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The Department of War just shot the accountants and opted for speed

(steveblank.com)
285 points ridruejo | 7 comments | 11 Nov 25 14:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.622s | source | bottom
1. SirFatty ◴[11 Nov 25 15:13 UTC] No.45888172[source]▶
Department of Defense... unless Congress changes the name.
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2. jachee ◴[11 Nov 25 21:00 UTC] No.45892775[source]▶
Yeah… just in the use of those glorified nicknames tells me a lot about the author’s standpoints, and dictates the size of the grain of salt I take their opinions with.
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3. danesparza ◴[11 Nov 25 21:20 UTC] No.45893031[source]▶
He launched the "lean" movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Blank

So of course he's excited about this.

sigh

4. kingforaday ◴[11 Nov 25 21:31 UTC] No.45893169[source]▶
War.gov seems pretty official, so according to the USG official site, it is Department of War.
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6. hypeatei ◴[11 Nov 25 21:50 UTC] No.45893374[source]▶
De facto vs de jure. The Trump admin can create any .gov domain they want (doge.gov, trumpcard.gov) and use whatever terminology they want but it doesn't adhere to the law necessarily.
7. postalrat ◴[11 Nov 25 22:20 UTC] No.45893670[source]▶
Department of Defense always sounded too close to Ministry of Truth.