Bangers

Bangers are blog posts which got some traction for whatever reason, and people seem to like. Think of this as a “popular posts” category, which I will update sometimes. Maybe I update this once every 4 years. For a post to “bang” it needs to draw in a fair chunk of attention. Not necessarily comments, but leaving a comment on your favourite post will help. There’s a special, and super-secret algorithm at play. It’s called “when I think something is good enough, I tag it as a banger”.

Let’s discuss about it!

Updated on: October 12, 2025 | Originally posted on: October 31, 2018 by
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More spam from Steve Blackmon arrived today. Delightful. If you got a similar message to this, it is 100% spam.

SIDEBAR – interestingly, people actually looking up the phrase “discuss about it” are landing here, I think looking for grammatical advice. Those people, “let’s discuss about it!” is (basically) “wrong” grammatically speaking, because “discuss” itself means to talk about something, rendering the word “about” in this phrase redundant. “Let’s discuss it!” would be sufficient. Don’t Repeat Yourself. DRY.

In any case, the spam had this grammatically incorrect title is copied in below. Because I for some reason decided to publish these here spams… perhaps because they get past my spam filter.

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Barclays Error Code RP002

Updated on: September 15, 2025 | Originally posted on: September 16, 2020 by

If you attempt to change your mobile phone handset, and keep the same number – a very common operation in 2020 (updated in 2021, and… yes, in 2022, I still find people regularly get a new phone handset) – you may find you have difficultly accessing your Barclays Banking app in your new device.

Still happens in 2025, for your information… I got a new iPhone and found myself once again trapped in this loop. And yes, the phone number needed removing from the account, before it could be added again.

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