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From the chat we had, no, not really. I found this from Barnsley College - https://www.barnsley.ac.uk/course/sports-esports-level-2-full-time/ - which should give you an idea of what's covered. Don't ask mne what 'Practical Gaming' is though!

We had a chat with someone involved with Esports in education last year. The subject is about a lot more than just playing games. It covers organisation, promotion, costs and a whole lot more besides. The actual playing of the games is the end result of a lot of other work. Esssentially it's about the 'unseen' things rather than gaming.

A problem with mountain bikes, especially for commuting, is the low gear ratios. You will find yourself pedlling twice as much for far less speed than, say, a hybrid.

If it was supposed to work for everyone and is not (and it's what you paid for) then I would suggest it may possibly be sorted out at their cost.

Went for a walk around Heysham Head yesterday evening. It's the home to a runied 8th century Saxon chapel and has some rock-cut 'graves' outside. It is believed these held dismembered remains (possibly holy) rather than whole burials and the hole at the head of each one probably held a wooden cross.

You get a much bigger nest for your money up here - https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife/cams/osprey-cam Will have to get up there and see them this weekend.

Your coat is over there I belive --->

We have some in my neighbourhood. Whilst most are ok to go over putting the wheels either side, there is one that is stupidly high (and the only one to be covered in scrape marks). Not helped that my Superb is 1.5cm lower than standard models.

Could well be a Sparrowhawk, they can look similar and are more likely to be eating prey in your garden. My parents have had this happen several times now.

The wonderful military history channel World War 2 has launched a marathon 24 hour stream covering D-Day. They've been working on this for over a year and will have 24 episodes covering the first 24 hours of the landings. It started at just after 11pm last night to coincide with the Britsh glider landings at Pegasus Bridge. Well worth a watch if you are into history as they present everything from a neutral standpoint and is very well produced indeed.

By your earlier description I would say that it is a peregrine. If you are where I think you are then you do have them nesting on a local high landmark. Have a silhouette:

What colour is it, and how high was it flying? Sorry to be prodding, but these can help with identifying

Out for my lunchtime bike ride and the swans on the Lancaster canal near me had the youngsters out

Could be a Perigrine. Did it make a call like a rubbish seagull? Perigrines call out when hunting to spook prey.

Not exactly AI, but when I was in the army in the late 80's I was at the headquarters of the 1st Brtish Corps in Bielefeld, West Germany the cold war was still ongoing and we had deployed on our major winter exercise, Winter Sales. We spent a lot of time in the field as the army had just introduced it's new Ptarmigan comms system and any time a formation such as a division or Brigade HQ went into the field so did we as we were classed as a main access node (most comms go to here eventually). On this ex however it was a 'big one' (we did several of these per year) and my role was to drive the BSV (Boxed Staff Vehicle), think hi-tech offices in the field, and setup the HQ. This was a major undertaking with the HQ staff and other NATO elements all joining in. After a week (it was a 2 week ex), something happened and we were all sent back to camp. It took a couple of days to find out the reason. Apparently the computer controlling the excercise lost track of where we were and had popped a nuke over a location. A location we should have moved on from a couple of days before, but the computer messed up for 'reasons'. To much relience on automation doesn't always work out! Still, that never happened again so must have been a learning curve for someone!

I have a Falcon California, it's a hybrid bike and 20 years old now! We gave it a complete upgrade a few years back and swapped out everything apart from the frame (very lightweight and strong). My usual cycling routes contain canal paths, rough stoney paths and roads, all of which it handles wonderfully, even with the 20mm tyres, although I may be getting slightly wider ones soon. Gravel bikes just seem to try and fill a gap that isn't there. You can simply upgrade your wheels/tyres if a bit of rough terrain is an issue. I'd just go for a hybrid bike and not pay the premium for something that is neither one thing or another.

I cycle quite a bit and have never got on with front suspension. You seem to lose power in certain situations.

I must admit, the lights do make me groan when they come on for a few seconds if you go under a large bridge, or under heavy cloud.

Another issue about AI is that it does run the very real risk of dumbing down tasks that require a lot of thought. By this I mean that the person asking for a solution may accept whatever the AI tells them, but does not have the context for the solution. A lot like people looking for answers to complex questions on Google and just reading the little summary answer it give you at the top of the search results. Yes, AI could be a huge game changer, but how we use it needs to be very well thought over. As a network manager having an inbuilt Microsoft AI in Windows Server platforms to perform tasks for you could be great. Just imagine asking it to fix a broken Exchange server and it doing in minutes what would have taken you a day to research and implement a solution for. That sounds great until you realise that you are not getting the in-depth knowlege you would have otherwise had you had to do it yourself. There could be a new job title 'AI Wrangler'.

Oh nice. I have noticed that bluebells have done rather well this year, seen lots of them around this past week or so.

How weird, I was just reading that very article! @mikeprice, had you read 2010 (the sequel to 2001) or seen the movie/ It explains why HAL did what it did,and it was for similar reasons that the US drone simulation went the way it did. As regards to the calls for a pause in AI development - like that's going to happen! - I'm in agreement. It's amazing how sci-fi had been prediciting these very issues decades ago, and we need to be channeling our inner Azimov about this.

Moving to the licensing forum.

One of the things I love about the Superb is the automation. Headlights (adaptive and cornering), wipers, climate, all just make driving so much less faffy. There is a distinct lack of buttons in the car, which is nice.

Those are right up there with indicators placed on the 'inside' edge of headlights, so you can't see them at even a shallow angle. Or if their headlights are on. You shouldn't have to play Find The Indicator in traffic.

Does it now hold the record for the longest supported Google device I wonder?