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I am 41, and am assuming I will (be able to !) want to retire at 60.. I know Ghandi, Linus Pauling etc. But I suspect I shall be a tiny bit tired by 60.

Who knows. Maybe I have 40 years to go.

Whatever, I am fed up with looking back and thinking "if only" - so I shall try and minimise those by 60.

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But in retirement you will want to remain engaged and involved with the world. A nice free software project spun off to others to maintain would fit the bill?

Hint: the two distinct prime factors of my current age add to 16 and I'm over 50

Hm... I'm glad for having you here... :-) Oh, and personally, I believe young age is hyped too much. (http://500hats.com/late-bloomer/)

But 9 isn't prime. So it would be 11 and 5.

Yup, still 5 years to go before hitting the big 60. Anyone who thought I was on the other side at 63 needs to revise their maths!

Nice to meet you, and yes something like that would be nice to look forward to.

In the meantime I have to monetize the brainpower of the next twenty years to be able to retire :-)

But I would like it if I could make some cash by or along with contributing something worthwhile.

Ghandi -> Gandhi

Nothing personal. Seems like a very common mistake, but I can't figure out why. I also see this mistake when people mention Sal Khan as Sal Kahn.

I think the mistake is so popular because we know how to write “ghost” and John.

Pronunciation? Ghandi is a potential spelling for gon-dee. Gandhi looks like it would be pronounced gand-hee. Perhaps it depends on your accent.

The latter is the right pronunciation as far as I know.

Thanks. I'll hit 40 this year. I don't know when I'll be able to retire from my day job... If I start a company, maybe I won't retire :)

Yeah, I hear you about the "if only" thing.

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