A honest discussion, Talk Knowledge
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2024
- Blagging Appearances, reminiscing about Mr Swire. Tips for the Knowledge in general. Point to point tactics and many more topics covered in this riveting conversation
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Was on 28s appearance with Ma'am Gerald,half way through the run i forgot my ljne but remembered,thankfully, In a split second of panic,the exact blue book equivalent and got the run finished.
On my first appearance was told to call your blue book until I get my req,doing so would get me through the knowledge faster.That was the best advice of all. I got through on one card.
Using time management for revision was a key technique for me aswell. 30 minute slots.
It's such a great feeling achieving your drop that ,it's worth it all for that alone.
YEs Always call the bluebook it is a safety net. Time management is massively important
Thank you Guys for this brilliant podcast ...You can't fail the knowledge , you can only give up !!!
Our pleasure!
Nice chat as usual.
Thanks again!
Thank you Wiz ann your students are so well behaved on Thier bikes 👍 good show 👍
They are! we train them to have impeccable manners
My tip is: when on Bluebooks, there will be one or two runs every week that you struggle to recall. Don't worry about it just yet. As long as you are putting the work in and calling over, then it will stick after 3 or 4 spaced repetitions. I freak out nearly every week and then next week realise I'm calling those runs just as smoothly as all the others. You will have to call these runs literally thousands of times, so it will stick eventually. *As long as you're putting the work in*
Exactly right
Mr Thomas 😂 he told me I call well but too fast and I’m like a bull in a china shop. Duly docked me for hesitation 🤣🤣
Oh no! 😱 Standard Thomas 😂
My advice to newbies is to keep away from negative people and there isn't a race to the finish line just get there. Oh don't get bullied in to nights out with friend's. Stay on course there'll be plenty of fun times when you get the badge.
Great Advice
Another good chat gentlemen 💪🏼
Much appreciated James
"The self driving car has existed for 1,000 years. It's called a taxi!" - James May
yep
@@WizAnn320 I'm doing computer science at University, and the idea of a self-driving car is basically something that will never happen, at least not in our lifetime without significant infrastructure changes. For A-level, I build a little rasberry Pi robot that had to figure out the shortest path through a maze using Dijkstra's algorithm (an idea that can be extrapolated to routing for the Knowledge). It used an image recognition algorithm to go towards certain colours, after it had driven around to learn the map. This in isolation worked very well, however, as soon as a random variable was introduced, it would basically stop working. For example, my orange socks were confused for the red ball, and introducing the cat just confused it further.
What this shows is that the real world is very difficult for a self-driving car, and the knoledge is still better any day of the week. Even when cars do drive themselves, how will they deal with road closures? Random and weird requests? People who want to drive past a landmark (e.g. Buck House) but not stop at it? Disabled people (e.g. getting the ramp out, fastening the harness, etc.)? Cyclists, just in general? Pedestrians? Basically anyone who doesn't follow the rules of the road? Narrow 2-way streets where you need to pull in?
There's just too much stuff going on for a self-driving car to deal with in London. Finally, it's AI 101 that anything a human can do really well, like driving a black cab, is really hard for a computer, and anything a computer can do really well, e.g. aggregating data about where passenger demand is very high, is really tedious and difficult for a human to do.
I just realised, on those narrow 2-way streets you get in South London, how would a self-driving car figure out that the car coming the other way isn't among the parked cars by the side of the road?
Great podcast, i think i can speak for a number of people when i say tom had a huge influence on me starting the knowledge, as well as the wizann youtube channel.
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Same here, it's literally Dean and Tom that gave me the idea to start the knowledge and the information to actually do it.
That is very nice of you to say so. We should never under estimate Toms impact on the trade. He will be an ambassador for years to come
Same here just coming to the end of book 3 and both channels keep me consistently motivated.
Looking forward to finishing my books and coming to the school.
Yeah, it was Tom Hutley vs Tom Scott that got me started.
Wow! Glad to hear! The Knowledge profoundly changed my life for the better and I’m glad sharing my journey and experiences will hopefully benefit many more!
I did the knowledge alone so improvised and satisfied my own OCD ie everything I learnt forwards I had to know I knew it backwards and that was my initial introduction into point to point was calling my blue book in reverse and that continued into missing pieces etc I found it really helped. I also did “the knowledge clock” where I set out 12 points around the circumstance of the 6 mile radius and would randomly call one to another this really helped refine bridge selection and get a really good sense of direction across the whole map. I do miss doing the knowledge it really brought the best out of me the whole challenge of it. Although I see a knowledge boy (I say boy but he looked twice my age bless him) on his bike in the pouring rain, I don’t miss that so much 😂 👍🏻
Doing reverse as point to point is a very good exercise and introduction to point to point
Another great video chaps. Would love to see Leigh and George back on the podcast....their 1 year podcast was one of my favourites and really was the clincher for me to start the KoL.
Coming soon!
Great video as per gents, always enjoy a bit of Wizann!!
My ears pricked up when you got onto the subject of medallion style badges in the future.
Might be a good watch talking more on that subject 👍🏻
Might be a short episode. But it certainly is a future possibility sadly. I do not think we should look to America for ideas as they are very commercially based around one person earning a lot of money rather than shared wealth like our taxi system is now.
@@WizAnn320 unfortunately our trade isn't what it once was.
Rising costs for the vehicle we use both hiring and owning are unsustainable.
You got to near on earn £100 a day before anything is yours, that's scary and extremely demoralising!
I'm extremely proud of what I accomplished 31yrs ago and at heart I will always be a London cabbie.
Keep calling your books every single day until you finish , p2p is were the war is one quantity is key 50 lines everyday and pen 50 for your partner , don’t neglect bike work the more you are in the London the more you are familiar with those streets . Dont try to impress to examiners on any stage even 21s if you have done the work and enough p2p you know the roughly the line don’t take them through 6 extras left and right to achieve the same thing you may trip up most important no days off be consistent and you will get there
Absolutely perfect advice
Do you welcome (if work status is acceptable), the channel crossing refugees onto the Knowledge? Could give the boost into the trade?
NO!
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Tom the Taxi Driver……….
yep