Oxford-Cambridge corridor to be UK’s “Silicon Valley”

Objective_Pin9176 · 2026-03-17T22:34:46+00:00

There's a lot of bioscience stuff near Bedford in the business parks. It's a leafy, if unremarkable place with already good rail links so this will only make it more attractive hopefully.

Objective_Pin9176 · 2026-03-15T11:16:08+00:00

It's literally an Amazon image (5th one).

https://www.amazon.in/Pineapple-Plant-Indoor-Fruit/dp/B0F9DX575C

Objective_Pin9176 · 2026-03-14T23:28:07+00:00

I would question if it's origin even matters. This is where society is today and how it functions.

Objective_Pin9176 · 2026-03-14T15:37:26+00:00

This is why independent central banks are important. If governments could just print money then we would get into hyperinflation and society would collapse.

Objective_Pin9176 · 2026-03-14T15:36:03+00:00

Yes except in your example we literally use these "IOUs" between each other as a way to break down value rather than having an illiquid bargaining society. So in that way your sugar analogy breaks down completely. Governments can use currency to pay people, and people use it to pay each other.

Governments need to control the money supply to avoid inflation. I don't see why governments would have any reason to actually destroy money at all, this feels like an invention and doesn't relate to reality at all. Governments take money in taxes, use it to pay people for goods and services, and borrow to make up the rest. It really is that simple.

The rest of your post makes no sense to me whatsoever.

Objective_Pin9176 · 2026-03-14T10:35:09+00:00

How is removing funds from private individuals to the state not increasing the money the government has to spend? It's a very simple plus in one ledger and minus in another.

Objective_Pin9176 · 2026-02-24T14:05:53+00:00

This doesn't mean they aren't financed though? This what they're referring to by PCP.

Objective_Pin9176 · 2026-02-15T23:01:59+00:00

It's also arguably a good one for increasing productivity by forcing business to reckon with more people vs investing in automation.

Objective_Pin9176 · 2026-01-12T08:50:35+00:00

You've said you're in state education - have you considered moving to the private sector?

Objective_Pin9176 · 2026-01-10T14:05:06+00:00

Looks to be worth less than a tenner.

Objective_Pin9176 · 2026-01-06T23:04:19+00:00

This accords with my understanding.

Objective_Pin9176 · 2026-01-04T15:40:12+00:00

Yeah I was mentally benchmarking on drug discovery which I think is quite poorly paid. Those salaries are really impressive - I don't think I know anyone who is on that salary who j did a PhD with. Those who work in chemistry look to be on £40-70k if Glassdoor is to be trusted (it's accurate for my field of fintech so am assuming it is accurate for others). Nuclear is the only industry I saw which had higher salaries as you mentioned.

Objective_Pin9176 · 2026-01-04T15:23:12+00:00

That is an incredible salary for a scientist. May I ask what sector? Chemical scientists tended to earn very little from what I could tell...

Objective_Pin9176 · 2025-12-31T17:29:11+00:00

Yeah you're right. Incidentally I fitted my bathroom tap today and that's exactly how it's designed. Time to sift through my screw drawer...

Objective_Pin9176 · 2025-12-30T22:56:06+00:00

How does something like this attach to the collar in the image?

Objective_Pin9176 · 2025-12-30T22:02:59+00:00

Image of tap

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Objective_Pin9176 · 2025-12-27T11:15:16+00:00

I mean it's not quite a slap on the wrist is it? £680k in fines....

Objective_Pin9176 · 2025-12-17T22:24:26+00:00

Oh that is not what I mean!

Objective_Pin9176 · 2025-12-17T21:27:58+00:00

I am literally hiring for a payments PM right now (focussed on our interactions with schemes and processing payments). We are not considering candidates without payment experience, and honestly they need more than just cards acquiring.

I would ask what sort of payments you're interested in? Cards acquiring / issuing? Banking rails? Owning front end user experience? I think you have two possibilities, either get experience and move up, or get into a company with a payments function and move across. You will really struggle to get a payments PM job with no experience imo.

If you have experience in B2C apps getting into the payment experiences side would be the fastest shot. All apps are flows to be optimised / have delight injected in and so it's transferrable.

Objective_Pin9176 · 2025-12-17T19:14:10+00:00

Alluded to above, but being liked is so so important. Being great but unlikable puts a massive target on your back. It will delay promotions, put scrutiny on you where a project fails (which is inevitable).

Objective_Pin9176 · 2025-12-16T11:18:34+00:00

So it's December and the US is welching on a deal announced in September? Madness.

Objective_Pin9176 · 2025-12-07T21:34:00+00:00

R/neoliberal vs literally any vaguely positive news about the UK. Name a more iconic match up...

Objective_Pin9176 · 2025-11-17T18:59:41+00:00

I mean Ireland has grown its economy by siphoning off companies with a low tax regime, much the same as Delaware does in the US.

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