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by Gpetrium 7y ago
Most people that think about the effects of drink-n-driving tend to link it to deaths. In reality, a majority of the cost is tied to public/private property damage. In that case, it is valid to argue that a drunk drone pilot can incur
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At the Top of the World: Nepal, a Business Perspective(gpetrium.com)
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I think it is worth noting that historically, land-locked countries tend to be less well-off than its counter parts. Examples such as Switzerland & Austria are an abnormality due to a variety of unique factors that have only occurred in
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
Zoos can serve as an opportunity for people from different demographics to be able to see a small sample of what the world has to offer. It can also help facilitate conservation efforts by allowing people to have direct & indirect inter
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
If we look at Gartner's Analytics & BI magic quadrant from Feb 2019 ( https://www.qlik.com/us/-/media/B0DCF50C816448EEAC8981B02387... ) it becomes clear that Tableau(Salesforce) & PowerBI(Microsoft
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
Although there is a good % of the market that works in a similar way to your business, it is worth noting that when a deal is exceptionally good, executives will create exceptions. MS Suite and some of its satellite offerings (PowerBI,Share
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
Some may argue that to remain competitive in today's environment, some tech companies require a diminished amount of customer privacy, otherwise their foreign rivals will be able to do more and be more successful in the long run. For t
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Scavenger Hunt – How a Game Can Help Boost Tourism(gpetrium.com)
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Cyber Attacks and the Risks to Small and Medium Sized Businesses(gpetrium.com)
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
For those interested in gaining insight on working hours throughout history, I would recommend you to take a look at OurWorldInData's empirical study. It looks at weekly work hours since 1870s, hunter-gatherer work hours, productivity
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
Without information regarding the medical device, it can be difficult for us to provide a solution, so in my opinion you should ask yourself: * What properties cause the device to malfunction? * What kinds of scanners/tools can lead to
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
For now, it likely serves a few purposes: to cross-reference information in the database, as a legitimate reason to deny someone who may have lied to the officer, to uncover new information about the individual [1] & to decrease the nee
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
Sometimes a perceived "lack of coordination" is built into the program to ensure the principle of least privilege is followed, lowering the risk of leakage and many other issues that may occur.
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
@otalp is likely talking about the distortion created by having a large % of overall investment made based on components of market index instead of hard data (e.g. financial statement of X company show below expected return, I will decrease
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
The reality is that private entities and external actors are already using data to figure out better offensive and defensive maneuvers. If the entities of your nation do not take similar steps, they are likely to be ill prepared to "se
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
I think it is worth noting that different organizations/teams may require differing amounts of work related to technical debt. This is often driven by business culture, priorities, team experience, long term business goals and many mor
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
Shorting of a stock is used for both speculation and hedging a position. Tesla has been on a continuous downwards bear trend for the past YTD, so it is very likely that quite a bit of money has been made shorting Tesla up until now. Just be
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
Excel allows for the democratization of technology, decreasing the barriers to entry and allowing for easier user experience. People/teams/companies need different degrees of security, complexity, data, etc to their day-to-day ope
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
At some point, people realize that they are underestimating their projections and that leads them to re-calibrate expectations with stakeholders. In this case, there is no re-calibration, which leads "non-believers" to think he is
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
To be fair, a company doesn't need to be doing a scam to fall outside the expected budget. There are many causes for budget fluctuation, for example: Inflation rates, wage changes, cost of materials, disruptions, operational errors, ov
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
$400 for a month is close to $20 per day or $2.25 an hour(4 weeks*5 weekdays). If the environment WeWork gives provides a boost in your productivity, helps you network with other like-minded individuals, increases your brand exposure, provi
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
I think your argument is a little flawed since all it says is (10 year old + billions spent = failure) when in fact, there have been companies that have survived for close to a decade under dismal conditions only to resurface as a giant, lo
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
I think it is worth noting that the word gossip has been painted with negative connotation in our society. The moment humans realized that the world is full of information asymmetry and unknowns, they started to gossip. Gossip is a tool to
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
I think there are different kinds of BSer that people meet and that in a lot of cases they are just bundled together to facilitate our understanding of why they exist. In reality, a lot of BSers are a byproduct of the environment society ha
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
So any attacks, including pearl harbor would fall outside the jurisdiction of 'war'. It would also mean that the U.S would likely never truly declare war via Congress since it would annul millions of insurances and would lead to i
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
This is certainly a feel good story, but there is a certain balance to be had regarding the 'moral of the story'. For example: * The owner of the crepe shop may be 1 in 100,000 with the business acumen, drive & luck to reach t
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
I find your argument quite flawed. Have you asked yourself why people immigrate? It is often to have or provide a higher quality of life to the people they care about. It is not about where you were born. People and countries often make cho
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
I think you filled in the blanks with a 'new discovery', when your brain could have simply assumed that the title would be "A discovery of a new animal that scares even the Great White Shark!" if there was a new discover
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
>The reality is that if an idea is really good, the people who came up with it know it better than anyone and that gives them a tremendous advantage in terms of knowing what is important and what isn't. I have to disagree with you e
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by Gpetrium 7y ago
It depends on the definition of success for the involved parties. It doesn't always mean full captulation.

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