Tag: Cost

In a forthcoming Medium article, I discuss how much it would cost if you wanted to live a more European lifestyle in Los Angeles. Frequenting cafes, bars and restaurants on the regular. Like everyday or most days of the week. Here’s how I close that article (you can get notif...

If you have been dismayed by the increases in the cost of food in the last year — I certainly am — be grateful that you don’t live in eighteenth-century France. France, in the 1780s, was one of the wealthiest and most powerful countries in the history of the world up to that poi...

In a forthcoming Medium article, I discuss how much it would cost if you wanted to live a more European lifestyle in Los Angeles. Frequenting cafes, bars and restaurants on the regular. Like everyday or most days of the week. Here’s how I close that article (you can get notif...

Imagine waking up in the morning, feeling energized and motivated to tackle your day. You have a clear vision of what you want to accomplish, and you’re confident in your ability to achieve it. You work efficiently and effectively, and you’re able to cross everything off your to-do list....

Do not believe anybody saying, saving cost is not important in a cloud. It was important in the past and will be in the future. That always will be the case. This is the matter of time when a budget alarm goes off. This happened to me as well. Significant part of our costs is generated by the Kubern...

A few weeks ago, my office had a United Way fundraising campaign. One of the events, and perhaps the most interesting, was a lunch event where contestants had to bring a meal they had prepared for under $10. It had to feed a family of four and was suppose to demonstrate how difficult it is to feed a...

Buying low and selling high is how one maximizes investment returns. But how can I consistently buy low when asset prices change all the time? Haven’t I been taught that trying to time the market is a fool’s errand? Spoiler alert: There is no secret way of consistently buying low. How...

Are you considering buying a house in Nigeria but unsure about the average cost? Look no further! In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the factors that affect housing prices, dive into the average costs of houses in major Nigerian cities, discuss various types of houses and their associated ...

Our utilities are lower than we expected. We thought we would be crushed by electricity prices but we are comfortable with just the ceiling fans, while the AC only runs about 2–3 hours a day in the middle of the day). So 206 pesos for one month of electricity (about $12 USD), water was 367 pes...

Can a company rationalize discrimination? Healthy societies foster freedom of thought and freedom of expression. We can make the world a better place through our ideas, and this requires us to share them. It is in this spirit that I offer today’s discussion. I explain my thinking with a ...

We recently wrote an article about Using Multi-LLM Systems for Investigations and Ediscovery: Fast, Flexible and Cost-Effective. One of the reasons we chose this path is because different large language models, e.g. GPT and Claude are better for different purposes. As we pointed out, using diff...

A transportation specialist needs to determine the best plan for shipping the customers’ orders on a daily basis. One important aspect of the decision is knowing the cost of each shipment, based on their weight, origin-destination, transportation mode (TL, LTL, rail), etc. Now let’s a...

Two weeks ago, I received a FedEx package containing my new prescription. It was ordered from a university hospital pharmacy 70 miles away, because these are pills that a corner drugstore cannot dispense. The price tag = $17,172. Let that number sink in for a moment. A one month's supply of t...