Eoan

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Does anyone believe China's numbers by this point? (data from 15 Nov 2020)(i.imgur.com)
2 points by Eoan 6y ago|0 comments
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Coronavirus: Singapore develops smartphone app for efficient contact tracing(straitstimes.com)
1 points by Eoan 7y ago|0 comments
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by Eoan 7y ago
For those interested, Singapore has this. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/coronavirus-singapore...
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Ask HN: Smartphone app that tracks coronavirus risk from past contacts?
1 points by Eoan 7y ago|1 comments
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Survey about Coronavirus: when does group benefit override personal freedom?(forms.gle)
2 points by Eoan 7y ago|0 comments
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What do people look at?
1 points by Eoan 7y ago|0 comments
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by Eoan 7y ago
>Job shortage won't be a thing any time soon. I guess you didn't see this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22331804
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Simple explanation of how workers in an industry can help each other
5 points by Eoan 7y ago|2 comments
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by Eoan 7y ago
Obligatory link to solution that would let working less be something that would not deserve a news story: https://i.imgur.com/ia2s7AM.png
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by Eoan 7y ago
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 problems unless they affect them personally in a scary way.
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by Eoan 7y ago
Get them to use this, so they stop working long hours https://i.imgur.com/ia2s7AM.png
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by Eoan 7y ago
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 its health to predators: https://en.wikipedia.org&
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Overtime system considered harmful(i.imgur.com)
1 points by Eoan 7y ago|0 comments
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A thought experiment: unemployment and the economic distrib. of scarce resources
1 points by Eoan 7y ago|0 comments
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by Eoan 7y ago
>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.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion
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by Eoan 7y ago
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 you should focus on the most likely answer, not enumerate al
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by Eoan 7y ago
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, moderators, or user flags. Responding
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by Eoan 7y ago
I created a poll, in case people are willing to use 3rd-party poll sites: https://www.strawpoll.me/19409077
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by Eoan 7y ago
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 on quality control initially ignored in the United
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by Eoan 7y ago
>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 would decrease. I will take this misunderstanding into
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Ask HN: What is the role of economic advisors to a national leader?
4 points by Eoan 7y ago|7 comments
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by Eoan 7y ago
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 world so it has less bad design. This is about both makin
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by Eoan 7y ago
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 the argument: 1) If people did a certain thing, it
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by Eoan 7y ago
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 attorneys. There is only circumstantial evidence, some
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by Eoan 7y ago
How many governments has the US sold military weapons to? Even the Islamic State (Isis) was mostly using US-produced bullets.
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by Eoan 7y ago
Jingoism
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by Eoan 7y ago
Is that your reason for not sharing it, like the individuals it mentions did not?
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by Eoan 7y ago
They knew of a solution that could have fixed this problem, but did not share it — just like you.
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China's role in the U.S. fentanyl epidemic(news.yahoo.com)
67 points by Eoan 7y ago|75 comments
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Is there a better way to help people in other countries than charity?(docs.google.com)
1 points by Eoan 7y ago|0 comments

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