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@HMRCcustomers Hi, when I go to that link I’m chatting with a computerised chat bot. How do I get through to a human via web chat?

@d4ns0 Hi Danso, I’m sorry, we can’t access records, for security reasons. You can ask our webchat advisers for help with this. We run the service from 8am to 7:30pm on weekdays and 8am to 4pm on Saturdays. Here’s the link to get started tax.service.gov.uk/ask-hmrc/chat/… Martin

@HMRCcustomers Hi HMRC, I stopped receiving child benefit in September 2023 but the high income child benefit charge is still on my tax code for 2024-25 and 2025-26. Should it have been removed by now? Why would I still be paying it if benefit ended halfway through 2023-24?

@depthsofwiki Ngl that does look exactly like the Geocities page I had in 1996

was clicking around in preferences and thought I'd test out the green and black display option. laughed out loud when i saw how it looks

@kylascan The collapse of Northern Ireland government because they gave out so money in clean energy subsidies that farmers built new buildings just so they could heat them and get free money

What is the most interesting economic story of the past decade?

@lapprentiessage @LanguageCrawler I'm guessing it comes from a 'fit' being another word for a seizure!

@LanguageCrawler HOW did they get there?? 😆 It seems"fits" was taken as "fit of rage" and carried even a bit further... 😄

#translationfail attaque d'apoplexie = stroke

@MartinSLewis Thanks! It’s happened on a Mac and an iPhone so might be specific to those browsers

@d4ns0 First i've heard - workin fine for most - thanks for letting me know i'll send that to our techies (they may be in touch)

UPDATED. Income tax calculator: what will your take home pay be? moneysavingexpert.com/tax-calculator/ Select 2022/23 to see the impact of the 1.25%pt reduction in National Insurance. Select 2023/24 to see that plus the reduction in the basic rate (and withdrawal of the additional rate).

@InspGadgetBlogs Article with details below. Note unfortunate Google translate of ‘death message’ to ‘death sentence’ 😬 www-aftonbladet-se.translate.goog/nyheter/a/157W…

@InspGadgetBlogs Similar debate in Sweden; an officer recently posted a video of her crying after delivering a death message. Polarised response; some praised showing human side, some criticised and said police should be professional at all times in uniform. I’d welcome your thoughts?

@TheDreadShips I was fascinated by hearing in Brighton that the traces of WWII huts, demolished in the 1950s, can still be seen in very dry conditions on the grass in a city centre park: instagram.com/p/CgbOhVJo4PK/…

@jameshannah Tree Gump

@TheDreadShips For those of a certain generation... Hackers. Prodigy, Underworld, Orbital, Leftfield. A who's who of 90s electronic music. Oh, and Stereo MCs.

@SCP_Hughes @rorysutherland I did enjoy a recent @planetmoney episode about how bricks spent a brief period as a preferred currency in post-Soviet Russia, given their utility and scarcity compared to the highly unstable Ruble at the time. Weirdly the practicality was a secondary concern

I often meet people who love brick more than any other material, and indeed I often feel this way myself. It is curious, then, that in most times and places, brick was seen as clearly inferior to stone. Am I right that there has been a shift, and if so, why has this happened?

@Michaelrennick @timothypeel1 As an aside, I love the idea that the Enterprise gets all its Starfleet orders by fax machine

@timothypeel1 Curious thought - ever since I had the TNG Enterprise-D books and blueprints in the 90s, I found the all uppercase text difficult to read. Would love to know the thought behind not having lowercase characters in signs and UIs 250 years from now!

@YB_Sodermalm Jag bor/jobbar i Storbritannien. Här kryllar det med poliser på twitter som alla berättar vad de gör men de är riktigt tråkiga och får inte säga som de tycker. Fint att nån får göra det och jag önskar att mina kollegor gick samma frihet.

Skriv något till mig. Villkoret är att det är något positivt. Något du upplevt själv, eller upplever som positivt för landet. Inget gnällande rent allmänt. Nå? Vad har ni åt mig?

@ArrantPedantry I've heard it a lot on technology products, like when Apple announce a new laptop with 'Three [ex] the performance of the 2020 model'. They've been doing it for a while and other trendy tech sales people do similar. It's weird, what's wrong with 'three times'?

@lynneguist Or ‘wall plugs’ because it sounds similar and you use them in walls. Nobody seems to quite know which one is the right name, a bit like duck/duct tape.

@lamw @MSFTExchange You can get Cortana to do the work for you, but it’s quite pricey… microsoft.com/en-gb/microsof…

Feature Request for @MSFTExchange - Create a “calenderly” type experience that can be shared with external parties to setup meetings Its been PITA to have to do back/fourth emails on time slots that works. Ideally solution will auto-sync w/my work calendar. Anyone else want?

@PR0GRAMMERHUM0R We have the first five letters of the surname followed by the initials, so one Robert S. Burgess was ‘burgers@workplace.com’ (we are not in the burger industry)

Tell us about funny email usernames you've seen at your company reddit.com/r/programmerhu…