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Simon Schofield
Apr 16, 2024
In General Discussion
Mastodon is free and open-source software for running self-hosted social networking services. It has microblogging features similar to Twitter, which are offered by a large number of independently run nodes, known as instances or servers, each with its own code of conduct, terms of service, privacy policy, privacy options, and content moderation policies. Each user is a member of a specific Mastodon server that can interact seamlessly with users in any other server. This is intended to give users the flexibility to select a server whose policies they prefer but keep access to a larger federated social network. Mastodon is powered by the ActivityPub protocol, making it part of the Fediverse ensemble of services such as Lemmy, Pixelfed, Friendica, PeerTube, and Threads. Mastodon was created by Eugen Rochko and announced on Hacker News in October 2016.[9] It gained significant adoption in 2022 in the wake of Twitter's acquisition by Elon Musk. The project is maintained by the German non-profit Mastodon gGmbH. Mastodon development is crowdfunded, and the code does not support advertisements. Functionality and features Mastodon servers run social networking software that is capable of communicating using W3C's ActivityPub standard, which has been implemented since version 1.6.[14] A Mastodon user can therefore interact with users on any other server in the Fediverse that supports ActivityPub. Since version 2.9.0, Mastodon has offered a single-column mode for new users by default.[15] In advanced mode, Mastodon approximates the microblogging user experience of TweetDeck. Users post short-form status messages, historically known as "toots",[16] for others to see. On a standard Mastodon instance, these messages can include up to 500 text-based characters, greater than Twitter's 280-character limit. Some instances support even longer messages. Users join a specific Mastodon server, rather than a single centralized website or application. The servers are connected as nodes in a network, and each server can administer its own rules, account privileges, and whether to share messages to and from other servers. Many servers have a theme based on a specific interest. It is also common for servers to be based around a particular locality, region, ethnicity, or country. Mastodon includes several specific privacy features. Each message has a variety of privacy options available, and users can choose whether the message is public or private. Public messages display on a global feed, known as a timeline, and private messages are only shared on the timelines of the user's followers. Messages can also be marked as unlisted from timelines or direct between users. Users can also mark their accounts as completely private. In the timeline, messages can display with an optional content warning feature, which requires readers to click on the hidden main body of the message to reveal it. Mastodon servers have used this feature to hide spoilers, trigger warnings, and not safe for work (NSFW) content, though some accounts use the feature to hide links and thoughts others might not want to read. Mastodon aggregates messages in local and federated timelines in real time. The local timeline shows messages from users on a singular server, while the federated timeline shows messages across all participating Mastodon servers. Users can communicate across connected Mastodon servers with usernames similar in format to full email addresses. Here is a link for update: https://joinmastodon.org/
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Simon Schofield
Mar 25, 2024
In Video Games
This my train that i create on livery design on TSW4
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Simon Schofield
Mar 19, 2024
In Video Games
Coming this Summer to PC & Consoles: The Highway Patrol Expansion Discover the Police Simulator: Patrol Officers expansion and extend your patrol area! Explore the diverse surroundings and beauty of the wider State of Franklin as you engage in intense highway chases, deploy fast-paced PIT maneuvers to tactically stop fleeing suspects who are in violation of the law, and enjoy a more dynamic police simulation experience. Discover the Police Simulator: Patrol Officers expansion and extend your patrol area! Explore the diverse surroundings and beauty of the wider State of Franklin as you engage in intense highway chases, deploy fast-paced PIT maneuvers to tactically stop fleeing suspects who are in violation of the law, and enjoy a more dynamic police simulation experience. For a long time, the highway connecting Brighton and the State of Franklin was closed due to a major traffic accident, and required extensive construction work. The Mayor of Brighton is now happy to announce that the grand reopening has been held. The Brighton Police Department and its officers are now able to patrol the highway with exciting new assignments, new challenging tasks and responsibilities, and even new tools, such as the spike strip and roadblock requests to stop fleeing carjackers. Now that the highway is reopened, there is an increased risk of auto thefts, bigger accidents involving cargo trucks, fires, and scattered cargo. Your daily duties will be extended to include monitoring speeders, providing assistance to stranded drivers, and checking cargo trucks for illegal items. At the end of the day, you need to promote safety on the highway. The highway expansion will also feature the new Interstate Police Vehicle, which allows players to patrol the highway in style. FEATURES: NEW PATROL AREA: Brighton Highway district NEW FEATURES: highway chases, tactical maneuvers, and more NEW MISSIONS: new callouts, such as cargo checks and highway assistance NEW RESPONSIBILITIES: manage and promote highway traffic safety NEW VIOLATIONS: such as auto theft, major highway accidents, and more NEW TOOLS: such as the spike strip, roadblocks, and fire extinguisher NEW CAR: Interstate Police Vehicle NEW CAR: Endurance Police Vehicle
