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Re:Getting things "done" in large tech companies on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @08:26AM (#43904301)
> Is “unagentic engineer” a euphemism for human/not-AI?

Pretty sure it means someone who plods along in life, going with the flow, working but with no self-conceived roadmap of ambition, low extroversion, low desire to make decisions, etc

Re:The Seven-Year Rule on Saturday April 26, 2025 @03:48PM (#43806519)
Perhaps it be better to consider 3.5 years as a half-life instead.

Every 42 months, half your life has or could be upturned.

That’s how long it takes to find yourself in new job, or for a new child to become a fully talking toddler with a personality, or a long-term relationship to solidify, or a national government to turn over, or a pandemic to initialize and then resolve. That all tracks.

>The device can be used by industrial and medical radiation users, regulatory authorities, the nuclear energy industry, first responders and military users

It cannot be used by TSA employees. They are not allowed to even wear dosimeters.

The earths rotation creates it. Or was this rhetorical.
Doesn’t driving west to east on a highway slow down the Earth’s rotation, via the power transferred into the ground?