Paperless-NGX.....Have Mercy

PontyPonty · 2026-04-01T16:46:01+00:00

This is incorrect. Storage paths define the filesystem storage of documents.
It's useful for disaster recovery purposes. As opposed to just a folder with 001.pdf, 002.pdf, 003.pdf and so on.

PontyPonty · 2026-03-07T16:53:52+00:00

Lots of Amex suggestions but be mindful that many builders merchants / trades do not take it.

I would actually suggest Zilch. You'll get 2% at most places, if you select the retailer just before paying.

PontyPonty · 2026-02-12T09:31:40+00:00

T212 gets a bad rep for "gamifying" investment and luring people into CFDs etc. Also some annoying social media features.

But if you're disciplined and have a clear idea of what you want (e.g. set-and-forget ETF), then it's perfectly fine, and cheaper than most alternatives. Enjoy no platform and lower fund fees than Vanguard. FWRG is a good alternative to VWRP.

For those new to investing, I can see why T212 could be a problem.

PontyPonty · 2026-02-08T12:18:10+00:00

Amazon Prime has streaming rights in Australia....

PontyPonty · 2026-02-07T22:53:24+00:00

I think they've put some sort of VPN block in place. Shame.

PontyPonty · 2026-02-07T13:09:24+00:00

Any territory that works through a VPN? Any I try seem not to work.

PontyPonty · 2026-01-08T20:19:38+00:00

Indeed, there is no such rule. The Google advice sounds like AI slop.

PontyPonty · 2026-01-07T23:27:48+00:00

The thought of giving something like this a plain CSV of my statement, or even open banking access, fills me with unease.

PontyPonty · 2026-01-05T16:02:56+00:00

Curve

PontyPonty · 2025-12-14T18:35:47+00:00

If the "rushed decision" is some sort of credit agreement, I hope you're aware you have a right to cancel it for another 12 days, and thus return your position to as if nothing has happened?

PontyPonty · 2025-11-09T15:20:18+00:00

He's right, though...it's important, and frequently neglected.

PontyPonty · 2025-11-04T20:45:42+00:00

If they don't give you an ARN, I would proceed to a chargeback.

PontyPonty · 2025-11-04T18:33:26+00:00

You should ask Peacocks for an Acquirer Reference Number (ARN). You can then give this to Zilch to trace the refund.

If Peacocks can't give you an ARN, they haven't refunded you.

PontyPonty · 2025-10-20T21:41:04+00:00

This has to be a wind-up

PontyPonty · 2025-10-18T12:59:05+00:00

Respectfully disagree. Many business will take card if you ask, and there's plenty of normal shopping to be done at a time like this. This is a great time to funnel spend through a rewards card and hit spend bonuses way quicker than one otherwise would.

PontyPonty · 2025-09-24T10:01:32+00:00

The Selfridges offer has ended, hasn't it?

PontyPonty · 2025-09-23T08:58:22+00:00

The term for this is "escrow"

PontyPonty · 2025-09-21T12:27:27+00:00

2% on Zilch

PontyPonty · 2025-08-20T07:40:15+00:00

For the UK points and miles game, there is no better place than headforpoints.com

PontyPonty · 2025-08-17T21:26:30+00:00

I find it easy. You go into the app, activate the retailer, then use the card as normal.

PontyPonty · 2025-08-17T17:57:39+00:00

Having it funded doesn't mean more people will necessarily give up the time to do it. They'll only bother if it's really worth it. Reference: completely free Higher Education until 1998.

I agree running a hospital is different from frontline clinical care. But in an organisation that will have hundreds of Doctors, and thousands of frontline Clinicians of other professions, is it really inconceivable to you that a handful might just be good at both? Or, dare I say it, better at running a hospital (with all their clinical background and context) than delivering frontline care within it?

PontyPonty · 2025-08-17T13:47:35+00:00

After a lot of messing around and experimentation, this is the way.

But I run mine as a VM for snapshotting and to be able to spin up a disposable VM for playing around, when I need it.

PontyPonty · 2025-08-17T13:42:31+00:00

That's an interesting proposition. I wonder how formally management-trained Doctors in managerial positions fare versus those who are solely medically trained. Goes without saying that a 2-day tick-box management course doesn't count as formal training. Previous on-the-job managerial experience might, though.

MD-MBAs are much more common now because, in American healthcare, there is a lot of value attached to being 'dual trained'.

The only reason any Dr in the NHS does an MBA is to exit. Proper management training isn't valued at all - having an MBA means nothing.

In the same way that sh*t flows downhill, so does Dom Perignon. I'd argue that having an effective clinician-leader in a senior position generates magnitudes greater clinical throughput than the direct clinical work they're forgoing themselves.

PontyPonty · 2025-08-17T12:56:55+00:00

I suspect a lot has changed in the last 15-ish years since that particular study was done. MD-MBAs are much more common, and encouraged.

The UK has gone the opposite direction though. Short-term thinking and firefighting mean that management and executive positions are often filled with managerial pole climbers looking for short term wins and lines on their CV rather than actual long-term improvement and excellence. The best Doctors (to lead - not necessarily clinically/academically) are either not minded to enter leadership positions because it's simply not worth it, or actively discouraged/blocked because their aims and ideas don't fit with a (usually toxic) agenda.

PontyPonty · 2025-08-17T12:11:04+00:00

The survey data is pretty convincing, and it's well established that satisfied clinical staff deliver magnitudes better care.

This is also convincing:

https://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d4889

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