/?salary=128336&city2=52603000&city1=50668000

I know I'm personally getting smarter: recently stopped reading YouTube comments!

If climate scientists run a supercomputer in a room full of warming skeptics, does it give off any heat?

Explain that it's a morale issue, makes developers feel they're working on a solid foundation.

Ever work in a shop without enough bathrooms? Time gets wasted waiting in line or walking around the building looking for an open one.

Glad I don't have to track bathroom breaks, but a silver lining might be metrics in support of sufficient restrooms.

I'll worry about this in the morning.

Neat, a car that can run on fumes--indefinitely!

Ann Arbor is a good place to start, its drivers are too preoccupied with their dissertations to watch the road...

Ann Arbor, 'cause that's where Slashdot be.