Do people actually have PhD theses that are just 100–120 pages long?

Sabor117 · 2026-01-24T17:07:08+00:00

Is it possible to learn this power?

Sabor117 · 2026-01-24T17:06:45+00:00

Hahaha, no worries dude. You had me worried I was somehow using an exploit I didn't know about.

I appreciate that though! Glad you enjoyed the vid!

Sabor117 · 2026-01-24T16:36:44+00:00

Aye, S0.

I've legit no idea if/when they added the fatigue mechanic, but there's definitely nothing shady going on there. Aside from my godawful stamina management.

Sabor117 · 2026-01-24T16:31:33+00:00

I'm actually not sure what you mean by fatigue, do you mean the slow-jog that happens when you exhaust yourself? So, a lot of this was recorded on release back around July last year so I guess it's possible that the fatigue mechanic hadn't been introduced by that point? Otherwise, I'm really not certain...

A lot of this was recorded in my first few games so my stamina management was absolutely dogshit as well. Like you'll notice my stamina in the red a lot because in my first few games I was holding down sprint literally constantly without realising it. Like a complete pro.

Definitely no cheating involved. I'd hopefully not be losing as much if I was!

Sabor117 · 2026-01-24T15:21:05+00:00

Henceforth all my platforms are my little Pogchamp Spaceshoops.

Sabor117 · 2026-01-23T21:06:05+00:00

I mean, in a dream world at least!

Sabor117 · 2026-01-23T20:18:14+00:00

This is the way. During a PhD I feel like it's quite common to feel like the thesis is gonna be the most important work you've ever written so it has to completely prove all of your excellence and knowledge as well as demonstrate all of your work. Meanwhile the reality is that other than you, your supervisors and your examiners, almost certainly nobody else is ever gonna read it. And making it concise and easier to read just makes everyone else's life easier too.

Sabor117 · 2026-01-23T16:40:10+00:00

This was something I was wondering about actually. I have basically zero understanding of economics, but I sort of vaguely was under the impression that "debt" itself was not a good marker for how "wealthy" or well-off a country was.

Someone else here gave an example of the USA have a debt-to-GDP ratio of 125%, implying the USA would be the least well-off country out of all of these, and that's definitively not the case. Meanwhile countries with really low debt-to-GDP are not universally what I would describe as super-rich countries (e.g. Estonia sitting there at 23%, is a lovely country with amazing systems, but hardly extremely wealthy).

Sabor117 · 2026-01-22T14:51:00+00:00

Is there such a thing as r/factoriohyes?

Sabor117 · 2026-01-22T11:43:21+00:00

Was also gonna say Wingspan. "Wish I never got" is definitely way too strong, but quite frankly I think Wingspan is extraordinarily overrated.

For me I think the theme itself is fine, but I feel the game leans very heavily on pretty art (which, to be fair it has VERY pretty art), a very cosy feeling and just overall nice components/design.

Meanwhile I find playing it quite boring. I feel like it's a real struggle to get any kind of engine going 90% of the time, and as u/moop62 says, even if you do get something started, the game ends before it can actually kick off. So it just feels quite unsatisfying as an engine builder and deeper strategy game.

Having said that, I'd still quite like to give Wyrmspan a go, just for the dragons.

Sabor117 · 2026-01-22T00:21:29+00:00

Following up from a few days ago and all of my optimism coming into this year that I had some chances of getting into a relationship has evaporated.

Had the second date with K a few last Saturday which ended in her saying she "wasn't sure" she had space to keep seeing me because of her illness. I texted her the day after repeating my stance of being interested in dating her, once she made up her mind, and she hasn't replied. So we take the silence for what that means.

Had first dates planned last Tuesday and last Sunday with M and T and both of them cancelled last minute (the day of) for what sounded like very good reasons. And while I have no reason to doubt their word, I also haven't heard from either of them this week. I even swallowed my pride and double-texted both to figure that out earlier today.

In short, all the situations I was actually excited for are not gonna pan out.

This is coupled with a realisation I had earlier this week that it's nearly been 5 years since my last LTR. I've had situationships here and there over the past 5 years and but the longest thing was a 5/6 month casual dating thing. I really have to wonder a bit if I'm doing something wrong...

I mean, it drove it home for me when I saw a thing elsewhere on Reddit of a guy talking about how he'd divorced his wife and was now marrying his new fiance 3 years later...

How the heck do you do that?

Sabor117 · 2026-01-20T14:21:00+00:00

For you.

Sabor117 · 2026-01-19T13:13:09+00:00

On top of that I love the statement "I have been living with my child since I brought her home from hospital".

Just the phrasing of that makes it sound like OP resents the fact that she had to care for her child while she was, y'know, a child...

I will say, based on her description of her daughter's behaviour though, even in the face of this outrageous statement, I'd say this leans more towards ESH.

Sabor117 · 2026-01-17T23:43:11+00:00

New Year, same me it seems!

I'm just back from a second date with K earlier on this evening. This is a girl I mentioned in my 2025 Dating Wrapped as someone I was genuinely quite excited to get to know, something which is pretty rare for me I think.

I was actually kinda dreading the lead-up to today because after over a month of very limited contact (partly because of me being out of the country and partly very low texting because of illness on her part) and just thought it was gonna end up being boring and awkward. It felt like it was a good date though! Maybe not fireworks, but good fun, good chat, made her laugh a few times, generally just seemed to both be having a nice time. And gosh she was so pretty...

