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Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by landl0rd on Thursday November 12, 2026 @09:14AM (#50467498)
Which is as it should be. First of all, marriage is a covenant. If someone cannot be trusted to keep his word on that, it's tough to trust him with power over thousands of employees and trillions of dollars. Second, I'm guessing the board asked Huang after the first affair's revelation whether there were more skeletons in his closet, and he said no. Lying to one's board is more than enough reason to be ousted.
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by gwbas1c on Thursday November 12, 2026 @09:28AM (#50467830)
> marriage is a covenant

That's a very narrow view that's a function of one's religion, culture, and values.

When I was in school, (US) my very Catholic French teacher explained that his uncle, in France, had a mistress. His uncle's wife knew and was okay with it. What my teacher was explaining is that the culture around marriage varies considerably through the world, and you can't take for granted that what we were taught (monogamy) is the standard that others live to, or even expect from you.

Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by landl0rd on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:02AM (#50468484)
First of all, yes, I can. The normalcy of a thing doesn't make it right. But this isn't really about whether absolute cultural relativism is appropriate or not. It's about a man who broke his word. Nothing about this situation indicates Huang's wife was remotely aware of nor alright with his philandery.
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by cunnymcface on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:17AM (#50468778)
Wait till you hear about what wives get up to at “board game night” in San Jose.
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by landl0rd on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:28AM (#50468988)
My mother had gotten "two wrongs don't make a right" through my head by about age four. It's still true. I don't know nor care what they're doing in San Jose.
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by cunnymcface on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:57AM (#50469492)
Seems like what they’re doing in North America kind of undercuts your assumptions.

Perhaps it’s you that is out of touch?

Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by gwbas1c on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:22AM (#50468867)
> Huang wed an American woman in America

Please don't make the mistake of assuming that American culture is homogeneous: It's not.

Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by landl0rd on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:27AM (#50468979)
There's no major American subculture in which stepping out on your wife behind her back is "a good thing" or even "an okay thing". A vast majority of Americans poll consistently against adultery and is often the single most universally condemned actions in surveys. Here's one example: https://news.gallup.com/poll/692801/adultery-cloning-seen-im...
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by gwbas1c on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:55PM (#50472317)
> There's no major American subculture in which stepping out on your wife is "a good thing" or even "an okay thing".

No, there isn't.

There is a significant part of American culture that separates personal life from professional life. IE, an affair is treated as a private matter to be handled by the married (or committed) couple. (IE, this is why many people in this thread focus on Huang's job performance over the affair.)

And I agree with the latter: The affair is a matter between Huang and his wife; it's a signal of his trustworthiness and honesty, and raises concerns about national security. But beyond that, it's not my place, or your place, to judge.

Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by qwytw on Thursday November 12, 2026 @09:29AM (#50467842)
Seems like some weird fundamentalist take. On its own it's purely a private matter between him and his wife (obviously the GPU smuggling stuff is a separate thing). Given that the affair has been semi public for years it's hard to imagine his wife didn't know about it anyway.
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by landl0rd on Thursday November 12, 2026 @09:58AM (#50468418)
If it's fundamentalist to hold a man to his word, then I suppose you can count me among them. If he'll shatter trust with the person he purportedly loves most in the world, just what might he do to you, the customer or shareholder?
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by qwytw on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:08AM (#50468595)
> shatter trust with the person he purportedly loves most in the world

Well we don't know that, you are not legally required to love someone you are married to and I have no clue what their relationship is like or whether they have any sort of "arrangements". I could hardly care less really since its their private matter.

> just what might he do to you, the customer or shareholder?

I don't really see a correlation between those things. All sorts of immoral degenerates (e.g. Musk, (potentially) Gates and I assume plenty of other lesser known CEOs) have generated massive amounts of value for their shareholders.

Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by kridsdale1 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:38AM (#50469161)
It may even be the case that immoral degenerates are the MOST suitable people to invest your money with.
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by martiverse on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:01AM (#50468478)
From a religious perspective, sure. From an earthly perspective, you don't know what the other side was doing. Have you ever been married to a menopausal or a post menopausal woman? A marriage in which there is a permanent refusal to have sex can be annulled.
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by otterley on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:08AM (#50468605)
> A marriage in which there is a permanent refusal to have sex can be annulled.

Where?