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Re:Cancelling Dropbox Pro is hard on Saturday January 26, 2019 @12:07AM (#19004867)
Is there nothing we can do about these scummy tactics? Can they be reported to some government entity?
Re:Anypixel.js on Saturday June 04, 2016 @11:20PM (#11839479)
Those buttons looks cool. Anyone know where to get them? (https://googlecreativelab.github.io/anypixel/img/carousel_02...)
Re:Origin of the name “Google” on Monday October 05, 2015 @08:59AM (#10331490)
Check the html source for this additional tidbit

> The following day, Tamara entered the office she shared with Sean and Larry, and saw "google.com" as the final name remaining on their whiteboard. Recognizing the misspelling, she brought it to their attention. Sean checked the domain name registry for "googol.com" and found that it was already taken. Larry said he preferred the "google.com" spelling anyway, and when he and Sergey later received their first angel investment check for $100,000 from Andy Bechtolsheim, it was made out to "Google Inc."