u/Fingerbob73

Just wanted to quickly mention that today I've had basic rate HMRC tax relief (25%) credited to my SIPP for contributions I made into it during May and up to 6 June. This is of course both expected and comforting to see since the SIPP is newish. I've more due next month (I expect it will again be just after 21st August).

Also good knowing that since I'm a higher rate tax payer, I'll have another 20%+ amount for this due later direct from HMRC. They've already started to positively amend myself tax code perhaps instead of a lump sum.

Most notable on the Google Play Store but have seen it on other apps. Wondering if it is some design strategy to get people's eyes to sweep over the entire app screen?

Why is there such a mixture of application update comments per app? If I ever notice that one or more apps have updates and I click into it to find out what might've changed, it is a mixed bag. Some are really good and state a decent changelog or are just clear about the changes. The vast majority just say "bug fixes and improvements" with no data to explain what they mean. The worst ones try to turn this field into a "witty" comment around puns for their app or that they've squished bugs and polished stuff etc or the same generic message spans several updates.

At least with open source apps, they're far more up front about changes.

Every time I think I just wanna download a game to fill some time, as soon as I start it up I've firstly got to deny pointless notifications then am faced with a crappy pop up saying that they and their 247 partners value your privacy so much that they'll make it infuriatingly tedious to decline. I just then immediately uninstall.

My understanding is that the Romans were numerous, incredibly well organised and disciplined and focused yet they were ultimately unable to fully penetrate the bulk of the Scottish mainland and ultimately chose to fence the Picts in via Hadrian's Wall. However, a few hundred years later the Vikings were able to travel to the Scottish mainland and islands by longship which must've been much smaller than the equivalent Roman Galleys and were more successful at conquering, assimilating and integrating with Scottish people of the time. How could a huge Roman army fail but smaller raiding boats of likely less disciplined Northmen succeed?

Are proton pass aliases only good for throw away emails re subscriptions or contacts that you don't expect to interact with? If I need to reply from the email address I created as an alias, am I stuck having to use my main email to reply unless I also pay for SimpleLogin?