Suspicious Discontinuities (2020)

	Suspicious Discontinuities (2020)(danluu.com)
	250 points by tosh 23 hours ago \| 86 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