The Talented Mr Drakeford feat. Becca Wilks
It's the free one!
This week, we're joined by Becca Wilks (@WilksBecca) of The National Wales to discuss a confidence and supply arrangement between Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru, and how it relates to the history of Welsh Labour in general. Of course we also discuss a Wales-centric startup that plans to heat homes in the most annoying way possible. And yes, we also discuss The Peppa Pig Incident. Hope you enjoy!
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Comments (14)
I will say there is a way using storage tanks to use a boiler like that, but it’s needlessly complicated
I havent looked into it but on paper it seems like one of the most inocuous startups you've profiled yet. You have some guys burning electricity to run computers and throwing the heat outside the window all the time, and you have other ppl burning electricity/gas to heat their homes when it's cold. Why not take the former's heat and nicely offer it to the latter so that the latter have the chance to avoid burning that gas in the first place? Of course I'm sure the implementation details are all fucked up in this case but you didn't have to be so dismissive of the base concept? imo
It's up there with Sailcargo in terms of "not bad at base," but what gets me about it is that the Welsh government is trying to say to low income people specifically that they can have heat as a byproduct of compute needs. For me, the devil is in the implementation details.
Glad to hear someone who is as frustrated at the Welsh mispronounciations as I am lol
becca is a good guest
Weirdly missing ITS THE FREE ONE - covid madness comes for us all
Without the reminder, I'm not sure anymore, is the queen dead?
In a better timeline, Boris Johnson would be locked away in a secret room in Glamis Castle, fed through a slot in the door, and never publicly discussed.
Choice timing, I'm in the UK for the first time in Cardiff and was going to look back through your episodes to learn more about Wales. Thanks!
Is Thermify the neoliberal hellscape version of a Great Leap Forward backyard furnace?
The upside of the home data centre that it will help identify where the libertarian nonces are, because naturally they'll be the most keen to have them. The pedo hunters are gonna have an easier time finding them.
"one brief interregnum in the late-teens" was one of the more depressing things I've heard today, thanks guys
I will not listen to this bc it doesn’t have Milo to say “ITS THE FREE ONE!”
Same. And while this is funny. I literally turned it off because there was no 'free one' - what has become of me. I am not bitter. I will listen to it. Just not today. I am sorry guys. Edit: ok I'm 30 mins into listening to some Harold and Kumar thing Ive never seen and I regret my decision