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Re:Acquisitions accelerate as tech giants seek to build AI s... by TeMPOraL on Sunday May 28, 2017 @11:52PM (#14437314)
For those who, like me, see it for the first time - "99 44/100%" is read as "99 44⁄100%", and it was a slogan for a soap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_(soap)

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Re:Acquisitions accelerate as tech giants seek to build AI s... by annnnd on Monday May 29, 2017 @09:18AM (#14438930)
And for those who, like me, still didn't get it - it was a slogan for a soap and reads "(99 + 44/100)%", in other words: 99.44% pure. Thanks TeMPOraL!
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