- RBI measures counter-productive: Rupee hits record low of 62, Sensex sinks 400 points http://www.firstpost.com/investing/rbi-measures-do-the-opposite-rupee-hits-record-low-of-62-sensex-sinks-400-points-1037573.html 27 comments india
- Slovak prime minister called sanctions against Russia "meaningless and counter-productive" and threatened to veto any new measures http://af.reuters.com/article/worldnews/idafkbn0gt2i620140831 36 comments worldnews
- [Semianalysis] Is Intel Back? Foundry & Product Resurgence Measured https://www.semianalysis.com/p/is-intel-back-foundry-and-product 9 comments hardware
- U.S. House passes measure clamping down on products from China's Xinjiang https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-house-vote-compromise-version-uyghur-bill-2021-12-14/ 2 comments politics
- U.S. House passes measure clamping down on products from China's Xinjiang https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-house-vote-compromise-version-uyghur-bill-2021-12-14/ 7 comments worldnews
- U.S. House passes measure clamping down on products from China's Xinjiang region https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-passes-measure-clamping-down-products-chinas-xinjiang-region-2021-12-08/ 6 comments politics
- US Senate passes bill to ban goods from China's Xinjiang – Measure will force importers to prove no forced labor was used in production https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/US-Senate-passes-bill-to-ban-goods-from-China-s-Xinjiang 3 comments worldevents
- Measuring Productivity https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/im5qd5/measuring_productivity/ 5 comments productivity
- Remote work is changing how productivity is measured https://www.fastcompany.com/90540239/remote-work-is-changing-how-productivity-is-measured 12 comments economy
- To Safeguard 'Public Welfare and the Public Interest,' Groundbreaking Measure in Washington State Would Ban Bottled Water Production https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/17/safeguard-public-welfare-and-public-interest-groundbreaking-measure-washington-state 13 comments politics
- Bosses who put their followers first can boost their business: Companies would do well to tailor training and recruitment measures to encourage managers who have empathy, integrity and are trustworthy - because they can improve productivity, according to new research. http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/featurednews/title_713141_en.html 33 comments science
- Understanding Production: What can you measure? https://www.opsian.com/blog/understanding-production-what-can-you-measure/ 5 comments programming
- Understanding Production: What can you measure? https://www.opsian.com/blog/understanding-production-what-can-you-measure/ 8 comments java
- A major new study involving researchers from the University of York has measured a global shift towards more sustainable agricultural systems that provide environmental improvements at the same time as increases in food production. https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/food-for-thought/ 3 comments science
- Mexico hits back at U.S. tariffs with measures on farm, steel products https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-mexico-hits-back-at-us-steel-aluminum-tariffs-with-equivalent/ 3 comments worldnews
- China plans counter measure tariffs against US agricultural products like Soybeans and Lean Hogs https://www.wsj.com/articles/facing-u-s-tariffs-china-plans-countermeasures-1521632332 8 comments worldnews
- SE-Radio: Measuring Software Engineering Productivity http://www.se-radio.net/2018/02/se-radio-episode-317-travis-kimmel-on-measuring-software-engineering-productivity/ 11 comments programming
- EVG% - a new stat measuring Even Strength production https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/7un7s8/evg_a_new_stat_measuring_even_strength_production/ 33 comments hockey
- British retailers have called for the government to take tougher action on tackling obesity and consider mandatory measures to ensure more companies make their products healthier. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/18/uk-retailers-say-government-must-be-tougher-on-obesity 12 comments worldnews
- Measuring productivity as a technical founder https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/6twb6z/measuring_productivity_as_a_technical_founder/ 3 comments startups
- Making an inner product and measuring distance between subreddits. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/dissecting-trumps-most-rabid-online-following/ 20 comments math
- This Tiny Country Is Going 100% Organic - Bhutan is only country in world that rejects gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of progress. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/10/11/3710618/bhutan-organic-united-states-transition/ 183 comments worldnews
- Why Google Is Going All In On Diabetes. One of Google's emerging products is a contact lens embedded with a glitter-sized sensor that can measure glucose levels in tears http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/06/437570402/why-google-is-going-all-in-on-diabetes 28 comments technology
- Productivity Commission slams TPP for stringent IP measures http://www.zdnet.com/article/productivity-commission-slams-tpp-for-stringent-ip-measures/ 7 comments worldnews