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Simon Schofield
Mar 06, 2024
In Video Games
Officers! It’s time to save lives! Rush to the accident scene and help injured people: The First Aid Update is coming on March 12 to all platforms! This update mainly focuses on the new content feature “First Aid” and a whole lot of quality-of-life improvements. Let’s look at the details! The injured require First Aid!⛑️ You encounter a major accident with injured people? Take care of the patients, perform first aid and save lives! Not only will you have to gather witness testimonies, but with the upcoming update, you’ll also need to provide essential first aid and call medical professionals to take them to the hospital once their condition has been stabilized! This feature will unlock upon achieving 7 duty stars in district 2 for balancing purposes. How are you feeling? The accident patients you will encounter can be in three different health states: slightly injured, critically injured and being unconscious, and critically injured and being in a state of cardiac arrest. Slightly injured NPCs can be treated by applying bandages, after which they can be interviewed as accident witnesses. Critically injured patients will not be responsive and will therefore not be available for verbal interaction. The patients being critically injured also must be treated differently, as unconscious patients do not require CPR and would be taken care of by applying bandages and calling the medics for assistance. Patients being in a state of cardiac arrest need to be resuscitated by performing CPR on them as the top priority! Save a life! Perform CPR and engage in a minigame featuring a pattern on an action line, requiring precise timing within the defined threshold to earn points. A successful completion of the minigame by accumulating a sufficient number of points will stabilize the patient, allowing further treatment with bandages. A failed CPR attempt here results in the patient losing consciousness while still regaining their breath. Did someone call for an ambulance? As soon as you have performed first aid and finished any possible interviews with the patients, proceed to mark them for dismissal and request assistance from the medical team, which now consists of two medics, who can carry the patients on a stretcher. An ambulance will be able to transport up to 3 patients at once, that have been marked before. Quality of Life Improvements🫀 In addition to introducing new content, we will also be implementing a bunch of bug fixes, performance optimizations and gameplay adjustments. Among others, these include a fix for large police vehicles struggling to get out of the garage at Bannock Station, resolving some unjustified CP loss issues and a fix for the inability to greet NPCs in a new game’s first shift. Furthermore, we will increase the number of tool slots available for each patrol vehicle and define a useful default loadout, alongside others balancing adjustments. The complete changelog will be revealed in the release posting on March 12! As it is a high priority for us to improve the overall quality of the game, we are always working on more quality-of-life improvements to incorporate into future updates. Safety at night: The Warden Police Vehicle DLC(WPV)💡 Light up the nights of Brighton with the new illuminating police vehicle! With the extraordinary addition of a two-sided lightbar on top of the vehicle, featuring the capability to display different messages, effectively communicating with NPCs during night time will become significantly more intuitive and effective! Set up a road barrier for NPCs on the same road to immediately secure accidents by displaying the term “ACCIDENT”, prevent NPCs from passing with “DO NOT PASS” and prompt another vehicle to pull over by showing “PULL OVER” when positioned in front of a car. However, keep in mind that the lightbar will only be effectively usable during the night. When getting out of the special vehicle while headlights are activated, the WPV will additionally be equipped with an underglow light to enhance its visibility at night time! The Warden Police Vehicle is going to be purchasable at a small price of 2,99€ / $2,99 USD or the equivalent in your region. By Simon Schofield
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Simon Schofield
Mar 05, 2024
In Video Games
It’s time to go Overground on the latest London line to come to Train Sim World. Get ready for an Aventra adventure in Train Sim World 4: London Overground Suffragette line: Gospel Oak – Barking Riverside, arriving 19th March! Once earmarked for closure, and allowed to be rundown into disarray, Transport for London (TfL) took the line under their wing alongside other routes in 2007 when London Overground was launched to transform them into lines fit for the future. State-of-the-art throughout, the line from Gospel Oak is now an electrified, high density passenger route, making use of the brand-new Class 710 Aventra, while also still leaving space for freight as part of the National Rail network. Having spent years with an avid community following, the route became affectionately known as the ‘GOBLIN’, a portmanteau of Gospel Oak - Barking Line. But from February 2024 it was announced that the route would be