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“According to its last update, published in early 2017, the Obama EPA reported that the SCC in 2030, using the standard 3% discount rate, would be $50 per ton.” Does anybody know t…

"I then tallied the main result, the sample size and citation patterns for each of the 10 studies, as reported here" (Honest) stats question: Given that n=10 is itself a small samp…

I remember being a bit surprised when I read this (the Atlantic article much of the convo is focused on) back in December, that there was no mention of Thomas Kuhn's perspective on…

My parents just built one of these homes. Having contributed reluctant and unskilled labor I would be interested in hearing how the automation of wall construction, wiring, and fin…

That's a pretty broad brush. I attended Cal and observed a sizable Anarchist population in Berkeley and Oakland that actually had nothing to do with the University. Were some of th…

I know most can't do it but this is essentially the argument for higher density communities, enabling walking/riding to go to work and run errands. It is the reason why NYC's carbo…

I live in NYC so riding a bike is cheaper wrt time than driving a car. It also doubles as exercise whereas driving doubles as rage propellant.

Not sure what you mean by "Capping"; if you mean "reducing" (CO2 emissions) then I'd disagree: my choice to ride a bike to work rather than drive comes at an energy savings not cos…

what's wrong with feminism? what's the point of this observation? why do you need a footnote?

"Deal with it" is what you've come up with after "unpacking the problem a bit more"? As the Donald would say, "sad".

Dear Reader, please consider reading some financial journalism to familiarize yourself with common idioms.

What's wrong with "mercurial Spaniard"?

It would seem to matter not. Have a look at JMs career trajectory following his (first) exit from Amazon. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmccormack Amazon welcomes him back after a …

I have a friend who was ridiculed by a founder recently for not understanding the concept of equity. She had rejected his salary + equity offer which was a %50 salary cut from her …

pg could have done this thread a major service and defined the central term of his essay's thesis

You're talking about the 'skepticism of sincerity' sense of cynicism on the receiving agents' (OP) side. I'm talking about the 'disregard for accepted or appropriate standards' sen…

I honestly don't know which is more damning, your sympathetic interpretation--implying "self-absorption" and "formal carelessness"--or mine--implying scumbag cynicism. The reason f…

classic "exploding offer" douche baggery

Acquisition decisions are made at the highest levels of the company. So...

I work for a startup using primarily high-level languages (ruby, python, R), and have no real industrial nor academic (having studied maths) exposure to a systems language. Does an…