Despite Google's muscle, G+ is still largely irrelevant until they release a third party API (unless that is also party of the brilliant strategy and I'm just not clever enough to work it out).
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Fixed it for you. Scale makes simple things difficult.
I just wish they would "stick to the knitting" and make the best browser they possibly can for multiple platforms.
"Biggest drop in cost of living since 1933" http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/biggest-drop-in-cost-of...
And between 2009 and now, our economy has been flat at best. I think it's important to look at all of these factors when examining a country's economy. The real problem Ireland has is unemployment: we went from ~4% to ~14% unemployment in just a few years. This has added to the decline in the cost of living however (less demand for goods and services).
You have to remember, they are a Y Combinator funded start-up and this is a Y Combinator site, so there is a fair amount of hype on here about Stripe.
That said, I think they are doing something interesting and useful (in a real-world commerce sense), and wish them well with it.
That's incorrect. You don't pay the high rate of income tax on all of your income, but only on income over a certain threshold depending on your circumstances. Actually we have pretty low income tax rates when compared to other EU countries:
License fee.
Well it such a big story now, they can hardly not run with it can they?
> Why would they explicitly mention his connection with the BBC?
Again, because they have to. I find it fascinating that private industry leaders would be involved, non-executive or otherwise, in the running of a state broadcasting company. The BBC is spending British taxpayer's money after all. Does not seem impartial.
He's clearly there to wield influence. What other possible reason?
Way to go journalistic impartiality at the BBC.
1. Posting anything by Marco/Gruber/Atwood/37Signals/Stripe.
2. Posting anything making fun of PHP.
> People who get offended too easily are probably those who you don’t want to hire (emphasis mine).
So basically it seems to be the thought process is:
1. I want you to waste your time (but not mine, because I'm more precious than you are) doing an online exam before I am willing to talk to you on the phone, or meet you face-to-face like a normal human being.
2. If you are offended by this, then you are wrong. It just proves that you are "difficult" and I was right not to hire you in the first place.
Way to go wining over developers. I wish you well.