Sam Van Horne, Ph.D.
@dataangler.bsky.social
Data scientist. Mostly makes charts. And goes birding.
Why to count the eggs in the eastern Phoebe’s nest of course!
June 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Why to count the eggs in the eastern Phoebe’s nest of course!
I asked for help with a problem on a SAS forum and someone asked an LLM and posted the bull**it answer.
April 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I asked for help with a problem on a SAS forum and someone asked an LLM and posted the bull**it answer.
I thought the $75 parking tickets were supposed to fix all this anyway
April 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I thought the $75 parking tickets were supposed to fix all this anyway
I think what typically happens in these situations is that municipalities negotiate a much higher price for the property they are selling because they are going to miss out on the tax revenue for years to come. Rather than levy a tax that does not sunset.
April 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I think what typically happens in these situations is that municipalities negotiate a much higher price for the property they are selling because they are going to miss out on the tax revenue for years to come. Rather than levy a tax that does not sunset.
Reposted by Sam Van Horne, Ph.D.
This article is good background (except that it bizarrely claims the university only became tax exempt in 1915. That’s when “tax exempt” status became available, but it was a nonprofit corp not paying a tax for most of its history before that)
spotlightdelaware.org/2025/03/20/n...
spotlightdelaware.org/2025/03/20/n...
Newark tries again to enact UD student head tax
The city of Newark is seeking to impose a head tax on University of Delaware students in order to help pay for services for the school.
spotlightdelaware.org
April 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This article is good background (except that it bizarrely claims the university only became tax exempt in 1915. That’s when “tax exempt” status became available, but it was a nonprofit corp not paying a tax for most of its history before that)
spotlightdelaware.org/2025/03/20/n...
spotlightdelaware.org/2025/03/20/n...