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Re:Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronaviru... by rovr138 on Saturday March 14, 2020 @09:56PM (#22580502)
Not a subsidiary of Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet.
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Re:Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronaviru... by cavisne on Saturday March 14, 2020 @10:03PM (#22580544)
Why pretend there’s a difference?
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Re:Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronaviru... by zlsa on Sunday March 15, 2020 @01:53AM (#22581629)
Because there is?
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Re:Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronaviru... by allannienhuis on Sunday March 15, 2020 @02:36AM (#22581791)
it's not a difference that matters in this context.
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Re:Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronaviru... by servusMachina on Sunday March 15, 2020 @12:40PM (#22584416)
Seems like it doesn't matter simply due to your political bias.
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Re:Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronaviru... by allannienhuis on Sunday March 15, 2020 @02:06PM (#22585279)
You can invert that statement and it has just as much validity: "Seems like it matters simply due to your political bias"
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Re:Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronaviru... by servusMachina on Sunday March 15, 2020 @10:48PM (#22589293)
Absolutely, but only one of those statements is correct in this context.
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Re:Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronaviru... by outside1234 on Saturday March 14, 2020 @10:15PM (#22580614)
Nobody in the real world understands Alphabet - they just say Google.
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