• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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    9 months ago

    the only element on Earth cold enough to make an MRI machine work.

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    liquid helium, the Earth’s coldest element,

    What the fuck? The author clearly failed middle school science class. How did this article get past editorial review?

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      9 months ago

      What do you mean? Liquid helium does have the lowest boiling point, allowing for extremely cold liquid cooling.

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          9 months ago

          I kind of seeing like saying “the world’s fastest car”. It’s inferred that it has the ability to do that, not the the car never slows down or helium never heats up. Idk my 2c