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digimanus wrote: I filled in the form and got an email they would contact me
I'll bet they still have that email however, since this is something they can mine the crap out of. Their own forms? Meh.
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digimanus wrote: Google Cloud
They are just going to pass out koolaid.
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Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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Here in the UK, we are reminded every other week on TV to switch our energy suppliers often to make sure we get the best deal. But ... it's a PITA.
Then I saw Dragons Den, and a bunch that promise to do all the work for you, and thought "OK, lets see..." and they did very well - they find a better deal, they do the switch for you, I'm happy and several hundred pounds a year better off.
Until today when I get an email from them:
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Hi Paul,
You may have heard recently that Spark Energy has gone out of business.
no, what? You jest ... a quick search and Spark Energy collapse leaves 290,000 without supplier | Business | The Guardian[^]
Oh fer Elephant's sake ... I only just switched to those buggers! Anyone want to pay me to use their competitors services? I may be a kiss of death here....
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Not a problem - they switched me to the new company, and they are already switching me to another at the same rate.
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Well I guess you've gotten over your current shock ?
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Ohm y God! You just couldn't resist it, huh? 
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Wire you surprised?
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You should charge for this!
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This is one of the reasons I don't switch bank accounts. I desperately want to but I just don't trust these automated systems not to **** it up. When you make a living writing these kinds of systems the more complex you know it is the less confident you are that their developers have done it right lol
How to auto switch bank account. Been given this task and don't know how to start, plz send codes it's urgent.
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A couple of years ago I switched to Nationwide. Everything went according to plan and timescale, and I now have a better deal than before.
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F-ES Sitecore wrote: How to auto switch bank account. Been given this task and don't know how to start, plz send codes it's urgent.
Email me the account details, and I'll do it for you ...
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Cool, my name is Prince Adebowale Okafor Hassan of Nigeria....
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Years ago, Bank of America bought out the tiny little bank that I was using in Cardiff by the Sea, CA (north of San Diego.) I intentionally moved all but about $15 to another bank, not trusting BofA. Sure enough, after the "transition", I went to the ATM to check my balance and had over $25,000!
Turns out "they" had merged my account with someone else's. 
I always wonder who "they" are? Was this some bug in the software? A random cosmic ray glitch?
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It's stuff like that which makes me want to stay with the likes of British Gas for my gas supplies and Hydro (SSE) for Electric. No dual fuelling, no random company in the middle etc.
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Same thing happened to me recently (Iresa went bust) I had a large credit balance because they never billed me and they also paid me interest on my credit balance! maybe explains why they went bust....
Advice was don't change, any outstanding balance(credit or debit) will be transferred to a new company appointed by the regulator. Any credit balance is protected by the regulator.
It all went smoothly, with the new supplier putting us onto their best tariff and charging my credit balance for the power used on the original Iresa rates. Once balance transferred we could then move to another supplier.
If you change mid-bankruptcy it can delay refunds of any credit balance.
Apparently multiple smaller suppliers at the cheaper end of the supply market have gone under this year.
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Steve Owen wrote: smaller suppliers at the cheaper end of the supply market have gone under this year.
They don't actually supply anything, it's all smoke and mirrors.
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Spark Energy - Wikipedia[^]
"The company ceased trading on 23 November 2018 after a series of major failures, including the failure to pay the industry regulator Ofgem to the sum of £14.4 Million for their renewables obligation (RO) payment."
Er hum. Need we say more?
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OriginalGriff wrote: several hundred pounds a year better off.
I wish I could lose weight that quickly. 
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Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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So are you moving to Ofgem then?
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Thank Bog I just bought 1000 shares of a well established supplier of candles in the UK! I'd invest in warm, fuzzy sheep, too, but I'm sure you already have your favorites - for warmth, of course. Wise choice, renewable and organic!
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Barrier boy is for jam or gin? (6)
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I'm thinking of setting up a private NuGet server for our development department.
TeamCity 2017.1 seems to have NuGet support, but the documentation is confusing, it gives the impression that this is only for self built NuGet packages which are stored with the build artifacts.
Anyone has got any experience with this, can I use it for standard NuGet packages ?
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