Jensen's the most pro-open weight guy and calmest on China public figure at that level.
Musk has done, and continues to do, the most horrific stuff, including things far more questionable from a US security perspective. Altman's reputation is not one of honesty and fair dealing. We've had very clear evidence of Microsoft's leadership being caught in honey-traps by foreign governments. No heads rolled.
> Tin foil hat take: I think Jensen's been sniped.
I think this statement has a real risk of turning into a motte and bailey argument.
If you are only alleging that people are gunning for him, that’s true for every CEO and powerful person on the planet. People have things to gain from exploiting their positions.
My reading comprehension must be bad, I could not find a single reference to "Microsoft's leadership being caught in honey-traps by foreign governments" in those links (or in the links of the sibling comment.) Could you maybe provide a quote?
Yeah, that I get. The problem is he was also a prolific business networker, and he had dealings with countless business people, and they are now ALL tainted with his sex trafficking operation (which I fully agree included "kompromat.") It is actually very hard to get definitive proof on who was actually involved in that side of things as opposed to just business dealings with him, at least as long as the files stay locked up.
As an example, I'm a huge critic of Elon. I could believe he's the kind of person that would visit the island frequently. However, even I could find no evidence that he actually went there or indulged in any of the illegal activities. The closest we have is Elon begging Epstein for an invite, but it seems he never got one.
Unfortunately, people have been assuming it as proven and running with it. I'm pushing back on that because that just leads to ragebait discussions that paint very distorted pictures and result in very off-base conclusions and distract from the real issues.
Like in this thread, it was taken for granted that "Microsoft's leadership was caught in honey-traps by foreign governments" implying multiple MSFT leaders were compromised, making it sound like a common occurrence, whereas it may have been about a single individual for which also there is no proof. On the other hand it may have happened with Jensen, and if so, that is an extraordinary operation.
1. China, to take down one of the keys to Nvidia's success and potentially sabotage US dominance in AI and hardware, right as they've started their own.
2. The US gov, who may have been worried about Jensen's "loyalty".
3. The US gov, who were previously skimming money off of illegal sales but now need to do performative justice to prevent themselves from being held accountable after the change in governance last week.
4. A coordination between the US gov and AI firms, who may not have appreciated Jensen's open-ness toward open models and likely refusal to install firmware-level blocks for "unapproved" models.
The term "performative justice" seems to be a theme, and reminds me of "Hegseth awards medal to soldier who reprimanded him and aides at Arlington Cemetery."
Big CEO has affair, even with the intelligence angle, is pretty routine kompromat fodder.
The normal pathway would be that this would be disclosed to said horny capitalist via state security, with the understanding that they'll behave in certain circumstances and that it will be ensured that things go no further. This is a win for Uncle Sam.
That this didn't happen is telling. Obviously, cui bono gives quite a long list, but the state would have needed to be on side.
The others do not have a board capable of outing them. It has, in fact, been tried and discussed at length.
It's not a conspiracy, this is what happens when you don't give one person total control through manipulating the board and stock. You fuck up and get the axe.
Yeup. Didn't want to go into all of it, but that's basically what I was referring to.
This is, in theory, feature not a bug territory. Your CEO did something they shouldn't of (allegedly). The board now fires them rather than having the stock and the company ride or die based on it.
Will the short term stock suffer, sure. Will the company do better for it, maybe/maybe not? I don't totally agree with one great man but I get the idea and once you start working at a certain level you do see products often as a reflection of the values of the top of the chain.
Either way, there's no doubt this is a complicated and "unique" circumstance given the behavior of the US government, and I wouldn't be totally shocked if he DID knowingly break the law and did so with the help of the POTUS, and that's an entire quagmire.
The board/company distancing itself from that makes sense, and bluntly, it's not like jensen staying on was going to save the stock or AI. This is a symptom of what's going on not the cause, and him somehow not being voted out likely changes nothing, even for the board or NVIDIA who are all going to have uncomfortable questions about behavior and decisions even with Jensen out the door. Hell it might be the best place for him.
That's why they should all stay. And ideally export the corruption and stupid business culture to China so they get hit too. I want a world that's not dominated by one or two powerful countries.
Yep. More accurately, Amodei’s wife wanted to be connected to Epstein (after he had pled guilty) - but he turned her down!
