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by solarmist 1065 days ago
> This is how auto belays work.

That is super cool!

That said, I'm enough of a layman not to be able to connect this explanation to what I saw in the video.

Are you saying because it wasn't moving in "slow motion," we can rule out non-ferrous metals? Or are you saying the alternating movement/stillness of the magnet shows this?