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alterom 3 hours ago

>You mean he facilitated sale of restricted AI chips to China?

No, they mean "had a sexual relationship with a subordinate".

Which is what the linked article says.

>Sorry, but I am tired of the effort to make it look like Jansen's crime was infidelity.

Strawman. Nobody says that, and nobody cares.

Jensen's "crimes" that we know of are:

1. Having a sexual relationship with a person suspected of being a Chinese spy (who, allegedly, influenced NVIDIA's chip sales to China)

2. Having an undisclosed sexual relationship with a direct report

Both are huge liabilities for the company, as well as national security concerns (someone in a critical position putting themselves into a position for easy blackmail).

None are crimes, all are factors contributing to the firing decision.

>If he just went to whore house he would be fine (well, ignoring a possible expensive divorce).

Same goes for the ousted L3Harris CEO.

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gopher_space 2 hours ago | parent [-]

The number of creepy men supporting infidelity on HN amazes me.

	▲	Ancapistani an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Could you be more specific about the comments you’re referencing? I don’t see anything in this thread, at least at a cursory glance, that could reasonably be described this way.
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	▲	alterom 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Did you somehow see defense of infidelity in my comment (hope not, because it wasn't there), or are you reflecting on the general trend? Who do you feel is creepy here (or a man, for that matter)? Infidelity (in itself) is not the thing that got either of those 2 men fired. That statement doesn't say anything about how anyone here feels about infidelity, nor whether it should or shouldn't be enough of a reason to fire a CEO. I don't see anyone supporting infidelity here. However, in a thread about Jensen, I've seen multiple people argue with me that the CEO having sex with subordinates isn't problematic at all (with total disregard for the power imbalance and potential for coercion). That was, indeed, very sad.