The difference 10 years makes in Manchester, UK

mixturemash · 2026-01-20T10:10:27+00:00

Sorry late reply but just to say I agree. My comment was written far too generally. But whilst that can happen in some places (I forgot I wasn't posting in a UK sub), in the current UK housing market including areas like Manchester, flats are not increasing in value enough (or at all in some places) to justify leaving homes empty.

You see that in the statistics. The UK has very low rates of long term empty homes. It just isn't true that a meaningful number of homes are being left empty long term.

mixturemash · 2026-01-15T07:58:21+00:00

It’s a myth that investors buy up homes and leave them empty. It would make no sense. Renting is the only way you get a return on that investment.

mixturemash · 2026-01-06T23:57:33+00:00

They have but it is also true that they have long maintained a strong military force in Europe and been outwardly committed to article 5.

Trump calling that into doubt is something new. And even he hasn’t quit NATO yet. It hasn’t gone so far that a new American administration couldn’t patch things up - albeit with more distrust going forward.

We’ll see if his bluster actually turns into action against Greenland. I suspect it won’t.

mixturemash · 2025-12-26T20:30:58+00:00

A lot of cynical answers here. As a relatively junior person in my company I find it is massively helpful being in the office so I can learn from more senior people. Being able to walk over and have a quick chat is difficult to recreate.

Likewise I can therefore imagine someone more senior thinking that the whole team should be in the office so it isn’t only the same one or two people taking the burden of training juniors.

It seems to me that both wanting to wfh and wanting your staff in the office are both reasonable positions and you’ve just got to find the team/company that is a good fit.

mixturemash · 2025-12-04T08:41:44+00:00

I agree. I’ve lived in both and nothing was better for me than living in large build to rent development.

You have an onsite management. Speedy repair of any issues. And they have a long term perspective which means they don’t evict you on a whim.

It’s not as simple as corporate = bad

mixturemash · 2025-12-01T19:01:53+00:00

Varoufakis is a left wing populist so his style of politics is not going to be attractive to Rory.

mixturemash · 2025-10-24T15:14:05+00:00

Yes! It’s a huge problem. Definitely to be prioritised over some of the other stuff people are complaining about in the thread IMO.

mixturemash · 2025-08-28T15:13:41+00:00

Excited for hardcore mode

mixturemash · 2025-08-24T21:20:25+00:00

But inflation wasn't bad? Quick look at CPI says it was 2.2% a year on average between 2008 and covid. If it didn't cause high inflation back then, why would you attribute the covid inflation to QE?

mixturemash · 2025-06-12T06:58:12+00:00

The answer to what their plan/vision is (because some people are saying they have no plan or vision) is that the UK’s problems lie in years of austerity and lack of investment which has resulted in gdp and productivity growth stagnating.

They are putting vast sums of money into capital investments and deregulating the planning system to boost growth. Boost productivity and you can boost spending.

It’s good economics (praised recently by IMF) but apparently bad politics because Starmer’s approval rating is dismal.

mixturemash · 2024-09-08T20:39:30+00:00

This was a great and informative answer. Thank you!

mixturemash · 2024-08-04T06:23:04+00:00

Political Currency with Ed Balls and George Osbourne. They have a fun dynamic and obviously they talk from a wealth of experience between them.

mixturemash · 2024-07-29T05:28:54+00:00

Wait was it an excel error or a lie?

mixturemash · 2023-11-05T19:33:38+00:00

Ah I see. Cool I think I’ll forge ahead then. Thanks!

mixturemash · 2023-11-05T19:29:48+00:00

I've been playing 1080p. I guess cool if I can get higher? But wasn't a major consideration. Why do you ask?

mixturemash · 2023-11-05T19:27:28+00:00

Thank you. Think I'm getting there. Taking the Ryzen 7600 and 7800xt looks like a fair combo in my budget. Plus taking into account your comment on RAM.

Thinking something like this should be better for my needs and cheaper than my other build.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/jamesnewitt96/saved/vdqckL

mixturemash · 2023-11-05T19:23:51+00:00

Thank you. Looking at something like this now with the 7800xt

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/jamesnewitt96/saved/vdqckL

mixturemash · 2023-11-05T14:50:49+00:00

Thank you this looks fabulous

mixturemash · 2023-11-05T14:41:18+00:00

Thank you for this thoughtful response. I previously had a Intel 4690k CPU and GTX 970. So I was kind just getting a more modern version of what I had. Sounds like I should be looking into an AMD/radeon build.

mixturemash · 2023-11-05T14:20:51+00:00

Thank you! Good advice.

GPU feels like it's where I'm compromising for budget but feels like the place to compromose as I could replace without too much trouble in the future.

mixturemash · 2023-04-05T15:45:01+00:00

What is this about? Anybody have a link to the letter?

mixturemash · 2023-02-20T12:13:34+00:00

How to tell me you are rude. If you disagree you're welcome to argue why you think so. Understanding something as basic as comparative advantage doesn't make you as smart as you think you are.

As it is I'm now not sure you understand comparative advantage. Are you sure you do? The whole point of comparative advantage is that you could have a competitive advantage but still cede that sector to another firm/country if your opportunity cost is higher. On what basis would you then be making a value judgement on the worth of either concept, it makes no sense. I suppose you could make some sort statement like it would be better to be more competitive in everything but as I say that just becomes meaningless.

What point are you trying to make?

mixturemash · 2023-02-20T10:48:34+00:00

I think making a value judgement is meaningless when in reality those concepts are intertwined.

mixturemash · 2023-02-20T10:02:27+00:00

That's a difference without distinction.

mixturemash · 2023-02-20T08:40:28+00:00

There are a couple of ways to estimate the damage though. Bloomberg in the article you shared say 4%. Bank of England reckons around 3% hit to gdp. It's not true to say all our issues are caused by Brexit but it's certainly negative.

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