prowla

Not from my perspective; that’s cherry picking. The assertion of “Personally I don't buy the risk taking argument.” wasn’t specifically constrained as far as I can see. Tax is just one aspect. The point is surely to encompass all of the factors pertaining to running a business.

That's a very blinkered point of view. The risk is any exposure to which a PAYE employee wouldn't be party to and certainly isn't constrained to just investment and tax. Of course, someone focused solely on tax would be dismissive of the other risks inherent in running a business. And they're only interested in their deemed share of the profits; the risk of losses is none of their concern.

Do employees have more protection than directors/shareholders (redundancy rights, sick pay, etc.)?

Yep - I'm with you there.

Well, the risk-taking, or just having the gumption to run a business and create wealth has to be worth something. But how does a company which is losing money pay dividends?

Is that good or bad?

Dividends are paid on profits. Salaries are a pre-profit cost.

You'll be needing a cloth to get all that sweat off!

OK, but apart from that…

WTF is "The Gear Page" anyway?

The bubble popped!

It might just mean you're getting fatter as you get older.

It's about desk space - my main screen is a 4k 32", so the laptop display augments it. I connect my PCs to it via a KVM, but if I were to get a 2nd one for the Mac then I'd either need another KVM switch or have it dedicated.

My previous one was an Intel 15". I find I'm getting a sore neck from leaning forward. I'll probably buy a 2nd monitor.

Like the others, I'm puzzled as to why the post had to be removed. There are one or two of us who like these old rubbish basses!

My work laptop is a Macbook Pro M4. The screen is a bit small.

...doo do doo-do.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Why don't people write Ohms correctly? 🙂

I think the musicians should be on stage. There are circumstances where it's OK to use backing tracks, especially for studio-only sections or samples. Some bands use pedals, pads, or other widgets to trigger sounds (I even had a siren pedal for one song we did in our school band). I've got a couple of synth pedals (eg. the EH "9" series) which can fill out the sound, but might not be obvious as being played. It's OK to have backing tracks in videos which are sync'd with the music. And then you have the solo singers who use a backing track. I can't be doing with miming though!

Dolly Braton (OK, I swapped a couple of letters too...)

Welcome a-board? 🙂

It says Gibson on the headstock.

ELO (ELP renamed to a crap Beatles tribute band.)