| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 15 hours ago |
| > the moral standard that someone like Elon is being held Elon’s comparable fuck-up was betraying Ukraine with his Starlink intervention. It’s a huge deal. Unlike Nvidia, he has no Board to hold him accountable, it will have to be done by the Congress and states. (Europe will be useless as usual.) As a result, that hammer will fall much more directly on his companies. It will just take more time to do so. Zuckerberg, to my knowledge, hasn’t compromised American security in a comparable way to these two. |
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| ▲ | alt227 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| You may think its a huge deal, but I guarantee nothing will come off this at all. |
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| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 15 hours ago | parent [-] | | > I guarantee nothing will come off this at all I had this exact conversation about Jensen with a Silicon Valley executive checks notes on Monday night. There is a bubble that doesn’t seem to see the wave of contempt across the American political spectrum for these executives. | | |
| ▲ | bluefirebrand 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | > There is a bubble that doesn’t seem to see the wave of contempt across the American political spectrum for these executives. Or if they do see it they don't care. This bubble is convinced they are untouchable | | |
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | > if they do see it they don't care. This bubble is convinced they are untouchable If this were just the elites being out of touch, that would be one thing. It's more. There are rafts of folks–you can see them on here–who are convinced the only reason Jensen could be facing any wrath right now is because of a hare-brained conspiracy. This is honestly-felt fandom bordering on zeal. |
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| ▲ | flowerlad 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| You don't think impregnating an employee is an issue? Shivon Zilis was a direct report at Neuralink. |
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| ▲ | ThrowawayTestr 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Musk gave Ukraine Starlink with the condition it not be used for warfare. Ukraine used Starlink for warfare, thus, Musk took it back. |
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| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 13 hours ago | parent [-] | | > Musk gave Ukraine Starlink with the condition it not be used for warfare You're saying Musk didn't know Ukraine was using these terminals for war, including air defenses, for the last few years? Despite constantly tweeting about it? And doesn't know that's what they're being used for now? What? The best evidence for this being more ketamine nonsense is that Musk initially lied about the cut-off having been Trump's decision. Unfortunately, this time his actions may have crossed into treason–when he did this, he gave aid and comfort to an ally of a country America was at war with (Iran). | | |
| ▲ | NetMageSCW 13 hours ago | parent [-] | | Why do you believe Trump? And considering Trump is aiding Putin who aids Iran, I don’t think Elon will face any consequences regardless of the truth. | | |
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | > Why do you believe Trump? I don't. Musk himself conceded and gave the B.S. about ToS violations. In any case, sure, he can say it actually wasn't him under oath. Burn that pardon. > considering Trump is aiding Putin who aids Iran Trump is the President. Musk is a private citizen. > don’t think Elon will face any consequences regardless of the truth I had this exact conversation with a Silicon Valley executive about Jensen Huang on Monday. There is a blind spot in Silicon Valley about the fury aimed at tech executives from across the political spectrum. The fact that a bunch of people are publicly tweeting that this was a mistake shows just how clueless our cadre of SV elites are. |
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| ▲ | bcooke 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I guess you’re unfamiliar then with the ways in which Facebook failed to prevent (and therefore enabled) Russian interference in US elections over the past decade? Certainly feels to me like compromising American security |
