Category: economics
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How has the price of a computer changed over time?
We are told that computers are now orders of magnitude cheaper than they once were. Computers have changed an awful lot over the last 70 years; how is the functionality supported by different computers normalised such that the price of computers from long ago can be compared with today’s computers? One approach is to narrow […]
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Creating a global Standard requires being politically neutral
Governments actively promote Standards because following them saves their citizens time and money. The UK and US have contrasting rationales, with the UK focusing on savings achieved through repeated use of standardized items and the US focusing on the repeated use of skills people acquired through using a standardized item (i.e., reduced training costs). Manufacturers […]
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Student projects for 2024/2025
It will soon be that time of year when university students are looking for an interesting idea for a project. On an irregular basis, I post some ideas for thesis projects (here and here); primarily for students studying computing. In a change of direction, this post suggests software related ideas for business student projects. Two […]