known the Suffragette line as part of TfL plans to name all of the London Overground routes to make the network easier for customers to navigate. Once rebranding is complete later this year it will be known as the Suffragette line, in recognition of how the early 20th century working-class movement in the East End, paved the way for women’s rights – empowering women to have a significant impact on society, in the past, present and will continue to do in the future. The in-game route has scenery that represents the built-up area around this part of north London, including dense collections of residential buildings and lighting that recreates the suburban atmosphere after the sun has gone down. A dedicated team of route builders have put a lot of effort into unique scenery assets on the route, including the two distinctive stations at Barking and Barking Riverside. The former being a large interchange station for other London lines and the latter being a brand-new station in anticipation of the riverside development that is very much under way. As well as the standard route maps, our route builders have had a lot of fun hiding 25 Goblins around the route, in reference to the informal name given to this line by locals and enthusiasts. Some of these have been placed in some difficult-to-find locations, making them a little more challenging than typical route collectibles! Up to four trains per hour (tph) run along this line between Gospel Oak and Barking Riverside resulting in 154 playable services for the Class 710 in and amongst a total of over 1,000 services when factoring in AI and layers from other pieces of content. Timekeeping will be important throughout each service run, as will stopping points with trains fitting snug into the length of some platforms. Freight services will be available to the vast majority of Train Sim World 4 players as these will layer in from the East Coast Main Line Class 66 and FKA wagons, though other Class 66 variants (including from recently released Gameplay Packs) will be available to select for those that own that content. Additional freight using other forms of rolling stock will also layer in such as those from Southeastern Highspeed. Other playable service layers include the RHTT from the Train Sim World Compatible Loco Add-on Bundle, as well as both diesel and steam rail tour services from other Train Sim World route Add-ons. Between Crouch Hill and Harringay, the line crosses the East Coast Main Line, where players will glimpse passing LNER Class 801 Azuma services in the form of AI traffic utilising the full ECML timetable. Other AI services present include the Thameslink Class 700, Flying Scotsman and a 1938 Underground Stock rail tour for players with the relevant content. There are also some sneaky Easter Egg AI services that players may spot throughout the route, similar to those found on Southeastern Highspeed. We’ll let you enjoy hunting those down for yourselves... The majority of AI traffic is formed of additional Class 710 London Overground services utilising parts of other Overground lines that run under, over or join with the Gospel Oak – Barking line. This includes a short section of the Lea Valley Cheshunt / Enfield Town Line that crosses perpendicular to the Suffragette line between South Tottenham and Blackhorse Road. Scenarios are centred around various special events throughout the year, with players having to negotiate specific operations for Hallowe’en and Bonfire Night, as well as busy football fixtures and weather-related disruption. Train Sim World 4: London Overground Suffragette line: Gospel Oak – Barking Riverside route Add-on will be available from 19th March for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Epic Games Store, and Steam for £24.99/€29.99/$29.99
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Simon Schofield
Feb 14, 2024
In Video Games
I have now completed the airport hero level which leaves me to expore atternatives, which I will give you results of my findings in due course. Currrently looking at flight simulation that helps with coordination skills.
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Simon Schofield
Feb 13, 2024
In General Discussion
This my new birthday present that I was given today from my friend Marion.
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Simon Schofield
Feb 06, 2024
In Events and Activities
I have now begun a new volunteer activity with NTDF working in the social supermarket as well as some cooking experience in the onsite cafe. This helps gain valuable work experience.
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Simon Schofield
Jan 30, 2024
In Events and Activities
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Simon Schofield
Jan 30, 2024
In Video Games
I am enjoy my update on my gas station simulator
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Simon Schofield
Jan 30, 2024
In Video Games
I have been playing on my new game called  Airport Hero is The Airport Hero is a popular series in which you take the role of an air traffic controller and give instructions to aircraft! This game takes place at Haneda Airport, where you must use the four runways to protect the safety of the skies with your calm and collected judgment and tactful control instructions!and tactful control instructions!
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Simon Schofield
Jan 16, 2024
In Video Games
There is a new update coming to PlayStation on Gas Station Simulator and iam look forward to my new update.
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Simon Schofield
Dec 19, 2023
In General Discussion
Happy Christmas to all volunteers at park view project.
