SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?message-squaremessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square2linkfedilinkfile-text
Alternatively, what would happen if the loss of magnetism instead happened gradually over a period of time?
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoWe just lost all data still being stored on magnetic drives and mediums. Compasses just became useless. A lot of medical and scientific equipment suddenly stopped working. The MagSafe charger on my computer just fell off.
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days agoNot gyrocompasses that things like planes and missiles uses, just the kind low tech hikers use.
We just lost all data still being stored on magnetic drives and mediums.
Compasses just became useless.
A lot of medical and scientific equipment suddenly stopped working.
The MagSafe charger on my computer just fell off.
Not gyrocompasses that things like planes and missiles uses, just the kind low tech hikers use.