Suspicious Discontinuities (2020)(danluu.com)
249 points by tosh 22 hours ago | 83 comments
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HN Discussion:
  • Sharing additional real-world examples of tax cliff edges that reinforce the article's point
  • Personal anecdotes confirming the marathon/threshold-gaming phenomenon described
  • Offering explanations for why discontinuities occur, like marathon pacers
  • Proposing policy fixes like eliminating means-testing or phase-outs entirely
  • Citing parallel examples from other domains like AWS latency metrics and chess ratings