nickspicer1993

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by nickspicer1993 6mo ago
Spruce (London/Bristol, UK) — Lead Full Stack Engineer — £85–120k + equity — Hybrid Spruce builds the operating system for heat pump installation businesses across the UK. The UK needs to install 600,000 heat pumps a year to hit net ze
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by nickspicer1993 2y ago
Spruce | Full Time | Hybrid - Onsite (London/Bristol UK) We’re building tools to help ambitious heat pump installers run their business without all the pain, hassle, and manual process that they have to deal with at the moment. We beli
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by nickspicer1993 3y ago
Hello, I don't have PTSD but I do have extreme anxiety and have been in the state you sound like your in now. It sounds like you are being triggered by something and your body is in a constant state of fight or flight causing your brai
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by nickspicer1993 3y ago
Have you tried it in earnest on a project? I was of the same opinion but once you try it (with VS Code and Tailwind plugin) it's hard not to fall in love with the ultra fast feedback loop and well defined colour palette.
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by nickspicer1993 4y ago
The idea to moving everything to heat pumps right now isn't so that you immediately reduce carbon emissions, but that everything works off of electricity and the grid so that as offshore wind, onshore wind, solar and Hinkley Point C co
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by nickspicer1993 4y ago
Also worth adding that in the UK new homes will not allowed to be built with boilers by 2025 and they will need to be slowly phased out in next decades so definitely invest in home insulation and a heat pump if your boiler is on the way out
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by nickspicer1993 4y ago
What is the sustainability cycle in your opinion if we don't mass switch to EV? According to most research the current plan is absolute net zero by 2050 and offset by reforestation, but that would not cover people not switching to EVs?
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by nickspicer1993 4y ago
I agree will all of the above points but the last is not really true, there is a concerted and clear agenda across the board to transition everything to electric and then use mostly wind and solar to power the grid (with already available s
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by nickspicer1993 4y ago
Governments will need to subsidise EVs and create better mass-transit for those that cannot make the switch, but this is really a personal decision based on their own pros and cons. In a fully renewable grid how is using public transport ov
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by nickspicer1993 4y ago
All cars need to be EV for net zero and < 2 degree global warming to be achieved not just a subset, there can't be any fossil fuel powered cars on the road by 2050. As hinted below though you could hit 2 birds with one stone and foc
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by nickspicer1993 4y ago
I have dug into this rabbit hole recently and haven't seen any studies indicating Copper is going to be a problem, do you have a source? Cheers
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by nickspicer1993 4y ago
Yes to clarify this is explicitly the percentage before being sent to "reprocessors", however here is a breakdown of Bristol council: https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/bins-and-recycling/what... It&#x
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by nickspicer1993 4y ago
Just to be aware if you're in the UK your recycling does get recycled so you should definitely take advantage of splitting your trash into recycling bins, in my council they recycle 60% (not buried or burned). The rest is correct tho
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by nickspicer1993 4y ago
Do you have any books that you would recommend on the subject? I'm all for people being informed but I have looked for information myself sporadically over the last 10 years and it's a very sparse landscape from my point of view.
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by nickspicer1993 4y ago
I find the linked article pretty convincing but admit it's not my area of expertise at all, do you have any resources refuting it?
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by nickspicer1993 4y ago
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-progr... A book review winner outlining "land value tax". Once you read it it's scary how many things you start to notice that it would solve, and h
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by nickspicer1993 5y ago
I did offer yes, but they arn't taking untrained civilians who don't speak the language.
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by nickspicer1993 5y ago
I think we can simply agree different values then, if the person had 6000 nuclear weapons not only would I still fight for my house, I would fight for your house. I did offer to go to Ukraine actually but they are not taking untrained civil
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by nickspicer1993 5y ago
Of course the same principles apply, if there is injustice I'm not aware of we can also fight I am more than happy to fight with you just tell me where you want me to spend my effort. But I wouldn't mistake ignorance for malice. A
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by nickspicer1993 5y ago
- In 2014 it was bad because the reason was to invade a country that did not want to be invaded - In 2022 it was good because it was to defend a country from invasion that did not want it In both cases the underlying reason is the same, def
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by nickspicer1993 5y ago
I did protest those wars.
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by nickspicer1993 5y ago
Your comment suggests the best outcome of any situation is the least violence. But it's not what I believe or I imagine what most people believe, I would rather fight for certain values to be upheld - in this case the freedom to agree
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by nickspicer1993 5y ago
In my mind Viktor Yanukovych came to power unfairly and was ousted by the people of Ukraine in a protest for democracy rather than against. Is that the wrong viewpoint, are there some other sources I should read?
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by nickspicer1993 5y ago
I would do that. What's the alternative endgame? Ukraine is a country begging for help from the west and specifically a no-fly zone while Russia is shelling them not caring if it hits civilians. Surely at some point you need to stand u
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by nickspicer1993 5y ago
Russia is shelling all major Ukraine cities right now trying to take over a country that does not want it. I am from the UK and if my government were doing this I would gladly welcome sanctions and be outside daily protesting regardless of
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You should plan all work when writing software, even if you’re AGILE(tahsk.com)
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by nickspicer1993 5y ago
The animation has been removed, thanks both for you input. :)
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by nickspicer1993 5y ago
No workflows as of it, I'm currently scouting out what the next "big" feature should be: - Workflows - Timesheets - GitHub et al integrations? Do you use workflows right now, with which piece of software if you don't min
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by nickspicer1993 5y ago
Yep definitely, thanks for the feedback I appreciate it.
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by nickspicer1993 5y ago
The animation is actually 3 seconds. ;) Understand how it could conflict with the "fast" adjective though, is anyone else put off by the animation?

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