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I've said long ago that Google at one point became a new R&D branch of the US military.

Just like every single, large technology company (yes even Apple) Google participates in plenty of contract work for the DoD. I wouldn't call it an R&D branch though but technically some contracts could be R&D.

Edit: not sure why I'm being downvoted; I worked in that space for 5 years. I've worked with many of the cleared employees of these companies on various projects. It's not a big secret or anything...

You're saying something nobody wants to hear.

An interesting point I'm noticing is that almost every time I start to get downvoted for something that is correct and I am able to edit my post to ask why I'm getting downvoted I have observed that:

On HN: my original comment is almost always resurrected and eventually positive upvotes.

On Reddit: my original comment is buried even faster.

I should test using some controls (maybe post something incorrect) to see if the trend continues. My hypothesis is that HN is just a smaller, more niche and possibly better education group due to the content versus reddit.

Google _does_ own Boston Dynamics....

Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY

Which isn't focusing on military contracts any longer as part of their buy-out. Does no one actually read anything before they make comments like this?

Best link I could find on short notice: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/185570-google-finally-pro...

Every large corporation eventually starts sucking the tit of the state. Did you know Disney runs an intelligence service for various government outfits?

Source?

> Every large corporation eventually starts sucking the tit of the state.

Every corporation is ab initio a creature of the state.

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