Archive for October, 2010

Pensioned Off

Many of us were planning to retire in the relatively near future, with or without incentives; inevitably we’d be exchanging experience for youth in the process. On the whole, this is a good thing. But this incentive distorts the hiring pattern, as well as the retirement plans, and the effects will be more obvious than they might otherwise have been.

What Computer Should I Buy?

A friend at work–a reasonably computer-literate supervisor who’s never owned a computer–asked for purchasing advice the other day. Here’s my response, which could perhaps be useful to someone else.

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