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Re:Alphabet Loses $859M on 'Moonshots' in 2Q 2016 by ipsum2 on Friday July 29, 2016 @01:48AM (#12185205)
> And perhaps "bet" is the wrong word being used here. Usually with a bet in gambling terms, you either win big or you lose it all.

Internally, they're referred to as 'bets, a pun on the company name Alphabet.

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Re:Alphabet Loses $859M on 'Moonshots' in 2Q 2016 by zaroth on Friday July 29, 2016 @03:15AM (#12185414)
Aww, isn't that cute.
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Re:Alphabet Loses $859M on 'Moonshots' in 2Q 2016 by eru on Friday July 29, 2016 @08:40AM (#12186411)
Only partially. The name 'Alphabet' in itself is a pun on 'Alpha' (in finance terms) and 'bet'.
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Re:Alphabet Loses $859M on 'Moonshots' in 2Q 2016 by zaroth on Friday July 29, 2016 @09:54AM (#12186790)
What is this, punception?
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