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Re:Verily (an Google/Alphabet Bet) eliminates off 15% of it'... by ergonaught on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @06:58PM (#34346926)
If we're keeping this "an Google/Alphabet Bet" component, can we decide to use "an Alphabet/Google Bet" or "a Google/Alphabet Bet" instead? Thanks so much.
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Re:Verily (an Google/Alphabet Bet) eliminates off 15% of it'... by jehb on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:22PM (#34347209)
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Alphabet, is in fact, Google/Alphabet, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Google plus Alphabet.
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Re:Verily (an Google/Alphabet Bet) eliminates off 15% of it'... by filoleg on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:30PM (#34347302)
First time in a long while that an HN comment actually made me laugh outloud, great job.
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Re:Verily (an Google/Alphabet Bet) eliminates off 15% of it'... by pvg on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:02PM (#34346963)
It's not a great title and not a great URL since corp press releases tend to be bad. The story has decent press coverage, eg

https://www.wsj.com/articles/alphabet-unit-verily-to-trim-mo...

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Re:Verily (an Google/Alphabet Bet) eliminates off 15% of it'... by ComplexSystems on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:06PM (#34347015)
Yeah yeah, but "an Google"?
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Re:Verily (an Google/Alphabet Bet) eliminates off 15% of it'... by pvg on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:10PM (#34347059)
Like I said, it's not a good title. It will get fixed.
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Re:Verily (an Google/Alphabet Bet) eliminates off 15% of it'... by dools on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:13PM (#34347088)
It’s also breaking the guideline against editorialising in the title
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Re:Verily (an Google/Alphabet Bet) eliminates off 15% of it'... by chitowneats on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:21PM (#34347179)
Clearly the solution is "Alpha Bet"
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Re:Verily (an Google/Alphabet Bet) eliminates off 15% of it'... by politician on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:12PM (#34347083)
Obviously, it should be "a Google/Alpha...bet :emoji:".
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Re:Verily (an Google/Alphabet Bet) eliminates off 15% of it'... by byronicle on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:25PM (#34347237)
Done
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