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Re:Nvidia Is Preparing to Oust Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by carlosjobim on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:54PM (#50462028)
If you can be fired for any reason, then that's it and they can put in the contract that you aren't allowed to drink a glass of water if so be.

But does that make it reasonable for hackers to think that drinking a glass of water is some kind of horrible offence, like some lunatics seem to think about workplace relationships? Which are one of the most common way that people meet and get married.

Re:Nvidia Is Preparing to Oust Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by jcranmer on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:55PM (#50463213)
Having a relationship with someone you have authority over is considered very problematic just about everywhere, in part because the existence of that authority creates problems for consent (among other reasons).
Re:Nvidia Is Preparing to Oust Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by carlosjobim on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:14PM (#50473505)
You don't have "authority" over somebody just because you're their boss at work. Only in the military.

Do all of you corporate people also let your employer tell you what you're allowed to eat and drink? Or tell you where you're allowed to be when not on the clock? Maybe tell you what movies you're allowed to go see in the cinema?

Somebody who lets other people take agency over their sexuality or other basic human functions cannot be considered fully human. Why would you trade away that?

Re:Nvidia Is Preparing to Oust Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by tptacek on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:02PM (#50471440)
They can in fact put in the contract that you aren't allowed to drink a glass of water.

Your remedy for that problem is not to accept that job or to refuse to sign the contract and negotiate.

It is for that reason that no job in the US has that term.

Re:Nvidia Is Preparing to Oust Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by carlosjobim on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:20PM (#50473598)
And that's why you wouldn't sign a contract limiting your most basic human dignity of freely choosing romantic partners - unless you are willing to sell out your human dignity and become less than fully human.