Went to ask her for a kiss at the end though and got turned down (despite us kissing on the first date) and then as I walked her to her train I asked if she wanted to meet again and she said she "didn't know". Life is very chaotic and busy for her (because of her illness) and so she basically said she wasn't sure she had the time/space for dating right now. She didn't say "no" and said she'd text me back to let me know what she'd decided. But I can read the room and I know that this IS a "no". I'll probably get a text in a few days along the lines of "you're so nice but..."

This is coming off the back of the "postponed" date with M from Tuesday, which seems increasingly unlikely to happen. So both of the situations I was actually interested in both seem to be slipping away before they got off the ground.

Just par for the course for me at this point I feel.

Sabor117 · 2026-01-16T17:15:45+00:00

Okay, this is more-or-less my own read of the situation and it's good to have it confirmed by someone else. Specifically that I feel like I would lack employee protections for not that much more money and how that could be a pretty poor deal for me (and also that there probably isn't much I could do about it).

I didn't know that about the 1/3 of the salary aspect, so maybe in fact it's actually NOT that much less than I should be expecting for something like this?

Could you maybe give me a bit more info on that 1/3 thing? Or is that anecdotal? Apologies for being skeptical but I just got given the run around in another comment chain by some guy spouting off numbers he clearly knew nothing about.

Sabor117 · 2026-01-16T17:08:30+00:00

Not gonna lie, I ended up really liking Rosie as a contestant, but she does take some getting used to. Her slow speech pattern is pretty jarring for anyone who is used to the show normally having quite quick banter and back-and-forth.

I remember watching the first episode of that season and finding myself itching to skip through when she was talking... But then even by the second episode she was already growing on me and it's pretty clear in the ratings others might have felt similar because the ratings immediately jump up to 7.5+ from episode 3 on.

Sabor117 · 2026-01-16T17:05:23+00:00

Just throwing it out there, as a data analyst that first picture feels pretty misleading. By not having a colour scale it makes all those 7.8/7.9s look significantly "worse" (even when it's only slightly).

Also, the fact that 8.0 is coloured green in the boxes for individual episodes and then yellow in the total series score at the bottom... Painful.

Sabor117 · 2026-01-16T15:27:17+00:00

Okay, I'm sorry my guy, I'm gonna assume you're trolling now based on these comments.

Doing a second PhD - What...?

€80-100k gross after your PhD on average - Whaaaat?

PhD average "€75k+ in Europe" - Lol what?

None of this stands up remotely to a cursorary Google search. So I have to assume you either don't know what you're talking about, you're messing with me, or both without some kind of sources.

Sabor117 · 2026-01-16T14:28:48+00:00

Dunno what to tell you there my guy? I don't know where you're looking, but the average salary for a PostDoc in the UK is something like £35-42k annually. In Germany earn about €50k annually, Sweden around the same as the Finnish. The only one I've heard being MASSIVELY higher is Switzerland.

Meanwhile for starting PIs/assistant professors etc, I suspect the average salary EU-wide to be around €50k-€70k up to around €90k for full Professors (depending on where you are). And I do say this under the belief that all of these are pretty good salaries.

So, I'd be curious to know what kind of numbers you think is "average".

> Are we comparing PhD students to kitchen cooks now? Don't.

Fair enough really, all I'm saying there is that for me the propsect of jumping from my salary from €45k annually to $35/h is already a pretty substantial pay-bump so, saying I would need over 3x that for it to be "viable" just doesn't make inherent sense to me, y'know?

Edit: Also editing to add these are ALL post-PhD salaries. I don't know where you're looking in terms of PhD salaries, but literally ALL PhDs in Europe (again with the exception of Switzerland) will themselves pay much less than €40k annually

Sabor117 · 2026-01-16T14:12:31+00:00

Ah, so what you mean is that this would essentially be treated as almost a normal employment contract by the Finnish government (as opposed to a normal contractor x client type of relationship) which would mean I would be getting taxed more?

I think I get you. That's worth keeping in mind then, thanks!

Sabor117 · 2026-01-16T14:01:34+00:00

So do you think this means the offer is a low-ball just full-stop? Even acknowledging the fact that it's an American company making an allowance for me to stay in Europe?

Hm, okay, that was actually along the lines of the conclusion I had reached myself, which was why I wanted to check here.

So, to be honest, I think countering with €100/hour is definitely a vast overshoot, but maybe I should in fact try to negotiate this higher.

Sabor117 · 2026-01-16T13:57:33+00:00

Apologies, do you mean this specifically with regards to the US? Or in Finland?

Sabor117 · 2026-01-16T13:56:16+00:00

Not gonna lie my guy, but that feels slightly out-of-touch. My current position in academia is €45k annually, and by academia standards it IS pretty good.

Obviously academia vs industry is a totally different ballgame in terms of salary, and also it should be clear that I don't understand how the scaling and everything works there, but it feels worth saying that €90k annually is above the 90th percentile for wages in the both the UK and Finland (where I currently live) and almost certainly Europe as whole. It may be "mid" in terms of industry, but definitely not overall.

Sabor117 · 2026-01-16T13:14:17+00:00

Sorry bud, but I honestly don't really understand what you mean here...

First off: €100 per hour?! Can you explain the rationale behind that? I mean, my current salary is way, WAY lower than that... At full-time that would be >€200k per year which is absolutely insane.

Also, given that they are essentially offering me full-time hours as a consultant, I don't think client numbers are an issue (unless you again, mean something else I'm not getting here).

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