| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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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| ▲ | inemesitaffia 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| There's been no issue with starlink in Ukraine in the second half of 2026. If you don't know that you don't know what you're talking about. |
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| ▲ | ThrowawayTestr 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | 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 2 days 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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| ▲ | inemesitaffia 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I know you know SpaceX has had these objections since 2022. Sorry not even exiting the market is treason |
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| ▲ | bcooke 2 days 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 |
