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		rbanffy on June 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Spectre mitigations murder userspace performance > Has there ever been a large company in IT that didn't turn absolutely evil as soon as the opportunity presented itself? If turning evil increases shareholder value, it’s their fiduciary duty to do so.

pstuart on June 19, 2021 [–]

> If turning evil increases shareholder value, it’s their fiduciary duty to do so.

Meh. Maybe not: https://medium.com/bull-market/there-is-no-effective-fiducia...

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