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Nested replies are not fetched; this is not the complete thread.","comments":[{"id":50459459,"author":"thebeardisred","created_at":"2026-11-11T22:14:38.000Z","text":"https://archive.is/9fQ6Y","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":0,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50459459"},{"id":50459653,"author":"bz_bz_bz","created_at":"2026-11-11T22:27:36.000Z","text":"If his personal security detained the person videoing them and offered them money to sign an NDA, it feels like something they had experience with. Could this just be the tip of the iceberg?","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":6,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50459653"},{"id":50463150,"author":"freakynit","created_at":"2026-11-12T04:43:59.000Z","text":"I had a feeling something damaging would happen to him sooner or later. My prediction was sometime before mid 2027.\nMy reasoning was that that he had become too powerful while largely avoiding politically charged positions, or other \"stuff\" that can be used to \"control\" him.\nThe political and intelligence establishment doesnt particularly like powerful individuals who remain politically independent.... outside of their control.","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":6,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50463150"},{"id":50459556,"author":"classictraffic","created_at":"2026-11-11T22:21:50.000Z","text":"> Both Mr. Huang and Ms. Powell are married to other people\nDumb language question: if Powell is married, why isn’t she referred to as Mrs. Powell in this article?","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":10,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50459556"},{"id":50459786,"author":"mrtksn","created_at":"2026-11-11T22:36:58.000Z","text":"Can someone explain how the CEO sex life is relevant? Is it because of the risk of a messy divorce that can both distract the CEO and eventually force voting share transfer since he’s also a shareholder? This isn’t really like the Chinese spy mistress thing after all.\nEdit: honestly, this one feels like a moralistic freak out more than anything. Who cares about sex with the non-spy lady?","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":14,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50459786"},{"id":50459810,"author":"nbobko","created_at":"2026-11-11T22:38:40.000Z","text":"https://unwall.app/www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/technology/jen...","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":0,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50459810"},{"id":50459352,"author":"heywintermute","created_at":"2026-11-11T22:06:14.000Z","text":"He has to be finished as CEO even despite all the keyman risk right?","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":2,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50459352"},{"id":50459487,"author":"u1hcw9nx","created_at":"2026-11-11T22:16:51.000Z","text":"Huang Holds 3.4% of Nvidia and has no dual-class voting rights. He can't prevent getting removed if the board thinks it's time.","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":3,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50459487"},{"id":50468283,"author":"mikewarot","created_at":"2026-11-12T14:52:32.000Z","text":"This is the exact reason his should have been fired in the first place. What he does in his free time is a matter for his wife and divorce lawyers to deal with.","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":0,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50468283"},{"id":50462752,"author":"purpleidea","created_at":"2026-11-12T03:36:34.000Z","text":"If his personal security detained the person videoing them and offered them money to sign an NDA, isn't it a crime to detain someone who didn't do a crime?","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":1,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50462752"},{"id":50459451,"author":"mertbio","created_at":"2026-11-11T22:13:49.000Z","text":"Not surprising at all. Many tech CEOs are like this; Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt and so on. People don’t stop idolizing these people, they don’t even think that this is a problem.","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":7,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50459451"},{"id":50459500,"author":"b112","created_at":"2026-11-11T22:18:08.000Z","text":"Looks to me like he has a target on his back, and people are just throwing stuff at it now. This could have come out years ago, if it is true. No reason not to. None, not in this day and age.\nSo it's all opportunistic, at this point.","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":2,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50459500"},{"id":50461407,"author":"insane_dreamer","created_at":"2026-11-12T00:50:24.000Z","text":"the timing of this coming out now is certainly not a coincidence; same with the spy affair (which was known a year or two ago). the interesting question is who wants Jensen gone","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":4,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50461407"},{"id":50463333,"author":"chasil","created_at":"2026-11-12T05:15:43.000Z","text":"Judge not, for in the measure of your judgment, it will be measured to you.\nDesire is the enemy of happiness. To abandon sorrow, abjure want.\nWe are all in wanting. Our want in lesser that the needs of our partners, our friends, and our world.","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":0,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50463333"},{"id":50461730,"author":"harhargange","created_at":"2026-11-12T01:20:17.000Z","text":"If, at the end of the day, it is moral merit that matters for leadership positions, why is the hiring and training paradigm solely focused on technical skills?","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":2,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50461730"},{"id":50462515,"author":"itsthecourier","created_at":"2026-11-12T03:00:46.000Z","text":"so Warren Buffett's wife moves to California to be a singer, guy remains in Omaha with Astrid. Sussie dies, Buffet marries Astrid.\nmy point being, Buffet still is Buffet.\nhopes Jepsen life privacy is kept and they solved it backstage whatever they like.","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":0,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50462515"},{"id":50462111,"author":"alex1138","created_at":"2026-11-12T02:03:09.000Z","text":"Isn't Jensen on record as saying he won't do 1 on 1 meetings with employees? He seems like a run of the mill sociopath that runs off the work other people do","parent_id":50459321,"replies_count":0,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50462111"}]}