As far as I'm aware, Child Reference Numbers (CRNs) follow a different format to NI numbers. Do you have experience otherwise or can point to somewhere online that explains this?

This doesn't say how things are implemented, but suggests that CRNs and NINos are different:

Most people are automatically given a National Insurance Number as they approach the age of sixteen. This is because when a claim to Child Benefit is made, the child is allocated a Child Reference Number (CRN) for HMRC/DWP use only. From the child reaching age fifteen years and nine months, HMRC notifies each child of their NINO.

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-intern...

Further on, it somewhat confirms what I said about children whose parents didn't apply for child benefit:

Some young people may not be included in the automatic registration process. See NIM39305.

Providing they are over age 15 years and 9 months they should

• use the "find my NINo" digital service to trace their National Insurance Number or
• contact the National Insurance registration Helpline on 03002003500.

Children who have not been part of a Child Benefit claim or a Tax Free Childcare award will need to apply through DWP.

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-intern...

NI numbers are automatically allocated three months before a child's 16th birthday, but only when the parent's have claimed child benefit. Everybody else has to apply for an NI number, if they want to work. Theoretically, somebody could get by without an NI number, but Iâ(TM)m sure that's a niche reserved for people with silver spoons.

it were as simple as an extension cord do you not think I would have thought of that?

I live in the UK on a post-war terrace*, which means no driveway. It also means that if I wanted to run an extension cord from my house to my car it would cross a public footpath, so there's no charging at home for me at all. Oh, and I work from home as well, so charging an EV would need to happen at the local supermarket (the 90p/60p option I mentioned in the other thread), in a small shopping park (the cheaper option I mentioned, which has been out of order for the past few weeks) or next to a coffee shop on a nearby industrial estate (which I didn't mention because they won't even tell you what they charge without downloading an app, so fuck 'em).

Being the UK, there's a patchwork of regulations and interpretations and/or enforcement of them. The situation is also changing relatively quickly due to the government realising this is a problem.

60% of homes in my council (vs. average 40% nationwide) don't have off-street parking. I've seen a lot of people with cables across the street, mostly under cable protectors. But even these form a trip hazard could leave owners liable to personal injury claims not covered by typical home insurance. We can now get cable channels installed across footpaths, which look like the right idea and might be suitable in street if your council allows it. The funny thing is, I remember seeing these kinds of things as a child where my grandmother lived in Plymouth, but these I think were for drainage.

https://www.richmond.gov.uk/ne...

https://evfleetworld.co.uk/ric...

A 17,000-word expose

What is it: expose or exposé?

Ah fuck, /. canâ(TM)t handle that. No wonder itâ(TM)s written wrong. Where are the anti-Apple trolls to tell me to turn off smart quotes? As if that would help?

Itâ(TM)s not that simple. There are still AVC patents in force in multiple places for several years more.

Dolby has been a patent troll for decades. Theyâ(TM)ve had more lawyers than engineers for years. I worked for a company that was effectively killed off by their changes to third party access to AC-3 DirectShow decoders nearly 25 years ago.

Tencent? Chinese companies prefer VVC over AV1, and not just because it achieves better compression ratios. It was developed by an international standards body, not a group of America
companies, no matter how "open source" they claim the process to be, and subject to American export laws. Licensing and royalties are secondary after that.

Social media? /.? The site frequented by 50 and 60 year olds who live in their parents' basements building Beowulf clusters and fantasising about pouring hot grits on Natalie Portman?

No doubt this will be one of their crap UI changes that doesn't actually improve usability nor attract new users as their market share continues to decline. Why about fixing some real issues? Or how about invest in maildir support in Thunderbird? How many years has this page said it's experimental? There are two warnings on the page telling you that you will lose your data if you use it, FFS.

Move to a country with a tax treaty with the US. Unless you're really earning a lot, you won't pay any taxes, although you will have to file a US tax return, because taxes are higher other places. If you're still paying US taxes, you're doing alright. I have a friend here in London who is a CFO, he has to pay taxes back in the US, but it's not that much and he's pretty flush and not bothered.

Is there any 3D TV you can watch without stupid glasses? What I've seen is: if 3D is being displayed, the image is blurred if you don't have stupid glasses on. Maybe I've missed something though.

Not everyone can see 3D. Iâ(TM)m part of a sizeable minority who donâ(TM)t have any or have just partial stereoscopic vision. And who wants to wear special glasses to watch TV anyway, especially if they already wear glasses? I enjoyed the original Avatar for what it was as a story in the cinema (subsequent ones are shit), but it was annoying having to wear the glasses even though they offered nothing to me.

What is wrong with the description? It describes her as the ambassador of Londonâ(TM)s financial sector, which is essentially true.

The City of London is basically one of Londonâ(TM)s administrative districts, along with the 32 boroughs. The Lord (or Lady) Mayor of that district represents the residents (not many) and the businesses (mostly finance) of that borough. The City of London is about a square mile, and itâ(TM)s synonymous with the UKâ(TM)s financial industry because so much of it is based there.

As the spokesperson (or ambassador) of the sector generating the most tax receipts and the most exports, people do actually give a shit about what she says, even if you personally donâ(TM)t like London or the banking sector.

Other countries are affected. Russian GPS jamming has been disrupting flights in the Baltic, Med and Black Sea areas: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/art...

Russia trolls out today down modding people who tell the truth.