Now we know who the real power behind the throne is

[DaveB]

Evening all.

Bathroom renovation continue apace. Todays WTF moment came on attempting to remove a sink and finding whoever fitted it had used adhesive rather than the more conventional screws. Oh well, the tiles were coming off anyway and removing the sink helped a few of them along....

[DaveB]

Afternoon all

Freezing cold start this morning.

Now bright warm sunshine and blue skies.

Lunch was fennel and halloumi salad with celery, apple, walnuts and a pomegranate molasses dressing.

Day one of bathroom renovations underway. Main bathroom...

[DaveB]

You don't need to know all the answers, just where to find them....

[DaveB]

BBC have a good piece up about his life, beyond the pre-prepared Obituary.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50589065...

[DaveB]

And yet no-one has batted an eyelid at women taking the pill for years which has a ~1/1000 chance of causing blood clots....

[DaveB]

And it's not Dominic Cummings.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1379107385441157127

[DaveB]

Looks like you can roll back from 20H2 depending on what your previous version was.

How to uninstall and downgrade Windows 10 20H2 to previous versions

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...ious-versions/

Note: Mac user, so can't claim to have tried it.

[DaveB]

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity....

[DaveB]

So today has gotten very, very, weird.


Last day of the gig with what is now client A. Paper work for an extension was supposed to have been done but nothing turns up. Everything is disappearing into a black hole with Client Co. HR.

It all kicked off as they decided...

[DaveB]

Turns out the shade of blue used for the backdrops in the new Downing Street press briefing room is exactly the same shade of blue as used for Chromakey in the most popular video editing packages.

https://www.facebook.com/10000064113...9610592070271/

[DaveB]

That's exactly what they were doing as the rules then allowed it. Now they have to be formally registered, apply for residence etc. and meet all the 3rd country immigrant criteria, which many of them either can't or never thought they would have to do so never bothered.

Ironically now...

[DaveB]

Seriously. Certainly in our area all they had to do was apply with details of how they would be covid compliant and it was approved. Took about a week from making the request. It was conditional on remaining compliant, advanced orders only, time slots booked etc. but otherwise that was it. Our local...

[DaveB]

Yep, all they had to do was notify the local authority that they wanted to do it and approval would have been given....

[DaveB]

In the words of my pub owning friends, they'll do it when the supermarkets do.

Right throughout this anyone could go to a supermarket, buy any amount of cheap alcohol and mingle with large numbers of other people in an enclosed space with no other checks than requiring them to wear a face...

[DaveB]

Not had mine cut in years. Currently reaches between my shoulder blades.

[DaveB]

Yep, you can see the scale in an Instagram picture from one of the crew on a ship stuck behind it on the BBC news story. You can just make out a JCB by the bows that looks like it's trying to dig it out.

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[DaveB]

It's unlikely to be fair.

What will happen is that you'll get a friendly letter reminding you to do it.

Then a less friendly one.

Then some poor sod in a Hi-Viz vest will knock on your door to remind you.

Then they'll come back and point out that you...

[DaveB]

As I understand it, it's aimed at preventing VAT Carousel fraud and won't really affect your average IT contractor. It applies to the buying and selling of specific items between UK and EU businesses.

Reverse charge VAT to prevent carousel fraud (UK)...

[DaveB]

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[DaveB]

Courtesy of @Coldwar_steve...