Re:Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO immediately
by dymk on Thursday November 12, 2026 @09:48AM
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Playing it pretty fast and loose with the word Orwellian
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Re:Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO immediately
by skinfaxi on Thursday November 12, 2026 @09:50AM
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The description of events changing in real time to suit the narrative is a theme in Orwell's work.
But I think it is misplaced here as the line still exists:
> Huang, who co-founded Nvidia and is its fourth-largest investor with a stake of about 3.61%, will not remain on the board.
Re:Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO immediately
by lynndotpy on Thursday November 12, 2026 @09:55AM
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Re:Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO immediately
by miltonlost on Thursday November 12, 2026 @09:59AM
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1984 was about changing narratives in history, not fast-acting live news. Describing basic journalism as orwellian is misunderstanding his theme.
Re:Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO immediately
by skinfaxi on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:11AM
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During Hate Week in chapter two the speaker is handed a paper and changes the object of condemnation mid sentence.
Re:Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO immediately
by exe34 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:12AM
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The party speaker literally adapted to the change in eternal enemy mid sentence without breaking the grammar. How much more fast-acting and live can you get? Are you suggesting that they had a free press in 1984 that didn't have to update their own description of what was happening?
Re:Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO immediately
by hobo123 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:48PM
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Ok maybe I went a bit over the top, but I really prefer if articles get clearly marked updates, and only update with a refresh button instead of constantly polling the server (or web socket) and changing the text I'm in the middle of reading. It's just wrong.