• GMac@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    First up you’re just plain wrong about abuse of office.

    Just a few examples:

    Germany allows personal criminal liability for senior managers who breach their duty of care, and companies can also face fines if the offense enriches or was intended to enrich the company.

    Japan criminalizes “special breach of trust” by executives, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

    South Africa holds company directors and managers criminally liable for cartel activity.

    United States: CEOs and CFOs can face criminal penalties—including fines up to $5 million and up to 20 years in prison—for willful misconduct in certifying financial reports. but I’ll let you challenge that last one, because it is:

    • the relevant jurisdiction for Nvidia, and
    • a banana republic with a shaky track record of legal enforcement

    If you think Nvidia got to be #1 honestly and then just made a couple of mistakes recently then you’ve been grossly misled. There has been a longstanding pattern of misbehaviour with very public markers going back consistently to at least 2018 where they were caught on financial disclosures/misreporting and anticompetitive business practices. Highlights here: https://www.xda-developers.com/the-biggest-nvidia-controversies-of-all-time/

    I doubt it is coincidence that the company position and stock price that impresses you so much started going up around 2018: https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/nvda/history/

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        1 day ago

        Your ‘impressed’ position was ill-informed and poorly judged. Now you are just making pedantic arguments instead of accepting reality. That’s your choice, i’ll waste no more time on you.

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          22 hours ago

          WTF! People don’t find it impressive to create the worlds most valuable company through 30 years of steady progress!
          OK then we disagree. You probably woulodn’t find it impressive if someone could jump 3 meters, if he made a fart on the way!