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		lazyjones on Feb 3, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reddit has shut down its nascent cryptocurrency pr... > Generally investing in stuff and then scraping it immediately before it could possibly work, is not a very good idea. Seems to work for Google... and Microsoft.

muyuu on Feb 3, 2015 [–]

It doesn't, they just can afford to bleed cash all over the place do that thanks to their monopoly money, which is virtually an endless resource.

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