catacomb

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HMRC will close tax helpline for half the year⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, maybe one of my experiences isn’t common. Mine started after a benefit was added and somehow not reported, which probably was my employer’s fault but I didn’t get anywhere with them. Reporting it seemed to clear it up.

  I have had it where a second employer totally messed up which just involved waiting until April. Then another where a previous employer failed to produce a P45 and I just had to push them for it. Those are probably more common and, you’re right, the hotline didn’t help.

  I’ve been at a small company where I’ve overheard directors talk about how they purposely didn’t produce a P45 out of spite of someone leaving. It relies on good faith far too much and is confusing to navigate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HMRC will close tax helpline for half the year⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This would really suck if you were put onto emergency tax, which temporarily takes away your tax free allowance.

  The government would temporarily take £209.50 a month extra while the useless chat bot would be unable to help. After 6 months you’d be short by £1,257 which, for some, would be devastating.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some Thoughts on Coupling⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I really liked how coupling is described as “knowing.” I find we talk about “does x need to know about y?” more than we do “is x overly coupled to y?” because the former is a relatable indicator of the latter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal details costs of keeping its private messaging service alive | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Funny, that’s in line with the $1 a year WhatsApp was going to charge.

  Sounds like just $5 will pay for me and 4 others, so that’s nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saturn's Rings Will Temporarily Disappear From View in 2025⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep! They go through a phase of being edge-on so become incredibly flat from our perspective. That also means there’s a peak where the rings are most visible which will be in 2032.

  There’s a lot of good books out there with these phases detailed as well as guides for other planets. Highly recommend it for anyone getting into astronomy.