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On Tue 19 Oct 2021 at 06:41:14 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote:
> 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.

That can be caused by selection bias: you're offering something
attractive to the brighter students at undergraduate level; by the
time those brighter students have graduated, they may already be
networking with a wider geographical range of institutions offering
something more permanent.

> that is an interesting observation, similar to mine interviewing for
> civil engineering and land surveying positions
> 
> I suspect "courtneyxshort" is not in a local[e] that is native English speaking

That seems unlikely, seeing as they post in British Summer Time
through an IP address owned by BSKYB-BROADBAND (Sky UK Limited)
that geolocates around Northolt/Uxbridge, near the east end of
the so-called Silicon Corridor.

Cheers,
David.

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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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