26 pointsby breve6 hours ago2 comments
  • notepad0x906 hours ago
    nominative determinism but for companies?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_Oil_Company

    • tshaddox5 hours ago
      I don't think it's nominative determinism when the entity's name is determined by an attribute of the entity.
      • notepad0x9012 minutes ago
        that's not what I meant, I meant how their actions and involvement keeps drawing them back to the origin of their name, thus their name having a deterministic effect on their fate.
  • aksss5 hours ago
    Good for California's budget as well.
    • trackone5 hours ago
      Is this due to CA's high gas tax? That is a fixed value per gallon, so higher gas prices will not affect this right?
      • aksss3 hours ago
        $0.60 + 2.25%.

        The excise tax is a fixed .60+ per gallon, going up July 1. The sales tax is 2.25%, and local sales tax some additional percentage.

      • GardenLetter275 hours ago
        And all the oil companies - CRC and Chevron are huge.