Read the whole article because it’s hilarious.

  • NightmareQueenJune@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Yes, you are right, but I meant the safety shutoff mechanism. Normally it just cuts the power to all dangerous stuff or brings it to a safe state. Here it’s not “cutting the power to the magnet”, it’s physically releasing the helium and damaging the superconductor in the process.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      yeah, sometimes that’s normal though. In the case of a giant magnet that will literally rip you to shreds if you have a piece of metal in you, that’s probably a reasonable emergency stop procedure.

      Unless there’s a second less aggressive emergency stop button that just cuts off the power, in which case this is just a huge fucking shitpost from that police officer