Ian McDowall

@XxSTEVIECEExX @CommunityFibre Agreed, same situation in SE London. Now telling me 3 hours to wait for support... started at 8,00am

It’s been 23 hours of no internet with @CommunityFibre (SW11 postcode) 6 hours of waiting on the phone, answered just twice and put down straight away. The quest for a new provider begins, I can except things happen but the customer service and lack of information is disgraceful

Python Question; Happy Sunday What is the output of these two codes and why?🤔🤔

#OnThisDay in 1868 the French astronomer Jules Janssen detected a bright yellow line in the spectrum of the sun during a total solar eclipse in India. Norman Lockyer FRS later realised that the element producing this line couldn't be found on Earth, and named it 'helium'.

Junk websites filled with AI-generated text are pulling in money from programmatic ads technologyreview.com/2023/06/26/107…

After 30 years of cycling in London I have to say I'm not surprised. And yes, I wear a helmet road.cc/content/featur…

Brexit has been an 'economic disaster' for trade and investment ties between the United Kingdom and Germany, leading to a fall in German direct investment and seeing the UK decline in importance as a trading partner, German economists said reut.rs/3XrGT4o

About time. I've replaced many batteries over the years and it's a horrid job normally. We need a "Design for Repair" mentality androidauthority.com/replaceable-ba…

Yves Behar designs electric pickup truck that's "the size of a Mini" dezeen.com/2023/06/13/tel… via @dezeen

And this is why first to market doesn't always stay in front, and also for all those that said the 'traditional' car industry is dead. Germans beat Tesla to autonomous L3 driving in the Golden State theregister.com/2023/06/09/mer… via @theregister

Well said and why I drive my old petrol car when needed. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Why you shouldn't put all your eggs in one (electric) basket hydrogen-central.com/is-hydrogen-fu…

Let the engineers and scientists decide - "long argued that government should set the targets rather than mandating the technology to achieve them" adamsmith.org/blog/synthetic…

At the ballet last night in Hamburg the German couple next to us said how much they love England, but don't want come again because of Brexit. What a mess. theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

Security needs to move further up the priority list in car design. Frankly I'd rather have a few less pointless 'features' and some decent network protection theregister.com/2023/04/06/can…

Bill Gates writes about his belief that we’ll reach a tipping point with autonomous vehicles and self-driving cars within the next decade. gatesnot.es/3yZ9JgU?WT.mc_… via @billgates