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

astazangasta 11y ago
Every large corporation eventually starts sucking the tit of the state. Did you know Disney runs an intelligence service for various government outfits?
- zajd 11y ago
  Source?
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  > Every large corporation eventually starts sucking the tit of the state. Every corporation is ab initio a creature of the state.
BinaryIdiot 11y ago
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...
- mycroft-holmes 11y ago
  You're saying something nobody wants to hear.
  - BinaryIdiot 11y ago
    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.
ljk 11y ago
Google _does_ own Boston Dynamics....
- benevol 11y ago
  Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY
- deelowe 11y ago
  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-proves-it-wont-pursue-military-contacts-pulls-leading-robot-from-darpa-competition 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?

zajd 11y ago
Source?
dragonwriter 11y ago
> Every large corporation eventually starts sucking the tit of the state. Every corporation is ab initio a creature of the state.

BinaryIdiot 11y ago

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...

mycroft-holmes 11y ago
You're saying something nobody wants to hear.
- BinaryIdiot 11y ago
  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.

ljk 11y ago

Google _does_ own Boston Dynamics....

benevol 11y ago
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY
deelowe 11y ago
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-proves-it-wont-pursue-military-contacts-pulls-leading-robot-from-darpa-competition http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/185570-google-finally-pro...