Download two linux cd images in a second?

My laptop doesn't have a 2gbps ethernet port unfortunately, so I'll be stuck with one.

ITYM two in 10 seconds, since it's mega bits not mega bytes.

.... you get promoted to a new position before you are actually fully qualified for that position.

In my experience, companies don't promote people to having additional responsibilities before that worker has already proven that they are capable of handling those responsibilities, perhaps through a management training program. Such a promotion must actively be sought out by the employee.

The only other "promotions" that I know of are something like annual cost-of-living salary increases that the most respectable companies may offer to their employees, or else performance-based raises, which are not promotions either, being where one's duties and responsibilities remain essentially unaltered, but one has shown that they are providing a sufficient utility for the company to justify paying them more... generally because after factoring in training costs, the company feels they may have to pay more just to replace them and still get the same amount of utility.

most people likely to consume their services would rather have them operating just as they are than otherwise

Until their Uber driver hits someone litigous on the street. Then all of a sudden the driver and the rider (as the "employer of an independent contractor" ) are getting sued.

There's a reason the laws built up the way they did. You want to fix them, you have my blessing. But, for the love of many things, demonstrate that your fixes also solve the problem that the law was designed to solve, or tell me why it's not a problem.

There are times when it seems like I'm prepurchasing to get a discount. For cases where they're not inventing with my money, that seems reasonable. Or for artists, who are creating something non-commercial, etc.

But when I'm sponsoring engineering, I tend to agree with you.

I suppose it comes down to if I'm assuming risk of completion, or not.

There is a real difference between announcing numbers at 4pm and 5pm. In one case, trading immediately reacts and there is a crash because of momentum traders. At 5pm, the markets are closed, and the crash is anticipated. Therefore, there is less automated collapse.

Why Wall St. guys get paid so much to let computers do their work for them, I have no idea.

If next year's Big Mac only costs $0.90, then why risk investing it?

To get more moeny, duh. I mean, you're right that the mattress now offers an effective 10% or whatever, but that just means banks offering 3% are really offering 13. 13 is greater than 10.

They use the word hologram to describe this because that's the word that pop culture identifies with... even though it is wrong.

You are right, however... this no more makes holograms than a View-Master toy invented in the 60's... it just has a lot more tech behind it.

it moves like a thinly traded penny stock

It pretty much is a thinly-traded penny stock.

Maybe IT workers aren't all dumb enough to worship the free market?

Yeah. I forgot about those.

You also have to ensure a thick crusting of bugs and crap on the front of the car. I think it's illegal to get them cleaned.

I do love NM though. Can't get good chile in London :(

Never mind a marathon, have you ever watched a near-toddler learning learning to "walk"?

After they manage to reliably lever themselves up on to two feet, they kinda tip forwards and hurtle towards whatever they want to reach at the best speed they can make which is something approaching a dead run (not like an adult sprint, but it's not like an adult walk either).

This usually leads to them crashing into something and falling over, though they generally only cry if an adult can see them.

So, in fact kids pretty much learn to run as the first thing and actually learning an efficient wallk comes a lot later.

And I certainly agree about the marathon (I've only run 13 miles, but the point stands). I used ot take off and get rapidly out of breath. These days I can run 10k cold (having not done any running or indeed exercise in about 3-4 months), mostly because I have learned how to run and pace myself. It took quite a lot of practice and yes, walking didn't help at all.

The four most populous countries use the death penalty and in total over 50% of the world population lives in nations where state aurhorized executions occur.

Note how the parent poster specified civilised. China, India and Indonesia are not exactly renowned for the quality of their justice systems. Then again, neither is the US.

Also, if you chuck the EU in there instead of having the countries separately (not an insane choice given there are common laws they must abide by in order to be members, including on the death penalty), it comes in at number 3 on the list of most populous.

Given that makerspaces don't seem to encourage hands-on skills

That is complete ant utter bullshit.

I was going to be polite, but fuck it, I'm not going to be. Since joining one, I've learned to weld (mig and stick), learned how to make good dovetail joints, learned how to so SMD reflow, learned how to cast rubber and a whole bunch of other stuff all from people who were willing to share whatever they knew.

So, basically you have no idea what you're talking about but seem to have some snobby up-your-own-arse attitude where you get validation from hating on makerspaces.

Actually I've realised looking back at the thread that I keep replying to you over and over again because you keep making idiotic comments. Your one about the table saw is ALSO way off (surprise!). No, we don't have a sawstop, nice as that might be. We do have an authentication mechanism which requires users to be trained.