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2011.
by stock_toaster 15y ago
Could it also be a case of Google's financial planners thinking they "don't have enough debt" in the eyes of investors? If their debt to equity balance sheet is too tilted, they could be perceived as 'lazy'. This move could be a way to acqu
2012.
by stock_toaster 15y ago
There are some nice libraries that ease the pain of callbacks to a certain degree. Async[1] (the waterfall method) and Step[2] come to mind. [1]: https://github.com/caolan/async [2]: https://github.com/creationix/step
2013.
by stock_toaster 15y ago
Thanks!
2014.
by stock_toaster 15y ago
I assume this is somehow related the joyent's assumption of copyright on the node code (stewardship). Is there any background on why this was posted in a gist (and why it was submitted to HN)?
2015.
by stock_toaster 16y ago
I would love a password manager that supported HOTP[1] or TOTP[2] (in conjunction with something like google authenticator). My mobile is pretty much always with me, and works well as a software based dongle (with OTP generators). [1]: HMAC
2016.
by stock_toaster 16y ago
I believe one strike against AMEX is their higher merchant fees, as compared to the other card vendors. I recall when I was young that sears started discover card, and it wasn't terribly long from the first time I heard of it to the first t
2017.
by stock_toaster 16y ago
Ah. Thanks for the correction. The information I had must have been dated, looking here[1] it does appear that my information was old (probably from the 2003-2007 timeframe). I could have also been misremembering, and in fact the original d
2018.
by stock_toaster 16y ago
You mean like Apple's facetime or Google's gtalk (not sure about the standalone client, but you can call phone numbers from gmail)?
2019.
by stock_toaster 16y ago
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe an additional benefit is that the tax rate on dividends is substantially lower than that of capital gains.
2020.
by stock_toaster 16y ago
In addition to your custom components point, I wonder if licensing restrictions come into play at all. I am not familiar with Google's policy on use of external code based on license of said code. If there is, hypothetically, a policy to us