BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to Science@beehaw.org · 2 years agoDecades of research destroyed after freezer fails at Swedish universitywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down10cross-posted to: science@mander.xyz
arrow-up199arrow-down1external-linkDecades of research destroyed after freezer fails at Swedish universitywww.theguardian.comBuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to Science@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square28linkfedilinkcross-posted to: science@mander.xyz
minus-squareNoLifeKing@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoBro what? Because of a fucking freezer?!?
minus-squareNoLifeKing@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoHow can all 16 fail at once and how can nobody notice before its to late?
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoMaybe a janitor turned off power to the whole lab to stop the irritating alarms… no, wait, I think that was a different case.
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 years agoYep https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/27/cleaner-college-research-freezer-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoEverybody was out of town for Christmas.
minus-square0xtero@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoMore likely, they were saving costs and fired the non-essential janitor who turned out to be totally fucking essential
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 years agoIronically, firing the non-essential janitor would have prevented the last incident of this type https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/27/cleaner-college-research-freezer-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
minus-squarepapabobolious@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoBecause they were home for Christmas. Of course they should have better monitoring, but that is why.
Bro what? Because of a fucking freezer?!?
Well, 16 cryogenic tanks.
How can all 16 fail at once and how can nobody notice before its to late?
Maybe a janitor turned off power to the whole lab to stop the irritating alarms… no, wait, I think that was a different case.
This happened?!?
Yep
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/27/cleaner-college-research-freezer-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
Omg
Everybody was out of town for Christmas.
More likely, they were saving costs and fired the non-essential janitor who turned out to be totally fucking essential
Ironically, firing the non-essential janitor would have prevented the last incident of this type
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/27/cleaner-college-research-freezer-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
Most likely that.
Because they were home for Christmas. Of course they should have better monitoring, but that is why.