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• frezik@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  And then they hit the emergency shutdown, which is for when people have a plate in their head and they’re stuck to the side of the machine. That one causes all the liquid helium to be quenched, thus needing to be refilled.

  There is a slower shutdown that doesn’t do that, but, you know, cops.

  Every detail of that story was worse than the last, and it’s 100% on the cops.

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  • Exusia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    A button worth $25,000 on the low end to refill+replace the magnet, a million on the high end if it needs total replacement. It calls to me when I sit with the mri techs. Looking like SpongeBob trying to not push it sitting in the back.

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    • Machinist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I understand.

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  • realbadat@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Thats right! I forgot about that part.

    Cops are nightmarish levels of stupidity.

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• Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Guns getting sucked into MRI machines is a recurring news story at this point.

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  • SaltSong@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So, a moment of curiosity.

    If my theoretical pistol did get pulled into am MRI machine, stuck against it by the magnet, and I, for the purpose of scientific inquiry, pulled the trigger, should I expect the bullet to fire more or less as normal, to fire, but the bullet be pulled back to the machine, or for the bullet to not move, or not move more than an inch or so from the barrel?

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    • selfAwareCoder@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      But to address your main question, most bullets are not magnetic. Some are, in which case idk how the mri would impact them. But most would fire as normal

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      • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I guess it depends on the steel parts. I’m sure there are other magnets.

        In any case, if the firing pin or hammer or anything in the trigger mechanism is steel, it’s going to be difficult to move to actually fire.

        Say the bullet has a steel tip or core though, and we are able to fire it. The force pulling that bullet is going to prevent the bullet from going much of anywhere. Let’s pretend the barrel and firing chamber are frictionless and indestructible.the bullet will leave the gun, but immediately curve into the magnetic field, inevitably into the MRI itself, but likely not very far.

        It would be pretty fun to watch though.

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      • SaltSong@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Ah, interesting. Good to know.

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    • MartianSands@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Realistically, the mechanism would jam. I doubt the hammer would fall, being squeezed hard against whatever structure supports it

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      • deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Most modern pistols are striker fired not hammer fired.

        I’d venture a guess nothing out of the ordinary happens thanks to lube and springs. Gun fires.

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      • SaltSong@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Interesting.

        Not the answer I’m looking for, but still interesting. Thanks for the information!

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    • faythofdragons@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      forbes.com/…/lawyer-dies-after-shot-by-his-own-co…

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      • SaltSong@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Interesting. Good to know.

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      • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        That poor chair

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    • Corn@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Lead is not magnetic.

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      • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        It’s also non ferrous, which is rather more the point

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