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It's really crazy how all these people overlap at Gottingen in the 1920s. Take Oppenheimer, for instance. He transfers to Göttingen from Cambridge in 1926 (after a relatively miser…

I think I've heard this option called a Pigovian tax before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigovian_tax .

My understanding is that in Japan zoning restrictions are controlled at a federal rather than local level. I've read that this helps prevent local incumbents using the zoning syste…

I've written a (somewhat) similar CLI in rust: https://github.com/nwj/zeke/ These threads are great for collecting a bunch of different implementations and looking at the various d…

You are confusing "12% more than the prior 5 year average" with "12% of the overall population". Nevertheless, I agree it's a catastrophe.

Your landing page has a typo: "Be more productive by organizing your work in a fun, transparent, and unceremoniously." I think that's intended to be: "Be more productive by organiz…

Progressiveness is a function of both taxes and benefits. A consumption tax scheme can be made more progressive by paying benefits in a more progressive manner. For example, Exampl…

If you had asked me 5 minutes prior to reading about this, who was the earlier writer - Milton or Shakespeare? - I would have said Milton. I now know that it's the opposite. Shakes…

From paragraph 60 in the filing (emphasis is mine): "As explained to OAG attorneys by Respondents' counsel. Bitfinex and Tether have also used a number of other third party payment…

I agree that the central point of the article is on target. The notion that this is somehow a "Victorian" thing, though - that the Victorians have some special responsibility in hi…

If you read this article and found yourself wishing there was more detail about the writing routine of each author, then you might like "Daily Rituals: How Artists Work" [1]. It's …

Completely agree with you about "Finite and Infinite Games". Also read it recently and was disappointed. It's written in a style that I associate with continental philosophy. Obtus…

Has anyone tried running linux on one of these? How'd it go? It's not currently in any of the hardware compatibility lists that I am aware of.

Inflation just hasn't been that high lately. $400 in 2013 dollars is $428.50 in 2018 dollars.