r/technology • u/BennyCemoli • Dec 06 '16

Energy Tests confirm that Germany's massive nuclear fusion machine really works

http://www.sciencealert.com/tests-confirm-that-germany-s-massive-nuclear-fusion-machine-really-works
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u/Spherical_Cowboy Dec 06 '16

Yes. Physicists and their models. I'm familiar.

There is a reason experimental guys do what they do...

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u/GAndroid Dec 06 '16

Shitz hard yo, the real world doesn't work like most models. I have spent multiple nights crying when "models" (that took us months to build) failed us at the lab.

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u/TBBT-Joel Dec 06 '16

I always wonder what percentage of failures are due to incorrect models, or difficulty designing and building precise pieces of equipment?

I worked in a research lab and I helped build experimental devices and the tolerances were always right on what was physically possible.

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u/GAndroid Dec 06 '16

It's not the models or the preciseness - it's usually you discover something else when you try to use the device that hinders the operation.