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Most likely because they got it for cheap/free and someone had some fun programming it without ever thinking about the dangers - presumably they never actually
by Nextgrid 4y ago
Most likely because they got it for cheap/free and someone had some fun programming it without ever thinking about the dangers - presumably they never actually observed just how much force this thing could produce.
- kstenerud 4y agoFrom the article: "We rented the robot, it used to be with experts in many places for a long time. Apparently the operators overlooked that."
- hinkley 4y ago“It was cheaper” is how Chernobyl nearly permanently destroyed the water supply of all of eastern and parts of Central Europe.
- concordDance 4y agoEvery part of that reply is wrong.
- hinkley 4y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32210234 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32210234 As for the Chernobyl comment, if they had not dug under the elephant’s foot before it started to cut into the subsoil, that’s exactly what would have happened when it hit the water table. People risked a lot to keep that from happening.