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[Dorkeaux]

I should mention, I had a chat with my accountant some time ago about what would happen should I die unexpectedly.
He tells me that it happens a lot, and that he had processes in place for his existing clients.
I have no idea if they would take on this sort of work for a new client, but...

[Dorkeaux]

Condolences.

Here is the advice I got from Googling "How to access HMRC website for a company whose director has died".

It all sounds like good advice to me, probably you have done much of it.

Accessing the
HMRC online account for a company after...

[Dorkeaux]

Indeed this.
Relatively few people in our industry have college or university education in computer science. Or math, for that matter.

Which is fine with me, I've posted previously that IT skills are more a talent (like music or languages) than a teachable skill beyond a certain...

[Dorkeaux]

Sure, some.
In the last 5 years, all my clients have shifted to Citrix implementations instead of secure-ish laptops.
But there are still lots that dole out the laptops....

[Dorkeaux]

It appears that the site certificate for contractoruk.com has expired.

Now throwing up the usual warnings in my browser that you may be trying to steal my credit card details.
Long may it profit you..

Time for another few bob in the meter....

[Dorkeaux]

Aggravating. Is this for a permie role?
In defence of the interviewer, Mrs Dorkeaux is often asked to conduct interviews on behalf of PermieCo, her employer.
She is given no agency whatever.
The interviewees will not be working with her, the interview questions are scripted.
...

[Dorkeaux]

I don't think anyone here was suggesting using the cloud as the primary storage for critical data.
A good possibility for backup, though.

[Dorkeaux]

Many of the cheapo consumer NAS devices use a chipset that is a severe bottleneck in terms of performance and reliability.
In otherwords, RAID is pointless if your tulipy hardware fails, bringing all the drives down with it.

I would do my research with that in mind.

I...

[Dorkeaux]

Thanks everyone. Very useful.

[Dorkeaux]

Aside from the usual shower of nothingburger lowball roles from the agencies no one has ever heard of, I am getting an increasing number of calls for roles falling into an appropriate range.

One today was very promising, and approaches (but doesn't meet) my highest ever rate from some years...

[Dorkeaux]

Apparently "You lost, get over it!". Nope.

[Dorkeaux]

Well to be fair, I worked on more Amdahl copies than I did on actual IBM/360 machines.

Fujitsu, Hitachi, Siemens and many others made plug-compatible clones of IBM mainframes.
I presume their peripherals, applications and O/S would run on IBM hardware, though I can't think of anyone...

[Dorkeaux]

If you are referring to an OS specifically, I have Anduinos installed on an old laptop. It's a free Linux distrubution.
Pretty good, and not a million miles from Windows in look and feel.
Zorin OS also gets good reviews....

[Dorkeaux]

Were it me (and it is, I have presbyopia) for that use case I would do what LadyMuck and others suggest.

I have a setup in my workshop with a surplus Lenovo corporate desktop box about the size of a small cigar box.
It's not the latest spec, but plenty powerful enough for years to...

[Dorkeaux]

Ahhrg.. Now three companies in total using my residential address.
All set up at the same time with exactly the same people and structure.

On to Companies House again, then Hector and the Filth.

Now that I read it back, that could be my next band's name..

[Dorkeaux]

Yes, it's a brand new company and the Companies House entry indicates that they have done an ID check on him.
Great job!

Also yes, I have accounts with all the credit reporting agencies you mentioned.
I think every contractor that gets vetted or applies for a mortgage needs...

[Dorkeaux]

Resurecting this thread. Zommmbeeee!...

I have started to receive post from Companies House at my residential address.

It's not for my company!

I see on Companies House that some Latvian dude has just registered a company with my address associated to it.
...

[Dorkeaux]

Hey Peeps,

I don't know why I didn't think to ask here sooner.

I belong to a club that meets annually.
Lots of optional paid events and a little merch.

We need a website that can do the following:

• Be inexpensive.
• Be spun up for 2 months a year, then

...

[Dorkeaux]

Starting to run out of bananas. Here it is: ...

[Dorkeaux]

Most excellent, congratulations.
You know you want one: ...