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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by sweettea on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @09:31AM (#14957598)
M is the roman numeral for a thousand; MM is a common abbreviation for million, i.e. a thousand thousand.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by xxs on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:32PM (#14963581)
That's just 2000 in Roman notation (current year is MMXVII). I have never seen MM use as million.
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