Shadi Eid

The most relevant thing that I learned from this curse is not to rely on all the data that is available online, but to deeply look into better and better data. Relying on only one source is not enough, especially because some sources are not trustable. There so many news and data available online, do not stop at the first website you find!!!

I recently found this interesting article while I was reading the news about Italy Q4 budget deficit which is 2.3 pct of GDP, stable compared to the same period last year. The article does not seem to be relevant but if take in consideration the diastrophic situation in Europe, including Brexit and the negative impacts that caused to the European…[Read more]

Even if I do not use it on a daily basis, the bitcoin online wallet I created an year ago could be considered as a KPI. The wallet contains a specific amount of bitcoins, I am personally able to manage the bitcoins and exchange money into bitcoins, they are relevant to me because they allow me to take advantage of the rapid growth bitcoins have…[Read more]

http://www.nature.com/news/data-on-movements-of-refugees-and-migrants-are-flawed-1.21568

The article about data movements of refugees and migrants is interesting because we are aware of the fact that these people are leaving their countries but we are not 100% sure of where they end up going. In Europe, this problem had an enormous impact in…[Read more]

I believe that the most relevant principle when it comes to data is to ‘be skeptical’ because not all the data is true and verified. This is mainly due to the fact that people do not want to much time on researching data so they just take information from other people who previously gathered it. A good example would be false information on social…[Read more]

An example of conventional wisdom I always heard since I was younger is to eat as much fruit as you can. However this is not always true because fruit contains plenty of sugar and this is why dietologists usually recommend their patients not to eat fruit right after their meals because it would take longer to digest the sugar than it would…[Read more]

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