> An earlier venture, adult-film company Eddice, drew Clark into contact with Jeffrey Epstein. In 2011, she emailed Epstein a film script seeking investment, according to documents released by the Department of Justice in 2026. "We thought you and the ladies might enjoy," she wrote. Epstein did not invest.
Hmmm I don't know like limiting Starlink on Urkainian drones? Like repeatedly meeting with Putin and failing to disclose it? Failure to report foreign contracts? The fact that he was denied Special Access Program clearance (we don't know why)? The fact that he has over $1B in loans from state controlled Chinese banks? Campaigning on behalf of the far right AFD party in Germany?
The drone thing is uninteresting. But the others I haven't heard about. Do you have reliable sources for these? The problem with anti-Musk stuff is that 99% of the time it is overblown sniping from media hungry blowhards or oil industry lobbyists, and has been since 2012 when he launched the Model S at Tesla. But, I'm open to considering real problems. His time at DOGE was definitely dodgy (but the falling out between Trump and Musk was epic cinema.)
The difference between Musk and Huang is that Musk has engineered such control of his companies through dual class listings that there really is no one who can fire him. Having said that, people are very openly talking about the fact that Musk is going to spend the next couple of years spending quality time with the US congress explaining in minute detail why he's not a traitor.
The other big difference between the two is that after the last election, Musk (with Trumps help) essentially put himself in a position where he basically controlled the federal government for 6 months and did whatever he wanted with no consequences. It's a lot easier to commit crimes when you fire all the people who are trying to stop you..
I spent a lot of time in Georgia, where rudica hybrids are very common. Makes for a nice smoke, not as heavy as big name strains, and hardy and easy to grow.
I rent a workspace outside of my home, I'm paying less than 150 quid for a room in a light industrial zone. Gives me space for my fun stuff as well as work. I love having my own space, and it's very affordable.
I was just looking at the prices for city centre commercial rental in my nearest town. Huge spaces available, it's generally more per month, and I'd be worried about the rates threshold, but at a lower price point we'd be in business.
I think there's something to that. More people using a centre for work would create more opportunities in towns.
Again, I think the challenge the UK has is the gross differential between incomes and the cost of buying or renting property. Unsustainable, and very much part of these morbid symptoms.
They sell something that doesn't work so well online or at a supermarket. Ditto barbers, phone repair, or whatever racially-coded tabloid bugbear de jour. They work in a town centre, everything else can't beat the prices set by larger (often American-owned) businesses.
You can buy a vape online, but as a smoker, you don't want to wait a day when you've run out. Also as a smoker, I don't get why they're not regulated like tobacco. They shouldn't be sold alongside sweets, and should otherwise be treated like cigs (e.g. on packaging, licensing, advertising etc.). Seems very low-hanging legislative fruit.
Aye, but there's a big difference between nicotine and caffeine in terms of addiction potential, and the long-term risks of vaping aren't well understood.
They shouldn't be sold as sweets, which is very much how they're sold in the UK. Plain packaging, behind the counter, licensed. Not unreasonable I don't think.
Is it? I've heard of people getting good results with PLA and a 0.2mm nozzle. I don't doubt resin is better, but PLA seems to be acceptable to a lot of people. And it's far safer and cheaper.
There's a documentary, "The Last Mountain", about the sister and father of Tom Ballard, who died on Nanga Parbat, going out there to see where he did his final climb. It gives an idea of what it is like to visit.
Incidentally, Tom Ballard was the son of Alison Hargreaves, who died on K2.
I feel like I’m getting good value out of my subscription and they have the cheapest GLM-5.3 API rates I could find in Europe. I moved to them recently from Mistral for the better prices.
They do have a slightly different daily inference capacity allowance, but it’s actually not too bad once used to it. I was forced to up my game and figure out what GLM-5.3 Flash and Deepseek-4.1 Flash could actually do for me, rather than just throwing everything at GLM-5.3. Quite happily chugging along with a nice balance across them now.
I am hoping Melious make the new DS 4.1 Flash 1017 available soonest.
I support people making choices with full knowledge of what they are doing and what the consequences are, as much as it is possible. What I oppose is making choices without such knowledge.
Musk has done, and continues to do, the most horrific stuff, including things far more questionable from a US security perspective. Altman's reputation is not one of honesty and fair dealing. We've had very clear evidence of Microsoft's leadership being caught in honey-traps by foreign governments. No heads rolled.
Tin foil hat take: I think Jensen's been sniped.
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