Working on https://nitter.gq/t.co/ASbxDB8C0y - UK specific advice on reducing household carbon emissions. Considering moving to mastodon: @MatthewPCooke@techhub.social
London, UK
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Matthew Cooke retweeted
One reason vibe coding is so addictive is that you are always *almost* there but not 100% there. The agent implements an amazing feature and got maybe 10% of the thing wrong, and you are like "hey I can fix this if i just prompt it for 5 more mins"
And that was 5 hrs ago
Apparently people with annuities live longer some level I presume this is to get their money’s worth. Personally I am just determined not to die before I have managed to get ATMOS working to my Sonos arc.
I am constantly being saved from losing things thanks to AirTags but at what point is it no longer worth attaching more AirTags to my possessions as I will no longer be able to travel anywhere anyway as I’m just sitting at home all day every day changing AirTag batteries?
Has anyone ever done a decent study of how the long summer holidays increase mental health breakdowns in Parents?
I’m a bit surprised the recommended way to treat bedbugs it to spray your bed with poison and then to try and sleep in the bed each night in the hope that the bedbugs come out to eat you and touch the poison.
One kid in meltdown, all the packed bags getting unpacked everyone so busy screaming they didn’t notice I set fire to the butter. Must be summer hols!
Oh my god WhatsApp released an iPad client after 10 years of people asking for it. Jesus Christ, this is a day that I just feel anything could happen.
The first link on the ICANN page for reporting domain registers that ignore complaints points to a “URL no longer exists in salesforce” webpage. I am starting to see why the Internet is so full of scams.
Matthew Cooke retweeted
To be clear.. if zonal pricing is introduced it *will* reduce energy costs significantly and could be in place by 2028.
There are no good arguments against it (the only argument is that incumbents profit hugely from the existing inefficiencies and don't want to change)
We need to do better than "could". We need Zonal Pricing, or any other proposed reform of the sector, to "guarantee" huge savings.
As you say, energy prices impact everything and everyone whether at home or in work.
If we want the UK economy to thrive, and create more jobs, we "need" cheaper energy.
I’ve just changed the AquaStop inlet hose on my dishwasher and I feel a sense of achievement about on par with inventing the concept of a dishwasher and building it from scratch.
Vitality have seriously messed up their perks at @Vitality_UK. people do not like a random element because people get a lot more angry if they lose than if they win - it would’ve been better just to slightly Nerf all the perks without forcing people to play a rigged game.
In the email notification from courier companies or Royal mail where they say I’m sorry we tried to deliver your mail today but you were out why is there no “Liar” button that I can press? I often get the notification when I’m literally sitting right by the door.
Power query in excel 365 only half written for Mac. I mean it’s understandable, after all Microsoft doesn’t have many development resources and of course Mac users get a discount for the half implemented features.
Matthew Cooke retweeted
Lee is being a bit thick again. Even if the panels are made using electricity 100% generated from coal (China's grid mix is actually about 60% coal) then factoring in mining, manufacturing, and shipping you still save many times more emissions over the life of the panels.
Let This Sink In.
In Mad Miliband's quest for Net Zero we are now buying solar panels from China who use coal fired power stations to produce electricity used in the manufacture of the said solar panels.
Not bad for a bloke who says we must stop using fossil fuels.
No wonder China is laughing at us 🇨🇳
Matthew Cooke retweeted
Badenoch:
"The current policies the UK is implementing are largely failing to do this, whilst, at the same time, driving up the cost of energy"
Reality:
Volatile gas prices are driving up the cost of energy
Net zero policies *are* working
theguardian.com/environment/…
Matthew Cooke retweeted
It wasn’t net zero — it was fossil gas that drove up UK electricity prices.
Spot on @pilitaclark! Gas sets the price most of the time.
As @Dhara__Vyas @EnergyUKcomms says: "It’s the volatile cost of fossil fuels and our dependence on them that have driven up energy bills."
