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[–] 61 points 3 hours ago (7 children)

Lmao, didn't a guy from Enron do the same thing?

He knew Enron was about to fail but couldn't sell his shares on the company so faked an affair and divorce so he was forced to sell his shares to pay for the divorce and was able to cash before the shares plunged

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  • [–] 12 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    Found him: Lou Pai. He had an affair with a stripper and I don't think he was totally faking it because she got pregnant (or maybe he was really committed to the bit). But yes, he was very high up the corporate ladder and the timing of it was highly suspect.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

    lets put a big ding on my reputation so i got an excuse to liquify my assets, priorities i guess

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  • [–] 11 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

    Would you rather be a bizarrely rich brief nothing-scandal now laying on a Mexican beach, or a poor nobody on a subway?

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  • [–] 55 points 3 hours ago (8 children)

    But the real question is: who gets the jacket???

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  • [–] 15 points 3 hours ago (6 children)

    Haha, I was going to point out he's not wearing the leather jacket in this pic.

    I don't get his obsession with it, he's always worn it, and for the tech industry, that's even more quirky.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 hours ago (5 children)

    It’s like Zuckerburg’s old white t-shirt thing or Steve Jobs with his turtleneck.

    It’s an easy way to get PR as a tech bro, especially in the modern day where one of your main goals is appealing to young men who both buy your products and vote for the people who control how your products are purchased

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  • [–] 10 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

    A lot of famous people have a very simple outfit to discourage photographers.

    If you look exactly the same from one day to the next, nobody can make money off taking pictures of you.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    I think this is more about the personal branding

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  • [–] 6 points 2 hours ago

    Agreed: They are such soulless uncreative homunculi they believe mundane clothing like a "white tee shirt" or "a black jacket" is a fashion statement. Now that I think about it, their sense of fashion being limited to just one single complimentary article of clothing was probably the first hint tbh.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    it's like Zuckerberg's old white t-shirt thing skinsuit

    FTFY

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago

    I was informed awhile back that my chronic dehumanization of Zuckerberg was technically tied to antisemitic tropes awhile back so I’ve been trying to avoid doing that lol but I appreciate the fix!

    My thinking is if there’s anyone we know who loves antisemitism, it’s definitely gonna be the guy who made Facebook.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 hours ago

    Go girl. She supported his shit from the start and deserves better.

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  • [–] [S] 32 points 3 hours ago (8 children)

    Imagine building the world’s most valuable AI chip company only to discover that the most expensive single point of failure is your personal life. The $75 billion figure is speculative, but Nvidia having no obvious succession plan is the part shareholders should actually be sweating.

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  • [–] 42 points 3 hours ago (5 children)

    He didn't "build" shit. Nvidia didn't become one of the biggest companies overnight because they innovated anything. They just happened to be making video game hardware that was dual use. First for crypto, then for AI. He's rode the crest of the AI bubble to galactic overvaluation. If she gets this settlement, she's arguably done more to earn that money than him.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago (4 children)

    Uhhh dude that “video game hardware” is basically fucking alien technology from the hardware itself, let alone all of firmware / software.

    Although he might’ve just been the poster boy, it is very evident that he has been great for engineering at Nvidia as a CEO, given where they were at before AI was even a thing. Without researching the fuck out of him, I frankly find it impossible to believe that he hasn’t been extremely hands on in many ways with their success, even if it’s been from a very top-down manner.

    It pains me to write all of this as someone who despises most of these tech bro CEO losers.

    Note: this isn’t the compliment it’s possibly gonna sound like: Jensen is the CEO that Musk wishes he was.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

    I think the innovation was more CUDA than the hardware. AMD and Intel were never really that far behind them.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 hours ago* (1 child)

    You mean ATI before it was AMD, and Intel...well intel is still trying to find relevance. I agree with 'dou9m.' We shouldn't downplay this dude's accomplishment. Most gamers only saw their awesome grahics card as that...until crypto and now AI. I remember when RIVA 128 came out and basically mopped every other card on the market off the market? 3DFX, where are you..Matrox, where are you?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    All I’ll say is there’s a very clear reason why China is doing everything possible to try and undermine Taiwan and it does not shock me at all that they honeypotted Jensen.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 hours ago

    What weird phrasing. A windfall isn't being rich, then continuing to be rich... Also, it's not a surprise... None of this meets the definition of a windfall.

    Rich lady divorces rich husband, continues to rich richingly

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  • [–] 7 points 2 hours ago

    I find it incredibly difficult to take this article seriously

    Many basic errors in the article, including in the first sentence

    That pales in comparison to the biggest error: The author forgot Bill and Melinda Gates divorced

    That alone undermines the entire premise of the article. Their divorce was bigger

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  • [–] 4 points 33 minutes ago

    For those not in the over 50 crowd - Jensen done fucked up. Lori is quite the catch.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 hours ago

    By definition Jensen is a literal traitor. Too funny to me that nothing will happen to this dude because nvidia is too big to fail.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (3 children)

    What is this bullshit title? The article is even worse.

    This is like 1950s mentality. She isn't going to earn anything, she is not getting a windfall.

    She is a partner in their life marriage arrangement, and if the other partner leaves they will need to split up the partnership.

    How much remains to be seen, and negotiations will occur, but unless a pre-nuptial, she already has this.

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  • [–] 1 point 18 minutes ago (2 children)

    She isn’t going to earn anything, she is not getting a windfall.

    California is a community property state. That means she is entitled to half of their combined wealth.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago

    DO IT! Doooooo iiiiiiiiitttt

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  • [–] 2 points 1 hour ago

    Get it fast, before the stock tanks.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 hour ago

    “windfall”? like … it’s not windfall, she deserves what she’s owed. being a partner means when they screw you over your half is not a “windfall” lol.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago

    Get it girl.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 minutes ago

    Do it girl! Cash him out!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 minutes ago

    He really Huang himself there.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    Hey, she's cuuuuuuute

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