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Re:The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech la... by pclmulqdq on Friday June 06, 2025 @08:42PM (#44206461)
"Profitable" in an accounting sense has nothing to do with your cash position. This is something that people in tech don't really seem to understand.
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Re:The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech la... by coderatlarge on Friday June 06, 2025 @10:19PM (#44206892)
i think people in tech are usually focused on free cash flow, aka playing around money.
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Re:The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech la... by disgruntledphd2 on Saturday June 07, 2025 @02:59AM (#44207964)
Tech likes free cash flow because share based compensation isn't included in it.
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