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After Uber hired and stole technology from Waymo, which they got caught and the engineer prison time I believe (?), looks like now they are going to go the rout
by boringg 3y ago
After Uber hired and stole technology from Waymo, which they got caught and the engineer prison time I believe (?), looks like now they are going to go the route they should have always gone since they didn't have the technical capability to pull it off.. partnership.
- hardware2win 3y agoHaha, that wasnt some random ass engineer :) >In 2019, Levandowski was indicted on 33 federal charges of alleged theft of self-driving car trade secrets. In August 2020, Levandowski pled guilty to one of the 33 charges, and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. >He was pardoned less than six months later on January 20, 2021, the last day of Donald Trump's presidency.
- boringg 3y agoI forgot he got pardoned. Trump presidency: if you have money you could use that money to literally buy a get out of jail card.
- sebzim4500 3y agoIt's not just Trump, democrats have done similar things in the past. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_pardon_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_pardon_controvers... especially Marc Rich
- boringg 3y agoI know - its the brashness, level of ease and amount of pardons by the Trump presidency that makes it different. Not that it isn't done by other parties.
- propogandist 3y ago[flagged]
- whamlastxmas 3y agoAre you talking about Biden?
- propogandist 3y agothe puppet in office that needs direction on where to walk and how to talk. Also, no questions allowed.
- lesuorac 3y agoEffectively yes. But a federal pardon is for federal crimes. So if a state such as New York convicted you then a presidential pardon won't save you.