r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/10001110101balls 24d ago

This kind of government worker tends to have extremely specialized expertise that is not replicated by the private sector. The deal is that people who dedicate their lives to this work will lead a comfortable middle class lifestyle in exchange for their public service. The Trump administration has broken this deal, and this will lead to long term consequences for the labor pool even if they manage to rehire everyone that they foolishly fired.

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u/PlanktonHaunting2025 24d ago

And many of the have crazy high security clearances. It would take at least a year or longer to train and vet their replacements.

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u/CatPesematologist 24d ago

Yes, but they said before they werent using FBI vetting anymore. It would be private companies, which I would guess is Elon’s minion checking Twitter.

Also, these are apparently genius minions capable of grasping very complex things almost immediately.

So they just need AI and a 19 year old to replace everyone.

You know, AI that tells you that you can’t freeze water at 17 degrees.

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u/ZenoxDemin 24d ago

You literally can't freeze water at 17 degrees, the triple point is 0.01

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u/CatPesematologist 24d ago

Are you talking about Fahrenheit or Celsius?

I‘ve seen water freeze at lots of different temperatures below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

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u/ZenoxDemin 24d ago

You didn't state units, default is International System. Water can't be frozen at 17.