- Ikea will soon launch augmented reality iOS and Android apps that lets you see their products in your house or apartment without having to measure anything http://inhabitat.com/ikeas-augmented-reality-2014-catalog-lets-you-preview-products-in-your-apartment/ 11 comments technology
- Measuring Running Back Efficiency Based on Snap Percentage and Production [OC] https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/az9dzr/measuring_running_back_efficiency_based_on_snap/ 12 comments nfl
- China is not afraid of “extreme measures” the United States is taking in their trade war and will use it as an opportunity to replace imports, promote localization and accelerate the development of high-tech products, state media said. https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/asia/china-will-use-trade-war-us-replace-imports-state-media.html 4 comments economy
- 'If Tesla converts even a fraction of its reservations into actual sales, the battery roll-out could measure up as one of the biggest ever for a new product category.' http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-12/can-tesla-s-battery-beat-the-iphone-in-the-race-to-the-first-1-billion- 57 comments worldnews
- To Increase Productivity, UPS Monitors Drivers' Every Move - "Technology means that no matter what kind of job you have ... your company can now measure everything you do." http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/04/17/303770907/to-increase-productivity-ups-monitors-drivers-every-move 16 comments technology
- Pesticides in Mississippi air and rain: A comparison between 1995 and 2007. "Glyphosate and its degradation product, AMPA, were detected in ≥75% of air and rain samples in 2007, but were not measured in 1995." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24549493 4 comments science
- The NSA's highly secretive measures to collaborate with tech companies to influence how products are designed, inserting vulnerabilities into security software advertised to consumers as keeping e-mails, banking and medical records safe. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security 22 comments politics
- [Garafolo] Saban on Young’s size as it relates to the NFL: “I don’t have any issues with his measurables. … He’s never been hurt here, other than when he hurt himself basically, falling down and put his arm out. His 5-10 frame has never really had an impact on his productivity.” https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1638980621711323141 150 comments nfl
- Boris Johnson 'will announce return of imperial measurements to mark Queen's Platinum Jubilee': Shops could soon be allowed to sell products in pounds and ounces after UK's break from EU https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10865255/Boris-Johnson-announce-return-imperial-measurements-mark-Queens-Platinum-Jubilee.html 380 comments worldnews
- How is the "power" of dish soap measured? How can a company claim one of its products is "3 times as powerful" as another one? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/760xbn/how_is_the_power_of_dish_soap_measured_how_can_a/ 6 comments askscience
- Deficit hawks are surprisingly hard to please: Measured against the size of the economy, the deficit – at 2.8 percent of the gross domestic product – is now lower than the average deficit over the past 40 years. That figure is down from 9.8 percent of G.D.P. in 2009. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/deficit-hawks-are-surprisingly-hard-please 3 comments politics
- The appearance of photosynthesis, trilobites, and the five major mass extinctions were all extreme changes in our planet's pattern of biological production and consumption. But, even measured against these events, human-driven changes to production and consumption are distinctly new. http://phys.org/news/2016-03-human-impact-pattern-earth-global.html 7 comments science
- "[S]enators will join members of the House of Representatives in returning to their districts with a dubious achievement they’ll not likely brag about to their constituents: being part of one of the least productive Congresses ever...'By all objective measures, this is the worst Congress ever.'" http://www.kansascity.com/2013/12/20/4703066/congress-heads-home-with-dubious.html 4 comments politics
- The White House is eyeing a ban on exports of US gas to bring down rising prices. The measure would cover US exports of diesel and other refined petroleum products, as well as gas. There have been heated discussions between officials and oil industry bosses over the need to lower gas prices. https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/gas-prices-us-white-house-ban-exports-biden-oil-pump-2022-10?amp= 15 comments energy
- Scientists report independent studies in which they were able to track the position not of a single atom, but of a nanosphere containing billions of atoms, with a precision close to the Heisenberg limit (the minimum possible product of the uncertainties of the measured quantities). https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01872-5 21 comments science
- BPA levels in humans higher than previously thought, study suggests. A new method suggests that measurements used by the FDA underestimate BPA exposure by as much as 44 times. BPA is used in plastic products, food and drink containers, and animal studies have shown that it interferes with hormones. https://www.upi.com/health_news/2019/12/06/bpa-levels-in-humans-higher-than-previously-thought-study-suggests/6751575662179/ 2006 comments science