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Simon Schofield
Dec 06, 2023
In General Discussion
This my new Christmas jumper
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Simon Schofield
Nov 29, 2023
In Video Games
Introducing: The newest generation of vehicles 🚔 We're happy to announce two new DLCs! Explore the amazing advantages of both to keep Brighton safe and sound: The Guardian Police Vehicle (GPV) A spacious and handy choice for a great police officer! With this new generation vehicle, you will be able to transport up to 6 arrested criminals and drive them to the police station yourself! Earn +10 SP for each prisoner you successfully transported and put in their cells, with the reward doubled when transporting 6 prisoners simultaneously. The Surveillance Police Vehicle (SPV) A versatile choice to support you at observing the streets of Brighton! This cutting-edge addition to the police vehicle force will detect violations by simply following a suspicious target vehicle and giving its driver intuition feedback. It works similar to pacing and fills another colored bar in the same position. When a violation is uncovered, you can pull over the target vehicle and further investigate the suspect. The GPV and the SPV will both be released on December 5th, 2023 alongside the update, each at a small price of 2,99€ / $2,99 USD or the equivalent in your region. Hang in there for more news! With The Tackling Update, we will also publish the full patch notes, so you can see the full extent of the improvements. Once again, there will be content creators receiving full access to the update prior to the release date while it is still in submission for the public release. Their ability to showcase might give you a chance to take a sneak peek at the content, so stay tuned! At the moment, we want to focus on quality improvements and bug fixes and have therefore moved first aid to update 13 while ensuring more bug fixes now and in the upcoming months. We hope you’re excited about the new features and improvements coming on December 5th! Thank you so much for your support! Your Police Simulator Team
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Simon Schofield
Nov 15, 2023
In Video Games
These marmite, love/hate DMUs from the 1980s have been a running joke for decades on the British railway network, before slowly transforming into an adored relic from a time when cheap and cheerful maybe wasn’t as cheerful as it should have been. Initially planned to be temporary replacements for older DMUs, the Pacer classes eventually saw active service well into the 21st century and were withdrawn as recently as 2021 to fulfil a second life on heritage railways up and down the country. I Blackpool Branches: Preston – Blackpool & Ormskirk, you can take control of this ‘bus on rails’ on local services around Lancashire circa 1986, when the units were fresh on the network ferrying holidaymakers and locals to Blackpool and beyond. Exploring the route on foot yields other finer details. A number of signal boxes can be entered with modelled interiors to admire as the trains pass by and the customary collectibles are around to hunt down, from posters and signs to golf clubs and... gingerbread! I am really like my new train route and my favourite place is Blackpool at night time
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Simon Schofield
Nov 15, 2023
In General Discussion

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Simon Schofield
Nov 07, 2023
In Video Games
With the 1980s British Rail era being a feature of previous Train Sim World route Add-ons, there are additional playable services for owners of Compatible content: • Tees Valley Line: for the Class 101 DMU. • West Cornwall Local: for the Seacow Wagons. • Northern TransPennine: for the Class 45 Diesel locomotive. • Spirit of Steam: for the LMS Stanier 8F steam locomotive, Mk1 Coaches, 16t Mineral Wagon and 20t Brake Van. • BR Heavy Freight Pack: for the Class 40 Diesel locomotive. • BR Class 31 Loco Add-On • BR Class 20 Loco Add-On In addition, Tees Valley Line and West Cornwall Local will implement AI services using the Class 37 and wagons from those route Add-ons. Along the way, players will have to go round putting up posters and fixing signs to gather up all the collectibles, as well as finding abandoned golf clubs and building sandcastles! There’ll also be some cheeky looking Gingerbread figures hiding in various places – Ormskirk is famous for its Gingerbread! There’ll be five Scenarios included: Two with the Class 142 Pacer, two with the Class 47/4 and one shunting Scenario with the Class 08. Pacers will need rescuing; shuttles will need shuffling and passengers from the south will have an illuminated evening. Train Sim World 4: Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk route Add-on will be available from November 14th for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Epic Games Store, and Steam for £29.99/€35.99/$39.99. You can Wish List the route now on Steam! Join the Railfan TV team, with special guests from Just Trains on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/trainsimworldofficial)and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/RailSimulatorDotCom)at 18:00 UTC on Thursday November 9th for a preview of Train Sim World 4: Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk. Have any questions for the Just Trains team? You can ask them over in our Q&A thread on the Forum(https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/blackpool-branches-q-a-thread.75770/) Please see following link:
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Simon Schofield
Oct 24, 2023
In Video Games
I have been playing poilce simulator patrol officers i have been solving a crime scene update on my police simulator patrol offices.Explore a new feeling of police car driving with the sturdy and practical Multipurpose Police Vehicle (MPV)! The brilliant next-generation police vehicle allows you to move civilians’ vehicles violating the law or which are damaged from an accident while also increasing the size of your trunk inventory. The Crime Scene Update is out now! An advanced crime scene callout, evidence markers, securing poles and more, for you to discover! Preserving the evidence: Our environment can tell us many things about the stories that people are involved in. Just as people leave traces, a crime scene can offer all kinds of different hints on what might have happened or what caused the incident. As a police officer it is your responsibility to preserve, mark and document every piece of evidence that can be later used in court by other law enforcement agencies. Meaning, you play an important role in solving the crimes, of which crime scenes you investigate. The brand-new evidence markers are assisting you with marking the evidence with numbers by being placed next to each item on the ground. To document these items you simply need to make photographs which are then advancing the progression at the scene. These photographs though have to be taken before any kind of change or interaction with the scene to not distort the evidence. In order to find the suspect responsible for the crime you need to gather as much information as possible at the crime scene through documenting and investigating. You will quickly realize that a solid gathering of information is the key to finding, arresting and transporting the suspect successfully.
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Simon Schofield
Oct 11, 2023
In Events and Activities
One of our volunteers called Martin is a keen gamer and has a flair for Minecraft. Here are some selected shots of of his recent building. This a mega-city with built-in hazards to add to the dynamic. What do you think?
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