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      3 hours ago

      I think we should tax all billionaires until they’re no longer billionaires. Let’s use that money for social programs

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    9 hours ago

    So this is Treason, right? Wouldn’t this count as a crime under ITAR as these chips are likely used for AI in military applications? Or is that a stretch?

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      The first I heard of this story I had a gut feeling it’s gonna be the biggest of the last decade.

      I have a feeling that the AI bubble popping is gonna end up coming back to this, and it’s going to be labeled treason.

      Not that it wasn’t gonna burst anyways. Idk.

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        Yah this proves he knew what he was doing and colluded with the government…this seems like a way bigger deal than is currently being discussed. Maybe it because more details are just leaking out but yah…bubble popping potentially and then this.

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    Apparently Nvidia’s most effective export control is controlling which government office gets to investigate its exports. A chip smuggling probe gets bounced between agencies while the CEO’s personal entanglements loom over it. At this point, the real national security vulnerability might be the revolving door.

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    I mean gamers nexus I am pretty sure covered this a year ago in their GPU black market video? And I don’t think that was breaking news from them it was just reported on because they were seen together regularly? So it’s not like people didn’t know. And we all saw them be buddy buddy, and we all know Trump loves corruption so I mean none of this is a surprise?

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      Echoes of Epstein to be sure.

      You can break the laws for decades with the total support of the political class. But eat shit for one business cycle and they all turn on you like rabid dogs.

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      There was an article just yesterday about how Trump threatened an unnamed AI CEO that they should be very careful and think about their kids and wife…