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For those interested, Singapore has this. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/coronavirus-singapore...

A smartphone application that gives each user an identity (like an email address, or one specific to the app) and shares their identity with people in close proximity. Distance is …

There is a way to create millions of jobs, end war and child abuse, and make future humans smarter. An explanation that tries to avoid being tl;dr: https://i.imgur.com/ia2s7AM.png …

>Job shortage won't be a thing any time soon. I guess you didn't see this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22331804

A strike is when workers take collective action that benefits all of them, by not working until demands are met. Usually in a specific industry, but there are also general strikes.…

Obligatory link to solution that would let working less be something that would not deserve a news story: https://i.imgur.com/ia2s7AM.png

The unhelpful comment: unwanted environmental effects have been going on for a long time, starting (possibly) with the Sahara Desert. People generally don't effectively combat prob…

Get them to use this, so they stop working long hours https://i.imgur.com/ia2s7AM.png

In economics, you can examine the information people to use to make decisions: signalling. A classic example is a species of antelope that leaps into the air to (possibly) signal i…

One day, a spaceship full of robot aliens arrives at Earth. It has several million peaceful robot aliens. They are all very smart, very strong, and very fast: they can do anything …

>I can't imagine why any self-respecting economist wouldn't recommend the policy on purely economic grounds. I would like to agree with that, but there's this: https://www.aljazeer…

Just like superstring theory offers many possible solutions to any theoretical question? If you think whether certain people knew of the linked idea is relevant or important, then …

The 'showdead' option doesn't work here? > In my profile, what does showdead do? >If you turn it on, you'll see all the stories and comments that have been killed by software, mode…

I created a poll, in case people are willing to use 3rd-party poll sites: https://www.strawpoll.me/19409077

Laziness or arrogance. Like when the engineer and statistician W. Edwards Deming suggested improvements in manufacturing, but US manufacturers ignored him. >Why were Deming's views…

>in which a nation improving its economic conditions makes its medium run economic output worse It doesn't say that economic output would decrease, only that luxury goods sales wou…

Edit: obviously, I don't know how to get this to show up under 'Ask', or whether that is the most appropriate place for it. I'd post this as a poll if I could, as that is essential…

People would suggest two main solutions: 1) Avoid things with bad design. 2) Find a way to accept bad design, so it doesn't affect your emotions. The real solution is to fix the wo…

I don't even know if Hacker News provides a way to see people who reply to you or the chances of this conversation continuing. I'm a little confused. I can see two main claims in t…

It's unlikely you read the first line of that document and no further. As for whether they knew of it, it's impossible to prove without asking them, or maybe talking to their attor…

How many governments has the US sold military weapons to? Even the Islamic State (Isis) was mostly using US-produced bullets.