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Comment Re: Backlog of revenue? (Score 1) 17

Debt? No. Debt is for when you buy, good & services on credit, which is effectively alone and you pay interest on it whether there was a bank involved or not. Here this is something they sold, not bought. I believe the correct balance sheet category would be "Current Liability" but IANAA. if you think this is irrelevant detail for techies you may be right, but on the other hand, accounting practices dictate far more than you realise! Ever wondered why your those credits you bought for that service you don't use expire? Seems dodgy right. But it's simply because the bean counters don't want to see current liabilities - which are considered temporary and operational - into non-current liabilities - which are considered more like problems and impact things like company valuations.

Comment Re: I love it when these negative sentiment artic (Score 1) 153

Well that's a little absurd. Almost the entire global economy and every institution in it is verifiably fake and runs on nothing but fear and greed, powerful insiders and political self-interest. If this platonic world where productivity is all that matters actually exists, I'm all for it. But would even they give me a Green card without a shit ton of Bitcoin in my pocket? Unlikely.

Comment Re: I love it when these negative sentiment artic (Score 1) 153

It depends. "old" is subjective and potentially making an incorrect assumption about the other party's investment time horizon. For longer term investment, news is a great indicator. For day trading, not so much. Every chart is a fractal. The interpretation changes with every level of zoom.

Comment Re: Bust out (Score 1) 47

I think it's more the fact that they earn most of their money from Google search revenue, and Google needs to keep them on life support because it's cheaper than having antitrust issues. So Mozilla needs to look like they're competing without actually competing to keep the cash flowing.

Comment Re: Singapore - LOL (Score 2) 8

The largest economy is Indonesia, 3 times the GDP of Singapore. Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia & Vietnam are all comparable sizes so Singapore so I don't think it stands out for that reason. It's a standout for having hardly any land or natural resources but being a financial and trade centre.

Comment Re: How are they going to enforce it? (Score 1) 19

This guy SE Asia's All true, but.. Just the government setting an expectation by passing a law can be partially effective, especially in Asia, though it's not really predictable which laws people take seriously and which they don't. People will report obvious violations for "fun and profit" (i e. receive financial rewards for being a tattle tale), doing much more to curb use. And of course in this case posting content is both visible and verifiable.

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