Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category

"I don't know what kind of weapons will be used in the third world war, assuming there will be a third world war. But I can tell you what the fourth world war will be fought with: stone clubs." - Albert Einstein Chapters Closing Its Doors in Downtown...

September 17, 2014 | In: Opinion

Are Hybrid Cars Really Worth It?

If you're shopping for a new car, then you might be tempted to buy a hybrid car. You know, instead of the 8 liters/100km average fuel consumption, you will get 5 liters/100km. That's about 40% savings in gas! Assuming that you drive the average 16,000...

August 31, 2014 | In: Opinion

Why the BBB Is Useless

Many shoppers online think that a business that has the BBB (Better Business Bureau) seal is a business that is trustworthy, but, as I will explain in this post, a BBB seal on a website is worthless. Why, you make ask? Well, simply because of BBB's...

There was an article on LinkedIn that was published last Friday that praised Indro Nooyi's guidance of PepsiCo and claimed that Indra is considered to be the best hire in the last 100 years. Now I have searched and searched for a single reference that...

Before starting this post I want to stress the point that neither I'm against motherhood nor I'm against reasonable subsidy for mothers and a reasonable time off when becoming a mother. I'm against using and abusing the system. Maternity leave is...

July 4, 2014 | In: Opinion

On Giving Discounts

I do some serious online shopping every month. One thing that I have learned is not to buy anything that is not on discount, unless I really need it, and unless I really need it now. So, I see something, and I wait for it to go on discount, and once it...

Back in 2008, I suddenly got interested in doing an MBA. I thought it would enhance my career and it will allow me to find better jobs (back then I still wanted to work for other people - not anymore). For some reason, I attended a seminar of an Executive...

A friend of mine is currently looking for a job, and so he's writing a resume. I can tell, with confidence, that 75% of his resume is pure lies, about 20% of his resume is truth mixed with lies, and about 5% of his resume is exaggerated truth. He got his...

Recruiters are the vermin of the 21st century, they are parasites that suck blood from hard working individuals, they are hyenas that scavenge on the dynamics of every corporation out there, they are horrible, horrible creatures and they, like real...

As I mentioned in a previous post back in February, Sony got out of the PC market, possibly forever. This news was a breath of fresh air for the makers of junk-packaged-as-laptops laptops such China's Lenovo, China's Japan's Toshiba, China's America's...

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