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[-] NobodyElse@sh.itjust.works 85 points 1 week ago

I was on the room next to an ultracentrifuge when it went off balance (one of the tubes in it cracked). The outer containment (barely) held, but that’s one of the loudest things I’ve ever heard.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

Nothing quite like the sound of several kilos of solid steel getting turned into confetti

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