Raymond Neilson @delta_vee
interloper.ca
Sapient spacetime clump. Servant of the Cat-Emperor. Keyboard masher. Code wrangler. Somewhat tired. Mostly adequate cook. He/him.
∆v = vₑ∙ln(m₀/m₁)
interloper.ca
Sapient spacetime clump. Servant of the Cat-Emperor. Keyboard masher. Code wrangler. Somewhat tired. Mostly adequate cook. He/him.
∆v = vₑ∙ln(m₀/m₁)
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Schitt's Creek @SchittsCreek
With Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Dan Levy and Annie Murphy winning their #Emmys tonight, that means our little Canadian show is the first comedy OR drama to ~ever~ sweep all four acting categories, and that is absolutely wild 🇨🇦
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Hannah Ritchie @_HannahRitchie
Sector-by-sector: where do global greenhouse emissions come from?
To reduce emissions we need to know where to direct our efforts.
I've always found it hard to find a clear picture of this. Here is my shot, with descriptions of what each category means.
ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-…
To reduce emissions we need to know where to direct our efforts.
I've always found it hard to find a clear picture of this. Here is my shot, with descriptions of what each category means.
ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-…
Raymond Neilson @delta_vee
The only way that'll ever change is if accountants start booking the uncertainty on physical assets' continued existence as either infinite or at least very, very large values of liability -- that way inspection and upgrades become *value added* instead of Just Another Capex
Raymond Neilson @delta_vee
Basically, the incentives are (term-of-art) perverse: if long-term costs of maintenance are ignored, then any real evaluation becomes a wealth destroyer, and thus is never done
Raymond Neilson @delta_vee
But we were talking accounting
So, GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) deals with assets a very particular way; that way definitely does *not* properly account for liability stemming from lack of (proper) maintenance of legacy assets
So, GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) deals with assets a very particular way; that way definitely does *not* properly account for liability stemming from lack of (proper) maintenance of legacy assets
Raymond Neilson @delta_vee
In fact, a good chunk of my (semi?) (quasi?) socialism is based on a repudiation of the very concept of (modern) corporations -- get rid of corporate personhood, and remove liability protection, and all of a sudden things are owned by people again, not other things
Raymond Neilson @delta_vee
No, really, I'm in favour of destroying limited liability as a concept, much less a legal doctrine. Make corp directors and shareholdrers personally liable. Pierce every veil of control. Then do it again and again because corps love making bullet-sink shell corps
Raymond Neilson @delta_vee
Weirdly it's both my socialist and (old-old school) capitalist views which combine to whisper the biggest modern heresy:
"Eliminate limited liability"
"Eliminate limited liability"