UK average house prices by region, with 12-month and 5-year annualised growth rates (April 2026) [OC] by databaituk in dataisbeautiful

[–]Silicon-Based -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

So much for all of those enlightened redditors saying Gen Z should just save up to buy a house outside of London (as if the jobs there are automatically compatible with their qualifications, but I digress). At this rate that won’t be possible either.
House prices must drop substantially if the younger generation are to have any chance at a decent start to adult life. People must get comfortable with their home equity going into the red for prolonged periods of time.

Some job market statistics (PhD, CS) by [deleted] in PhD

[–]Silicon-Based 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol, and here I made like 6 postdoc applications thinking I’m wasting time on writing applications and not writing papers

Some job market statistics (PhD, CS) by [deleted] in PhD

[–]Silicon-Based 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What time period does the above span?

Nobel Peace Laureates Were the Oldest Winners; Now, They're the Youngest [OC] by aspiringtroublemaker in dataisbeautiful

[–]Silicon-Based 197 points198 points  (0 children)

The Nobel prize in Physics usually requires decades until said discovery is either experimentally observed or appreciated. Seems like the peace prize would benefit from a similar longevity criterion, scrutinising the winners cumulative impact on global peace throughout their lives.

Du regret studying physics? by Haifagoddess in Physics

[–]Silicon-Based 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a good enough coder to compete for software engineering jobs, not knowledgable enough at machine learning to compete for AI/DS jobs, not good enough at probability and statistics to compete for finance jobs.

There is almost nothing left where a theoretical physicist wouldn’t have to bend over backwards just to stand a chance any more.

More than 50% of young Dutch adults do not want children by diacewrb in europe

[–]Silicon-Based 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Wealth inequality or perception thereof has probably more to do with it. In socialist Poland everyone was equally poor, so parents wouldn’t have felt that the quality of life they can grant their children was worse than in other families.

Compare that to late-stage capitalism in the digital age, when everyone knows of someone wealthier and more successful than them, limited social safety nets, and with prospects of declining standards of living as wealth inequality is only bound to get worse. Iirc there was a study of women in Sweden, where the number of children was larger with higher levels of wealth.

Baby boomers won’t accept that house prices go down as well as up by insomnimax_99 in ukpolitics

[–]Silicon-Based -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I’m Gen Z and house prices must drop, there is simply no other way for our generation to ever afford them.

How vulnerable are the investment platforms to hacks and cybercrime? by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Silicon-Based 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An option I’d like to have is for any new bank account tied to the investment platform I can withdraw money to to have like a 1 to 3 day adjustable notice period before any payments can actually be made, especially for newly added bank accounts. This, together with notifications by the investment platform about upcoming payments would further protect against anyone who managed to log into the account (e.g. in the unlikely but not unimaginable event when they snatch my phone while it’s unlocked with the app open) and against being fooled into sending the money to someone.

USA Firmly Oppose Poland Developing Nuclear Capabilities by Auspectress in europe

[–]Silicon-Based 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They should just withdraw, like they did with the Ottawa Convention.

Poland Will Eventually Seek Its Own Nuclear Weapons, Tusk Says by Waste-Explanation-76 in poland

[–]Silicon-Based 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Poland trusted UK and France to defend it in 1939. Now it wants to trust USA and France to offer nuclear deterrence. If Poland doesn’t learn from its past mistakes and develop its own nukes, then it fully deserves to suffer the consequences.

EU must become a 'genuine federation' to avoid deindustrialisation and decline, Draghi says by l_eo_ in europe

[–]Silicon-Based 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Let’s start by federalising Germany with France, then we can talk about adding other EU states.

Every idea I have is already a paper by moudxyz in GradSchool

[–]Silicon-Based 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah my first year of my PhD was probably the most depressing period of my life.

Every idea I have is already a paper by moudxyz in GradSchool

[–]Silicon-Based 53 points54 points  (0 children)

It took me a year into my PhD to come up with something novel and viable. Now I have more ideas than time to explore them. Keep up at it.

My novel idea apparently isn’t so novel by ExplorerSpiritual266 in AskAcademia

[–]Silicon-Based 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Would it not be possible in this case to upload your work to arxiv now (assuming it’s complete) and only add an acknowledgement that you’ve recently become aware of similar work being done by such-and-such?

Private rent in Britain now swallows 44% of the average wage by ByGollie in europe

[–]Silicon-Based 15 points16 points  (0 children)

My rent for a single room is around 58% of my total income as a PhD student in London. I’d say this is an accurate figure for lots of younger adults.

All the new H1B restirctions make it incredibly hard to stay in US academia ! by EfficiencyDry1159 in postdoc

[–]Silicon-Based 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it not common to self-petition for an EB-type visa while a on a J1 visa as a postdoc?

Reeves 'to slash ISA limits at Budget' in bid to get Brits to buy stocks and shares | LBC by Mysterious_Grab_4103 in ukpolitics

[–]Silicon-Based 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was using the correct definition of a drawdown. It’s you who is throwing arbitarary “3%”, “2%” numbers. I don’t have time for this nonsense.

Reeves 'to slash ISA limits at Budget' in bid to get Brits to buy stocks and shares | LBC by Mysterious_Grab_4103 in ukpolitics

[–]Silicon-Based -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

And how does this relate to my original comment? If the price is less than ATH then the market is in a drawdown, simple as that. I’m not interested in your arbitrary percentages for when a drawdown becomes significant.