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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by tantalor on Monday February 03, 2025 @08:06PM (#42925979)
"caught colluding" implies they were doing something illegal
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by jahsome on Monday February 03, 2025 @11:35PM (#42928009)
No, it doesn't.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by vizzier on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @01:09AM (#42928657)
collusion. noun. col· lu· sion kə-ˈlü-zhən. : secret agreement or cooperation for an illegal or dishonest purpose
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by tiagobraw on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @01:39AM (#42928871)
Something can be dishonest without being illegal.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by jahsome on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @10:17PM (#42943265)
Emphasis on the 'or'
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by stuaxo on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:31AM (#42930210)
The whole sentence does though.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by jahsome on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @10:19PM (#42943280)
Which law is it being implied was broken?
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by IncreasePosts on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @10:05AM (#42933222)
Not illegal, just nefarious. Which is why they got real embarrassed when what they were doing was revealed and stopped it.
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