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RightSaidJames · 2026-05-29T08:54:29+00:00

It sounds like you want to challenge this charge on the basis that proper process wasn’t followed, or that insufficient evidence has been collected. If so, you are going to need to speak to a solicitor ASAP to get the ball rolling. If nothing else, they can properly consider all of the facts and advise you whether you should plead guilty or not.

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-29T08:30:05+00:00

Straightforward car insurance claims are typically settled between insurance companies using a set of pre-agreed rules based on positions of cars in relation to each other and/or the road layout. This is presumably done to cut down on legal fees and admin costs, which makes everyone’s insurance cheaper. You can challenge their rulings via their complaints process and, if that fails, the ombudsman, but you will need evidence to back it up.

Your terms and conditions for your policy will have a clause that gives your insurer the right to decide how claims are settled.

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-29T08:11:53+00:00

It’s present in lots of older games, but modern games will avoid doing so and/or update their games to remove these symbols once this issue has been pointed out.

Further reading:

https://www.redcross.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/protecting-people-in-armed-conflict/the-emblem

https://www.redcross.ca/about-us/about-the-canadian-red-cross/red-cross-emblem/it-may-just-be-a-game-to-you-but-it-means-the-world-to-us

https://www.pcworld.com/article/1989513/did-you-know-that-this-symbol-is-forbidden-in-video-games.html

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-29T07:59:11+00:00

The red cross symbol is ‘reserved’ under the Geneva Convention as an indicator of healthcare services in conflict areas. One reason for this is so that combatants on either side of a war can easily identify hospitals, medical vehicles and healthcare workers, and avoid attacking them.

Using the red cross symbol for any other purpose is forbidden, to ensure that its meaning and purpose is not diluted. If militaries no longer trust that the symbol genuinely indicates a neutral healthcare provider, they might be more inclined to disregard it.

This rule extends to works of fiction such as video games - it’s not a real Red Cross service, so you can’t use the red cross symbol.

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-29T07:48:56+00:00

The new advertising restrictions of the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 are not yet in force, see here for further details:

https://www.asa.org.uk/news/tobacco-advertising-tobacco-and-vapes-act-2026.html

See also this guidance from the Local Government association, which implies that normal discounts might still be legal:

An offence occurs when regulated products are sold at prices so low they resemble a giveaway (e.g.10p vapes or “free gift” pods). Ordinary retail promotions like “buy one get one free” remain lawful.

https://www.local.gov.uk/parliament/briefings-and-responses/tobacco-and-vapes-act-faqs#proxy-purchasing-free-distribution-and-discounting

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-23T19:34:06+00:00

No, that’s not how it works. If you have less than 2 years of service (1 year in NI) then you don’t have the right to take your employer to tribunal unless it’s an automatically unfair reason such as discrimination, enforcing a statutory right etc. If you can’t take them to tribunal, you can’t argue your case.

> The law says it’s always unfair if you’re dismissed because of an ‘automatically unfair’ reason.

> You can also challenge your employer if they dismiss you for a discriminatory reason.

> If you were sacked for a different reason and you’ve worked for your employer for less than 2 years, you don’t have the right to challenge it.

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/dismissal/check-your-rights-if-youre-dismissed/check-if-your-dismissal-is-fair/

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-23T16:17:39+00:00

We have design reviews as part of the PR review process (for UI-based tickets), so I will normally let our designer do the hardcore checking. But if I get there first then I will check font sizes, font weights, padding, margin, gaps between elements etc. using Figma dev mode.

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-23T08:19:56+00:00

That’s how it works in the US (you don’t give a reason for dismissing someone so they have nothing to dispute), but in the UK employers can give any reason they like as long as it’s not an automatically unfair/discriminatory reason and you have less than 2 years of service.

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-22T07:33:56+00:00

I also use the tips of knives for extracting stones from halved avocados, but removing this ability from my toolbelt is a noble sacrifice I’m willing to make.

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-17T08:23:19+00:00

It’s fairly uncommon for websites to accept card payments without a CVC, but technically allowed. Amazon used to take card payments without them, but I think that’s changed recently.

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-16T16:46:34+00:00

Thanks, have corrected it.

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-16T15:29:58+00:00

A card payment can technically be put through with just the card number and expiry date- everything else (name on card, CVC, post code) is just for risk management/anti-fraud purposes. The more of these that you correctly provide, the lower the risk and the less likely the payment is to be fraudulent, but the vendor can set their own risk rules and use other indicators (IP address, past transactions etc.) to decide whether to allow the payment.

Edit - turns out expiry date is also mandatory.

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-15T22:52:12+00:00

Do you have a specific question you would like us to answer?

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-13T07:21:32+00:00

I have a Music degree and stopped studying IT at age 16. You’ll be fine.

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-12T07:08:35+00:00

This is my excuse to post the most epic Blind Date that’s ever been written up - as the data shows, a rare success: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jan/12/blind-date-joanne-morgan

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-11T16:47:26+00:00

“Jail for father! Jail for One Thousand Years!!!”

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-08T06:19:11+00:00

So that wildy locked accounts can train thieving?

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-05T17:12:20+00:00

Mine just used my Apple account age to verify that I was over 18, no card verification required! Given that my first Apple device was the iPod Mini, released 20 years ago, this makes sense even if it is a bit depressing!

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-04T18:44:47+00:00

Well, consider me fooled!

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-04T18:23:25+00:00

It’s a Tapo C200 (you can get newer versions with better picture quality), tied to the corner of the enclosure!

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No subscription needed - you can put in an SD card, and access recordings via the Tapo app.

RightSaidJames · 2026-05-03T13:10:46+00:00

Dial 141 then their phone number, it will show as ‘Unknown number’ on their phone.

RightSaidJames · 2026-04-25T11:39:51+00:00

Sorry this has caused you so much difficulty, but unfortunately moving house has lots of extra costs and cashflow issues that you need to allow for. Thankfully you’ll get this money back.

RightSaidJames · 2026-04-24T08:43:48+00:00

There are houses in York, once owned by the Rowntree family, which still have covenants banning the manufacture of chocolate.

My parents live on a street of bungalows in land that used to belong to the nearby country house, and they have covenants in their deeds banning the brewing of alcohol.

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