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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by llamaimperative on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @05:53PM (#42639385)
Depends: did it have a lot of excess capacity before the cuts?
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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by Redoubts on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @05:57PM (#42639430)
That’s wholly immaterial to the word choice. Come on.
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Re:LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed by llamaimperative on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @06:03PM (#42639484)
"Gutted" sure, but yes it's absolutely possible to go from functional staffing to totally non-functional with a 2% budget reduction depending on the org's structure and where the budget cuts come from.
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