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On 10/19/21 6:08 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> piorunz wrote:
>> On 19/10/2021 13:10, lou wrote:
>>> On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote:
>>>>>> I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves
>>>>>> me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times
>>>>>> and I
>>>>>> have been unsuccessful. I've watched Youtube videos/ read the
>>>>>> information on your website and I am still unable to do this.
>>>>>> Is this something you could please help me with? I would be so
>>>>>> grateful.
>>>>>> Courtney
>>> Computer Science Masters student don't know how to download (use) debian
>>> on Mac??
>>> it's quite unbelievable.
>>>
>> Yep, sounds fishy.
> It's getting towards off-topic, but I can confirm that just
> because a person is working on a CS master's degree, that
> doesn't mean they have any degree of competence.
>
> There is a major university here in the Boston area where the CS
> undergrads are consistently better than the graduate students.
> My company gets many of both interviewing for temporary positions.
> The undergrads tend to be clever, curious, and ready to learn;
> the grad students are frequently (not always) prone to making up
> fantasy answers rather than admitting that they don't know
> something.
>
> -dsr-
>
that is an interesting observation, similar to mine interviewing for 
civil engineering and land surveying positions

I suspect "courtneyxshort" is not in a local that is native English speaking

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Debian courtneyxshort <courtneyxshort@btinternet.com> - 2021-10-19 13:40 +0200
  Re: Debian piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-10-19 13:50 +0200
    Re: Debian Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-10-19 14:00 +0200
      Re: Debian piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-10-19 14:10 +0200
      Re: Debian lou <loushanguan2015@sina.com> - 2021-10-19 14:20 +0200
        Re: Debian Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-10-19 14:20 +0200
          Re: Debian lou <loushanguan2015@sina.com> - 2021-10-19 14:30 +0200
          Re: Debian Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-10-19 17:40 +0200
        Re: Debian piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-10-19 14:50 +0200
          Re: Debian Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-10-19 15:30 +0200
            Re: Debian Peter Ehlert <pb21a@sdi-baja.com> - 2021-10-19 15:50 +0200
              Re: Debian David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-10-19 17:30 +0200
                Re: Debian Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-10-19 18:10 +0200
                Re: Debian piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-10-19 18:10 +0200
  Re: Debian Jerome BENOIT <sphericaltriangle@rezozer.net> - 2021-10-19 14:10 +0200
  Re: Debian Jerome BENOIT <sphericaltriangle@rezozer.net> - 2021-10-19 14:10 +0200
  Re: Debian Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-10-19 14:20 +0200
  Re: Debian "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-10-19 14:30 +0200
  Re: Debian "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-10-19 18:00 +0200

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