Hacker News: 638d127673

New comment by 638d127673 in "Netherlands pulls gold out of the US"

638d127673 — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:08:12 +0000

The table says book value. So might not be the market value of gold.

New comment by 638d127673 in "Stop Using OpenCode"

638d127673 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:36:45 +0000

I haven't tried it myself but there seems to be an extension for this: https://pi.dev/packages/pi-lsp

New comment by 638d127673 in "Alphabet Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2021 Results"

638d127673 — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 02:53:31 +0000

I have wireguard set up so that all traffic is routed through my home network

New comment by 638d127673 in "Protect Open-Source Software"

638d127673 — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 02:13:41 +0000

https://archive.fo/OcgQu

Protect Open-Source Software

638d127673 — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 02:11:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/protect-open-source-software-prevention-oss-public-use-cybersecurity-innovation-cyberattack-apache-log4j-11643316125

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30109918

Points: 2

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LG Signature Rollable TV

638d127673 — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 03:10:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-oled65r1pua-signature-oled-4k-tv

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29943178

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by 638d127673 in "The economics of unused gift cards"

638d127673 — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 21:58:38 +0000

From the point of view of financial reporting (i.e. accounting income that you see on the financial statements), holding the liability indefinitely is not a good thing as it negatively affects the leverage ratios and implies a future obligation. The new accounting requirement that allows companies to estimate the so called 'breakage' (i.e. anticipated unused balanced) and recognize that as income over time rather than keep it as an indefinitely liability.

Legally, there's also the concept of escheatment, which depends on the country/state that tells a company what to do with the unused balance. In some cases, the government may claim this balance.

To your question about paying income tax on income, most tax codes would require the companies to pay tax on the amounts when they receive the cash rather than when they satisfy the obligations. So it's likely that they've already paid tax on this amount.