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senyesterday at 11:03 PM2 repliesview on HN

That’s how all “estimated damages” work. It’s all just made up by some random person who guesstimated a number then multiplied it by the maximum possible people effected, realistic or not.


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CGMthrowawaytoday at 1:29 AM

Tell me "it's different" with this one please https://sustainability.stanford.edu/news/study-links-past-em...

Waterluvianyesterday at 11:20 PM

There’s probably a reasonable methodology but it has a lot of multiplications and some base parameters that make the whole thing wildly sensitive.

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