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Re:Anthropic acquires Stainless by preommr on Monday May 18, 2026 @04:01PM (#48184781)
> dow

I was wondering what the Dow jones stock index thing was...

It took me a minute, but I am guessing this means department of war? It feels strange to see terminology evolve like this over my lifetime.

At first I thought this might've been a 'freedom fries' thing, but I guess it's pretty official now.

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Re:Anthropic acquires Stainless by unethical_ban on Monday May 18, 2026 @04:15PM (#48184947)
The mistyped DoD, because there is no Department of War.
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Re:Anthropic acquires Stainless by nerdsniper on Monday May 18, 2026 @04:19PM (#48185004)
It's not official. It's literally the same thing as 'freedom fries'. The executive branch can't rename the Department of Defense, only Congress can, and they haven't. The instant Trump leaves office, the only people who will still refer to it as the DoW will be die-hard 'Trumpers'.
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