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[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 4 points 3 hours ago

That's a very Cheery and noble setup.

[–] onipa@feddit.org 13 points 5 hours ago (4 children)
[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago

He's delusional, take him to the Infirmary

[–] slampisko@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Watch the show Chernobyl, it's worth it

[–] GraveyardOrbit@lemmy.zip 1 points 28 minutes ago

Historical fiction

[–] grittycat@lemmy.world 25 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

The general dosimeters available at Chernobyl could only read up to 3.6 Roentgen, so they took that value and said "hey, that's not a too bad a level of radiation" without realizing (or putting in their due diligence) that the true reading was over 15,000. And the head operator and architect of the disaster (dyatlov) kept using 3.6 as the proof that everything is alright and just a minor setback even though the only higher range dosimeter that was available immediately fried itself

[–] MunkyNutts@feddit.online 14 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I was curious too. This is my best guess,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster

The reactor crew could ascertain only that the radiation levels were somewhere above 0.001 R/s (3.6 R/h), while the true levels were vastly higher in some areas.

Because of inaccurate low readings, reactor crew chief Aleksandr Akimov assumed that the reactor was intact. The evidence of pieces of graphite and reactor fuel lying around the building was ignored, and the readings of another dosimeter brought in by 04:30 were dismissed under the assumption that the new dosimeter must have been defective.

Note the name Akimov in the post.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 9 points 5 hours ago
[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 40 points 8 hours ago
[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 56 points 8 hours ago

Not great, not terrible

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 points 5 hours ago

You should run a test were you temporarily disable the 4th processor core, stimulating a emergency

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 13 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

How about a nice game of chess

[–] Nonprophet@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Chess is a strange game. For me, the only winning move, is not to play at all.

[–] jobbies@lemmy.zip 22 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Nice. Have you tried pressing AZ-5 for a boost? Its a blast.

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 hours ago

It’s like Alt-F4! Free aimbot in counter-strike 1.6

[–] siravious@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Nice 5090.. buttons..

[–] thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 hours ago

If I rate it too high, there may be some fallout

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 hours ago

How do you get the air to sparkle like that

[–] user1234@fedinsfw.app 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Is the rating on the Richter scale?

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

I wouldn't say it's on the scale anymore no