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  1. As someone who has pretty much every driving licence (bar coach and road roller), was a driving instructor, skid instructor (as well as a raft of other qualifications), and has driven in pretty much every environment known to man, I have to say that is not exactly true. If you look at the map on this wikipedia page here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate#/media/File:Road_traffic_death_rate_(per_100_000_population)_-_WHO_2019.svg - you will see that the most deaths occur in developing countries, where they can neither afford, or maintain, vehicles with these systems, and I'd very much like to see how they perform on dirt tracks, or in jungles or crowded cities (I suspect they would just refuse to move). In the developed world, where pedestrian deaths are generally quite low, they will drop the accident figures a tiny bit, but in other places, not a chance. In fact, and having driven some quite shocking vehicles in some parts of the world, I would suspect drivers would try and bypass them as soon as they could, or else they simply wouldn't be able to drive.
  2. We have driverless busses in Preston. It's just a shame that the actual bus needs them so they don't turn up.
  3. It'll be interesting to see how it does out of reviewers lab environments and I look forward to hearing how it does
  4. I see the scalpers are already out on Amazon with vendors trying to charge £350+
  5. I'm very much looking forward to that, March seems so very far away!
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    Mario Party with gore? That could be quite fun!
  7. What's it like to play Tetris with lag?
  8. The set is coming along rather nicely! It's just a shame it doesn't come with the DeLorean. The car is just shy of £50 too!
  9. I had been eyeing up a used 3060 (got one for my son the other year), but having looked at a lot of reviews, it certainly gives the 4060 a run for it's money with more RAM, higher clock speeds and memory bus for slightly less money, I think I can see myself grabbing one after Xmas.
  10. Apparently they are to announce at CES, but with them just releasing the higher tier models first, it will allow Intel to gain quite a foothold I think. For those of us that do need a GPU for casual gaming and productivity the B580 will be an utter godsend at that price level.
  11. You can get the B580 for £259.99 currently in the UK. The US prices are without tax added remember, but usually you can do a rough 1-to-1 conversion for UK pricing once you add on purchase tax in the US. It's nice to have some competion back in the market again, and Intel really needs the boost atm!
  12. I've been soldiering on with my Radeon RX 580 8GB for some years now whilst eyeing up the GPU market suspiciously, and since lockdown and the stupid levels of price gouging that went on, and, TBH, never seemed to recover as manufacturers seem to have their cards still priced at a level just beyond what people would find accepable. Even the used market is not one that I'd be happy buying from given the higer prices of much older cards. But since the Intel ARC B580 was released the other week, along with the very positive reviews it has racked up, I'm giving it serious consideration, especially with a circa £250 price tag for a 12GB card and may just jump in. This may all depend on the pricing and performance of AMD and Nvidia's new cards which are due along in the next few months and with Intel having a great price-point, it may well be that the two major players will be forced to drop the price of some of their models. Let's hope so! Anyway, if any of you out there have already got your hands on a Intel B580, then please let em know as I'd be happy to hear about it's use and performance in the real world
  13. I think you are asking in the wrong place here, we are the ones that stop you from trying to negate school filtering to begin with! P.S. Thread closed.
  14. You can view the page at https://edugeek.me/article/738
  15. You can view the page at https://edugeek.me/article/738
  16. It really is, and it fades in and out very well
  17. It's well worth it, very funny indeed and there are plenty of off script moments that have been left in (often the funniest bits), and you will play 'spot-the-actor' a lot as guest\minor parts are filled with 'names'.
  18. I've been binge watching Brassic this past week or so and kicking myself for not watching this sooner. It's very funny, has a lot of heart and not what I was expectign from the orginal trailers I saw years back. It also helps that it is filmed around my neck of the woods, so recognise many of the shooting locations I'm also enjoying the new Dune series and the second season of Silo atm.
  19. A late entry this one. It's a Capruride Android Auto\Apple Car Play display with bluetooth and a dashcam for £121 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carpuride-W903-Wireless-Portable-Bluetooth-Black/dp/B0CXPJ8JZM?crid=3SUDSK5T8X8DZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.RydevmzxP5HhKX100FhjC0_aR9x6RJw0Nbymc3HBBaNiPTbg-4WgFZ9YywxFt2kXUpM3sSYpNjS---HVwSeVkl5spoV9_ZGCvGuYTuEyGtpwR9Yn3R_4TIWKR0JihSisFtjHDJVLU7VU4BI2W0uVJxDH5qv2j_YnwlKhvyQDQP49_PF8iQwjxGs_yaZ8NA_J6QRb3Pk10p8Fx2QtOuYlNzT9C2ZfSo0K9wDg-gi0rmU.6vk7Mhhk2G8YsfaDcEDjyvEfc275xVMpJtdGXfhaFVQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=carpuride&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1733147129&sprefix=carp%2Caps%2C554&sr=8-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.23648568-4ba5-49f2-9aa6-31ae75f1e9cd I can highly recommend this one too as I have one, and it's been invaluble in a car that doesn't have the ability to fit in a whole new head unit (Fordk Kuga). It will even map t the steering wheel controls, which is nice!
  20. I was given a Playmobile Back To The Future Advent calendar, and inside was a nice little extra, a lenticular copy of the photo Marty had of his siblings, but done with Playmobile characters It's quite hard to put down as it actually does the fade effect too!
  21. My daughter is away at Uni, so getting a new sim swapped out may be a PITA as I'm still managing her account! .
  22. Thanks both, I'll get that sorted out now then
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