Mike Hook

Professional software developer. Amateur parent and triathlete.

[Mike Hook @michael_hook]

I'm off to the other one https://t.co/jGsldbNCeu

[Mike Hook @michael_hook]

@RichardGCorbett So glad we got that Brexit thing done, I'm sure the endless possibilities of all those amazing free trade deals are just around the corner! #FairytaleBrexit

[Mike Hook @michael_hook]

@cr0mwells_gh0st @StanCollymore Only time will tell whether Trump is really working for the agenda of the people. However it seems like the main beneficiaries so far have been the richest in America via increases in their company stocks..

[Mike Hook @michael_hook]

@cr0mwells_gh0st @StanCollymore Thanks for sharing your views in a considered and coherent manner. I think we all need to listen to each other more with less name calling 'I'm right, you're wrong' type approach.

Seems a nationalistic view point with no solutions for big worldwide problems..

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

[James Murray @James_BG]

It barely featured in the campaign, but it looks like the world’s most powerful economy is about to elect a climate denying authoritarian who hates clean technology. The chances of global temperatures spiralling out of control just increased substantially.

[Mike Hook @michael_hook]

@unclebobmartin @mitsuhiko Most of the items in this list either take years to change from when policies are put in place or are out of anyone's control, even to the so called 'leader of the free world'

From my POV in the UK I can't imagine anyone voting for such a toxic personality as Trump.

[Hosun Chung @hosun_chung]

Everyone laughed at Zuckerberg's "stupid" $1 Billion purchase.

Now it makes more money than Uber and McDonald's combined.

$100 BILLION in value from one decision.

Here's how Mark Zuckerberg quietly made the best tech investment ever:

[Mike Hook @michael_hook]

At Legoland, they need to rate these rides on how much they make Mum's and Dad's want to barf! #LostMyStomach

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

A heat pump as big as a football pitch??? That's what BASF is building in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

It will be the world’s largest industrial heat pump in the world.

https://t.co/Cxow219MLG

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

This is a great illustration of what the new energy order looks like:

➡️large to small
➡️centralised to decentralised
➡️large grids to microgrids
➡️one-directional to bi-directional
➡️passive consumers to active prosumers

Of course this is simplified and highly stylised but it shows the direction of travel.

[Mike Hook @michael_hook]

This is both depressing and another urgent call to action. Quite how it's not the headline story across all news outlets I don't know!

[Leon Simons 🌍 @LeonSimons8]

“We shouldn’t rely on natural forests to do the job. We really, really have to tackle the big issue: fossil fuel emissions across all sectors,” says Prof @PFriedling

“We can’t just assume that we have forests and the forest will remove some CO2 ..."
https://t.co/LKz1BOjdDY

[Mike Hook @michael_hook]

Step 3 - Wat?!

[Mike Hook @michael_hook]

This video is well worth 10 minutes of your time. Zero emission tech is so much more efficient we won't need to generate as much energy in the first place 🙂

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

The mind-blowing thing we get WRONG about energy:

Our current energy system is very inefficient - we waste most of the energy in conversion processes.

The good news: With electrification and renewable energy many of those inefficiencies will disappear.

Video by @dwnews

[Mike Hook @michael_hook]

Huzzah, heat pumps all round!

[Richard Lowes @heatpolicyrich]

UK government has increased the Boiler Upgrade Scheme funding for heat pumps as it was going a bit quick, in part due to Rishi's grant increase! Good to see rapid action...this would have take ages under the RHI.

[Mike Hook @michael_hook]

It's also a waste of resources, which as an engineer riles me for several reasons. It is both inefficient and terrible for sustainability. These massive AI companies may not mind burning through billions in their quest but it affects all of us.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Worth asking if it’s really worth having an AI tool send out summaries for every single meeting you were on (or not on) automatically?

The AI vendor thinks they do (to show their value!) I’d argue: this is frequently noise (in some cases, useful ofc, but how many such cases?)

[Mike Hook @michael_hook]

@unclebobmartin @shepherdsworld Have a look at the stats on gun deaths / mass shootings by country @unclebobmartin

[Tour de France™ @LeTour]

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[Mike Hook @michael_hook]

@Ocado your website is painfully slow when using the search function. It appears to have a memory leak as the browser uses up all the memory on my laptop then crashes. Its been like this for months, please fix it or I'll have to switch to someone else.