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Re:TSMC says employees tried to steal trade secrets on iPhon... by chilmers on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @09:59AM (#44798066)
So, this is admittedly a little tinfoil, but I wouldn't be surprised if Musk is happy for some degree of espionage to happen. If it looked like there was a possibility of China getting this capability first, it would light a fire under the US government to give financial and regulatory assistance to the Starship program.
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Re:TSMC says employees tried to steal trade secrets on iPhon... by amelius on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @10:12AM (#44798210)
https://www.patsnap.com/resources/blog/elon-musk-claims-pate...
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Re:TSMC says employees tried to steal trade secrets on iPhon... by bilbo0s on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @10:28AM (#44798413)
Musk does seem to think in terms of how much money he can get from the government for his companies. But to be fair, government subsidies are a successful strategy for entrepreneurs who want to make a lot of money.

Maybe they shouldn't be? And I think honest people can have that debate.

But you can't really argue against the effectiveness of government subsidy as a path to prosperity for the guy getting the money.

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Re:TSMC says employees tried to steal trade secrets on iPhon... by sharpshadow on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @11:50AM (#44799591)
It’s primarily in the government interest in subsidising, except when it’s a corrupted subsidy.
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Re:TSMC says employees tried to steal trade secrets on iPhon... by sockp0pp3t on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @11:07AM (#44798975)
This worked for at least one Burisma employee
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Re:TSMC says employees tried to steal trade secrets on iPhon... by indoordin0saur on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @01:16PM (#44800986)
Despite his faults he does seem to care about the actual lofty mission statements of his companies more than just straight profit. Otherwise, you wouldn't see bizarre things like him directing Tesla to open source all their patents.
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