The man taking over the Large Hadron Collider – only to switch it off
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Title is a bit click-baity and misleading. (Not the fault of OP though.)
In the article itself:
So it will come back online. It'll just take a while.
Oh fuck remember turning it on spun us into this worse time line. What the fuck will happen with turning it off?
Probably induce a bit of a wobble.
We’d have to turn it on but in the other direction to maybe revert everything.
Trillions of dollar flowing to the usual suspects.
That’s a new habit for The Guardian.
I mean, it works. I can hardly blame them with how fast the internet is deteriorating. But still.
It be worth mentioning that they shut it down for an "upgrade".
Cool, shut down this indulgent, privileged grift. Use that money for something worthwhile.
I guess an "upgrade" is better than building another one...