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It wouldn't necessarily have to involve any of these. Most of these that I've seen have been cobbled together through Excel, so they have the skills to get everything into Excel. You could offer a product that made really pretty charts around these metrics.

The hardware would be just a 720p TV which they would have to buy and mount - you would just sell teh software.


A cursory search reveals no less than 8 companies already selling this


What companies? I did a search for "LCD Marketing Dashboard" and didn't come up with anything. Not doubting you, just curious what these would be called!


Look up anything related to "digital signage".

I used to work in kiosk software, sort of a similar area.


Re: actually stands for "regarding," not "reply," so the OP could claim to be within the letter of ethical bounds, if not the spirit :)


No - Bay Area is a strike-slip fault whereas Chile is a subduction zone


As handsets become cheaper for the computing they deliver, this will become an accepeted norm for specialized software (my computer costs less than 10% of the value of the software on it)


How about this possible solution? If you're employed by a company and you want to take maternity or paternity leave beyond a standard period, you have to quit your job. Your employer is given a lump sum payment from the government to cover the cost of finding your replacement, based on some metrics such as the salary of the position. These payments are covered by an increase in payroll tax for all employees.

That way, all companies are shouldering the burden of people having children, so they have no real reason to discriminate against women likely to become pregnant.


They got 21% of the company.


> megadollars

actually, gigadollars...


"Business speak" as a term doesn't mean the useful business speak of increasing revenues, lowering costs, serving customers, pressuring suppliers, etc. It means things like "leveraging data," "strategic synergies," etc.


Why will only "douchebags" have a need for these techniques?


This comment is indescribably hilarious.


Also, the fact that everyone knows that it's a bit difficult ($500 fine for being caught on the roof, locked doors, etc.) makes the hacks more impressive when they do happen.


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