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hhmmmsmson FDA authorizes rapid, at-home coronavirus test

The market would also find a way to jack the price up.

hhmmmsmson Green recovery must end the reign of GDP, argue Cambridge and UN economists

It should be.

hhmmmsmson Ask HN: Why do they make cars go so fast if it’s illegal?

Of course, street-legal automobiles could simply be governed with a top speed of the fastest legal speed limit in a given region.

hhmmmsmson Ask HN: Why do they make cars go so fast if it’s illegal?

I used to think about this a lot when I was younger, because it makes very little sense, and as I became older I realized how many more things make very little sense and I eventually came to realize the bug is low-level and there are a lot of rich and powerful people who do not want it to be fixed, because it allows for them to exploit everybody else.