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Honey trap.
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Yes thanks. Changed.
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Is the problem that he had an affair, or that he was targeted by a spy? If he were single, would it have been OK? Or if he had an affair with a non-spy?
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> the problem that he had an affair, or that he was targeted by a spy?

The problem is he was close to a Chinese spy while advocating for increasing exports to China. Then, when public reports emerged about Alice Huang’s true identity, he tried to ignore it. As did the White House. All the way until electoral reality made it clear the cover-up was over.

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I mean, it's not like he's in intelligence.

He runs a graphics card firm. Surely he is allowed to do what he likes.

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So guilty until proven innocent?
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> In his own memo to staff, Huang said he was “deeply sorry” for the affair.

> “I was unfaithful to my wife,” he said. “My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did.”

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That's a problem with his wife. Not with shareholders or the company. I don't even understand why these people accept to excuse themselves publicly about personal matters.
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Totally shocked that he had an affair. Not saying its OK, but, men have affairs every day. It does not prove that he was compromised by the Chinese spy.
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The spy had control of information damaging to Jensen. This is the definition of "compromised".
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You find it hard to believe that a man would cheat on his wife?
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It was a clear /s
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The GP edited their comment. The original version said only "I find that hard to believe." In that context, my response made a lot more sense.

aigalaxiome: thanks for making me look like a jerk.

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Poe's law strikes again!
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This is not a court.
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why would that matter?
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Because "guilty until proven innocent" applies to courts. You can get fired from your job even without evidence that meets a specific legal threshold.

Moreover, he's already been proven to be both unethical enough and stupid enough to cheat on his wife with a foreign agent. That's not the kind of person that the board would want to run a multi-billion dollar company.

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> You can get fired from your job even without evidence that meets a specific legal threshold

if your country provides adequate legal protections, no you cannot be

presumption of innocence is general approach that morally must be applied everywhere

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Seems like there are a lot of NVDA shareholders/fanboys in the comments rushing in to defend a billionaire.
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I'm more shocked by the people here finding it normal to cheat on your wife.
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Affairs sound so last century when you spend your weekends doing ayahuasca trips with your polycule who all work in AI and love effective alturism.
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Let's be fair.. If you invested in nvidia ever you probably aren't the sharpest crayon in the toolbox, and the likelihood of having morals is basically none existent.
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They probably live in the same data center as the Musk fanboys.
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This is HackerNews. Folks here simp for billionaires all the time, and the userbase skews ultra-wealthy.
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> the userbase skews ultra-wealthy.

It's a mostly anonymous public forum. The topics covered here aren't anywhere near "wealthy people hobbies" either. It's no porsche forum. It's not even a woodworking forum. Programming is an extremely affordable hobby.

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i like to think of the people here as "aspirational"
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Guilty of having an affair?

Nobody cares about affairs my brother, unless it was with a child.

If anything having an affair with an of-age consenting female would probably boost his stock in 2026.

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Is he? Billionaires being sexually desirable is not exactly uncommon occurrence.
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