Ian McDowall

Programme Director and leader of digital delivery teams. A love of technology, motorbikes and cycling... as ever, all views my own

[Ian McDowall @imcdowall]

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

[Ian McDowall @imcdowall]

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[Benjamin Bennett Alexander @RealBenjizo]

Python Question;

Happy Sunday

What is the output of these two codes and why?🤔🤔

[The Royal Society @royalsociety]

#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'.

[Ian McDowall @imcdowall]

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Junk websites filled with AI-generated text are pulling in money from programmatic ads https://t.co/jf09sN0n4h

[Ian McDowall @imcdowall]

After 30 years of cycling in London I have to say I'm not surprised. And yes, I wear a helmet https://t.co/RJbrnVmiiM

[Reuters @Reuters]

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 https://t.co/HZxe9lYed4

[Ian McDowall @imcdowall]

About time. I've replaced many batteries over the years and it's a horrid job normally. We need a "Design for Repair" mentality https://t.co/q69MALBRAj

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Yves Behar designs electric pickup truck that's "the size of a Mini" https://t.co/xApfWnThbl via @dezeen

[Ian McDowall @imcdowall]

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 https://t.co/XNDWXBnX0X via @theregister

[Ian McDowall @imcdowall]

Well said and why I drive my old petrol car when needed. https://t.co/bT3EmSSTzy

[Ian McDowall @imcdowall]

Why you shouldn't put all your eggs in one (electric) basket https://t.co/Va4VW2rg4j

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Let the engineers and scientists decide - "long argued that government should set the targets rather than mandating the technology to achieve them" https://t.co/0E9P4gCbnT

[Ian McDowall @imcdowall]

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. https://t.co/GIhCAZfLYo

[Ian McDowall @imcdowall]

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 https://t.co/n37zkUtU8D

[Ian McDowall @imcdowall]

Bill Gates writes about his belief that we’ll reach a tipping point with autonomous vehicles and self-driving cars within the next decade. https://t.co/HgXqKcRT2l via @billgates