I'm glad it was a comforting thought to you, as well. I grew up 30 minutes from any human civilization, so I didn't have many people in my life besides my immediate family at all, let alone any who shared my interests. My father was a freelance software engineer and my sister was just as nerdy as I was (for a while) but it was a very lonely existence. This is no different - we've done this before. And yes, you are right, there still do seem to be more people around who share this type of interest.