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Professor of Computer Science at The University of Manchester. University Academic Lead for Digital Learning. Geeky and speaky. mastodon: @srp@toot.wales

Manchester, UK
Joined March 2007
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Replying to @TheThomasDennis
@TheThomasDennis brilliant performance last night at the Lowry, really enjoyed it thank you
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Refuting the characterisation.
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It’s in the past now.
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Did take me an episode to realise Andor wasn’t Endor
Replying to @GPManorHouse
@GPManorHouse @DocWilko unbeatable service again from my local surgery for my flu jab. Book, jab, leave. Less than a minute from start to finish. Thank you to all involved, perfection.
Yeh, I have got 102 votes. No, you wouldn’t know them. They go to another school.
Sadly it’s not going to play out like this, but LT failing to vote in a confidence motion and losing the whip would be the most sublime thing.
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Change of plans for tea. Gonna have me some tofu.
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Honestly I wasn’t expecting @KwasiKwarteng to be unmasked as the leader of the anti-growth coalition.
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I will no longer be accepting the premise of your question. I am very very clear about that.
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When you strip away the lies and bluster, the limp latin, and comedy mateyness, this is what’s left.
I’m begrudgingly impressed by the seamless transition from “it’s the previous Labour government’s fault” to “it’s the next Labour government’s fault”
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I can’t help that putting people that know nothing about The Things in charge of The Things isn’t the best system.
Oh Hello iOS 16. You’ve redecorated. I don’t like it.
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Alien: Fireteam Elite mini review. I rarely give up on a game this quickly but… Irredeemable generic awfulness. 0 stars. After the genius of ‘Alien: Isolation’ why would anybody do this? Might be fun for 15 mins if played with a friend. But probably not even that.
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If you replaced the aliens with angry turnips in this game it would make no difference. Might even be more interesting / scary.
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Stray mini review: a delight. A thoroughly lovely game for unlovely times. 5/5 stars
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I’m very much not going to say purfection.
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‘Terminator: resistance’ mini review. Decent-enough slightly old-skool FPS, lifted by making the most of its Terminator credentials. Standard FPS mechanics, decent story. Probably forgettable, but fun. Good-going for a budget game. 3 out of 5 stars.
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One major gripe tho: two sex scenes that felt totally out of place. Not especially graphic, but just jarring and awkward and hence a bit ick.
After years of research I conclude French toast/eggybread is terrible. Take two glorious ingredients and make them into something so much less then the sum of their parts.
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Dying light 2 mini review: a mess, but the most glorious, enjoyable mess for a long time. Fixes all the flaws of the first game. Super-slick parkour, satisfying combat, decent story, fun puzzles and platforming. Constant adrenaline. 4 out of 5 stars.
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Unless you are arcophobic in which case do not play this game ever.
Imagine being so shit at your job I charge of transport that you focussed on cycle number plates without spotting the rail infrastructure had collapsed.
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I guess this is the way it works when you think your job is to have a job rather than actually to do it well
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