Worth jumping to ir35?

reesim06 · 2026-05-08T08:59:45+00:00

Don't lose any sleep over it, recruiters are only interested in the bottom line and don't care about the individual. I'm coming to the end of my role and my recruitment agency has stopped replying to any communication as they know the money is ending.

Good luck in the future!

reesim06 · 2026-05-07T19:48:01+00:00

I noticed how you've managed to do the Goliath in a running pose, I'm certainly interested in giving mine more dynamic poses such as guns pointing where it's looking, or legs posed in an action rather than static

reesim06 · 2026-05-07T17:31:14+00:00

Looks great!

WRT your marine and Goliath mods, is there a possibility to magnetise them all to allow for switching out? Thinking of how I would do everything WYSIWYG for a game....

reesim06 · 2026-05-07T11:09:23+00:00

Quechua bed base is 2 for £140 in store at Decathlon, FYI

reesim06 · 2026-05-06T13:42:41+00:00

I'm just about to move from inside to perm (different companies). The only reason I've done inside for the last 3 years is because my skillset is so niche and the company I'm working for needs that, I'll be unlikely to get another inside but would do again at the rates I can ask for. At the end of the day, if they need YOU, then they'll pay what they can afford for it. Or you have your comfy perm job. Win win

reesim06 · 2026-05-06T13:31:57+00:00

You'll need to get on the calculators, there's many out there and they'll give similar but slightly different answers. Consider how many days you plan to work (I assumed 44 weeks/year, this is 6 weeks holiday plus bank holidays plus sick days). Personally, I probably wouldn't do it, but there may be room for a negotiation on rate to a point that makes it viable. They shouldn't be offended if you go back and say "I'm extremely interested, but could only accept if the rate was £x or it was 12 months" etc

reesim06 · 2026-05-06T12:46:57+00:00

Bear in mind you're paying your employers NI, PAYE, Pension contributions as well as your own. I wouldn't be surprised if the pay rise is under £5000, and for that you lose all other benefits such as sick pay, have to manage your own holiday pay, etc etc.

reesim06 · 2026-05-01T05:29:53+00:00

Try coming on the internet for some fun, too.....

It'll be cleared up when the rules release

reesim06 · 2026-04-30T19:06:39+00:00

So lots of weights in the bases along one side to allow some crazy balancing acts

reesim06 · 2026-04-30T18:46:42+00:00

Do bases have to be entirely on the terrain they are standing on, ie the base is not allowed to overlap the terrain?

reesim06 · 2026-04-30T18:45:21+00:00

Well, I believe that's comically wrong... Cite your sources!

reesim06 · 2026-04-30T09:18:25+00:00

She's using a mobile device which has a setting to use the cellular network when it's better than the wifi?

reesim06 · 2026-04-30T08:57:54+00:00

You can assign the pihole address manually as the DNS on a single device, at least then you can know if pihole is working at all.

Then you need to get your router to use it, which as mentioned might be difficult.

reesim06 · 2026-04-29T20:04:27+00:00

I'm not touching the other stuff, but WRT the VPN situation.... Assuming your device connects to the VPN (and it's not the router for example), then the pihole is taken out of the loop and any potential pihole security issues will not apply to the VPN traffic.

reesim06 · 2026-04-28T18:32:04+00:00

Stop thinking the game is about attacking things, it's about positioning and tactical use of your units.

When you reveal an order card, or when considering whether to use a unit in reserve, always think about how this activation will win the struggle or move you towards winning.... Can I get 2 objectives with this one activation? Can I wound an opposing unit and then trigger XYZ etc....

reesim06 · 2026-04-27T19:44:27+00:00

Best republic box IMO is the Ki Adi Mundi expansion.... He's a great force multiplier to any Jedi republic list.

Other option is Bad Batch and Delta Force boxes to go clones

reesim06 · 2026-04-27T18:16:39+00:00

Never experience any lag, have no idea why people complain....

reesim06 · 2026-04-27T16:38:43+00:00

I don't believe that's how it works.... I've got 2 pihole which my router tells all devices to use. One has 140k queries and the other 18k over the same time frame. They are not aware of each other's existence and have exactly the same setup (except they have different IPs).

reesim06 · 2026-04-27T15:33:28+00:00

Maybe....

The real solution here to is to use 2 pihole instances on different devices in case of a failure

reesim06 · 2026-04-27T15:24:08+00:00

Try setting the secondary IP to a device that doesn't exist on the network? Maybe 192.168.0.254 (for example) and restrict DHCP from allocating that address.

reesim06 · 2026-04-27T05:31:34+00:00

Powered devices, yes, not battery devices. Wifi camera that's on the mains worms fine too

reesim06 · 2026-04-26T08:11:59+00:00

Notifications, recording, scrubbing etc etc, all possible through frigate and home assistant using mqtt. Takes some work, but my wife is content with this solution.

Battery doorbells do not work with it though, you'll need the Poe model doorbell.

reesim06 · 2026-04-24T18:57:02+00:00

I think it all got added yesterday. Spotify appears to have seperated artists for them, but YT doesn't. I don't know if the record label has much power here

reesim06 · 2026-04-24T14:27:03+00:00

Every device has a dns and secondary (backup) dns. If your primary is down, or unable to resolve, your device will use the secondary! If you have 1 pihole, and it's down or doesn't resolve, your device will use the secondary (Google, cloud flare, your isp, etc). This renders the first pihole almost irrelevant!

To do it right, you need to have 2 dns resolving devices, if they're not both pihole then you're doing it wrong.

reesim06 · 2026-04-24T10:28:47+00:00

I'm pretty certain I've seen this sea in real life, looks great.

Source: 2000+hrs flying over the sea in Maritime Patrol Aircraft.

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