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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
Thanks for the insight but my claim was never "12,000mi is really 35,000mi" Regardless, it would be interesting to see the actual number worked through to see what the equivalent EV registration fee should be if road damage/m
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
According to the FBI: > The after-action responses – 50 pages in all – were located by current FBI Director Kash Patel’s team and recently turned over to the House Judiciary Committee and its special subcommittee investigating security
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
Excellent, much more useful. Not sure where you are but in Indiana, gas tax for unleaded is 36c while diesel is 62c so on a per-gallon basis, that's an additional +72% in taxes. Back of the envelope: Civic at 30mpg pays 1.2c/mile
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
Based on numerous studies, we already know it's not 1:1 so why bother starting with a default assumption that we know is wrong? Do you have an alternative analysis? I'd love to check it out.
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
What is the difference in taxes paid for an equivalent amount of damage? I understand the point you're trying to make - and you may be right - but you're leaving out the math to demonstrate it.
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
Possible. How far off is it?
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
Registration fees are likely the same or close but when you factor in gas taxes (the original comparison here), the Ford is definitely paying more both based on fuel type and mpg.
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
Is there another model you'd recommend to estimate/compare road wear and tear?
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
As I've cited elsewhere on this thread: > With that information, the British newspaper calculated that BEVs [battery electric vehicles] could expose roads to 2.24 times more damage than gas cars. Ref: https://www.autoev
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
> It's a shame politicians can't be kept accountable tens of years from now. It would be great that if in 25 years it turns out global warming does indeed cause huge problems for humans, we could sue the politicians that took
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
> With that information, the British newspaper calculated that BEVs [battery electric vehicles] could expose roads to 2.24 times more damage than gas cars. If that's true, then 12-15k miles in an EV would be equivalent to 27-33k m
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
> With that information, the British newspaper calculated that BEVs [battery electric vehicles] could expose roads to 2.24 times more damage than gas cars. If that's true, then 12-15k miles in an EV would be equivalent to 27-33k m
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
> On June 25, 1971, one Robert Hardy appeared at the FBI office in Camden, New Jersey and told agents of a plan by several of his friends to raid the draft board in that city, remove the files, and destroy them. Hardy was one of the gan
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
The EV tax applies to people who a) casue a disproportionate amount of wear & tear on the roads vs ICE vehicles and b) are generally higher income in the state. When you look at taxation from a "charge the people who use it" o
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
^ There's a deep lesson in this comment.
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
> The budget is voted on by Congress literally every single year. A formal budget hasn't been voted on and passed by Congress in decades. You're likely thinking of "continuing resolutions" and omnibus bills, neither
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How we automated federal retirements(ndstudio.gov)
103 points by caseysoftware 9mo ago|99 comments
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
^ This. They're not after money. They're motivated by prestige which CAN be money (ew, tacky) but is actually measured by access to key figures, your name being in the right places with the right people, and the cocktail party cir
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
Gell Mann Amnesia ftw My wife was a reporter with a top tier news agency in DC and I was shocked how they divvied up topics. At best, it was "you're good with computers, go report on this hearing on cybersecurity" but more co
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by caseysoftware 9mo ago
For people curious on this one, google "replication crisis" and how it's been covered and described for the last 20 years. The results are damning.
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by caseysoftware 10mo ago
I've "collected" 500+ Kindle titles over the years and stopped buying from them completely when they blocked downloads earlier this year. When they enable these downloads, I'm going to export the ones I didn't get l
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by caseysoftware 10mo ago
> Bottom line is that the ways we measure economic output are deeply flawed. Yes, 100% agreed.
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by caseysoftware 10mo ago
> And the costs go down once it's bootstrapped long enough to obtain the long-term economic benefits that grow the economy (which will take a while to materialize). That's a major claim. Which places under UBI (or in one of t
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by caseysoftware 10mo ago
> At some point it struck me that this is all labour, but there was no money exchanged for the services rendered and certainly no taxes collected. Even worse - without this our neighbours would have to take an inordinate amount of time
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by caseysoftware 11mo ago
Annie Duke has a great book "Thinking in Bets" where she talks about being a professional poker player. One of the things she hammers on is that just knowing how much/often you win isn't the important part because you c
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by caseysoftware 11mo ago
Yes, I've opted out of it every time so far this year (40+ flights) BUT that only covers the security checkpoint. Delta also uses it at boarding time and who knows who does what via cameras in the airport as a whole.
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by caseysoftware 11mo ago
The TSA uses facial recognition right now at most US airports. While they claim to not store the pictures, they've "accidentally" stored data many other times they promised not to so consider me skeptical.
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by caseysoftware 11mo ago
HATEOAS never gets the love it deserves until you call it something else.. Probably because it sounds like the most poorly named breakfast cereal ever.
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by caseysoftware 1y ago
I love that the Wikipedia article on Gell-Mann amnesia was edited to an inaccurate quote. Now flip to another Wikipedia article and..
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by caseysoftware 1y ago
> One of the reasons we know this story is bogus is because of the New York Times story which cites anonymous officials, “speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation”. Yes, we should be skeptical of anyth

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