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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by bduerst on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:58PM (#18016964)
Yeah, long is slang for long term investor: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/long.asp
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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by zodiac on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:08PM (#18017056)
The link you posted doesn't support that etymology; there are some proposed etymologies here https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/145376/what-is-t...
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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by whatok on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:23PM (#18017227)
That's definitely not standard industry convention. Previous poster's interpretation is correct.
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