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*You can teleport into and out of it at will

*It has a couple of plug sockets and can connect to internet from the region you teleported in from

*You can take objects and people with you

*As already stated, it is (3m)^3 (3m*3m*3m). The walls are plain plaster with a light in the middle of the ceiling. The pocket dimension is topologically toroidal, so if there weren't walls and a ceiling/floor (which you can actually destroy) you would loop if you went more than 3m in any direction. Gravity, then, is artificial and can be altered to anywhere from 0 to 2g from a dial on the wall.

Edit: additional specifications

*You can only teleport out to where you teleported in from.

*Time proceeds at the same rate inside the pocket dimension

*There is an eject button for those inside to get out if something happens to you

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I think I'd make various uses of it, but I think I'd mainly use it as an "at-sea cabin." Rig it up with a small bed-over-desk type situation, one of those little dorm minifridge/microwave deals, and stock it with tools/supplies etc. So basically I have a weightless camper van that's always with me and never needs parking. Hell certain city lifestyles where your "home" is where you sleep and shit and you spend the rest of your day out and about, it'd be all you need. Only problem is no plumbing.

[โ€“] SendMePhotos 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd use it as a jizz shoebox but bigger. Since you can accelerate things inside if it, you can make my 27m^3 jizz flow at terminal velocity and then I can

[โ€“] RGB3x3 7 points 1 year ago

Boy, oh boy, I Just finished reading the comment above about why the pocket dimension of falling rocks wouldn't reach the speed of light using real physics explanations.

And then this guy wants to cum in it.

The Internet really does have everything.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Free electricity? Mining crypto with a lot of stolen hardware.

Smuggling would be easy for reasons already mentioned.

Murder would be easy. Teleport someone in, teleport out all the air.

Escaping from robberies and hairy situations, likewise creating hairy situations.

Sleeping in 0g sounds comfy, training at 2g sounds awesome.

Living rent free on every city ever. Paired with a car means I can be everywhere.

Huge portable storage box.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Water? I want a personal bathroom.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, sorry. I mean, you can bring in a tank of water if you want, or even make the whole pakve underwater, but there's no plumbing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mini portals for electricity and internet but not water and sewage? Cheapskate!

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[โ€“] SpaceNoodle 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First thing I'm gonna do is pop in there with a hammer and a crowbar and figure out how all this shit is wired up and what it's nailed to. Betcha there's a whole lot more space there than the realtor knew about.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I told you, if you knock through one wall, you'll be knocking through the opposite wall. As it's a toroidal space, they're the same wall. Same for the ceiling and floor.

[โ€“] troglodytis 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but ya gotta test it out. And then you can toss a ball to yourself

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

That's perfect for drug smuggling

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can an object be on both sides of the portal at once? Like if I ran a cable from the inside to the outside. I'm trying to work out how to handle water and sewage, because like everyone else I've concluded this is obviously a living space.

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[โ€“] fluxion 5 points 1 year ago

Hotbox then some 0G chillaxin. Put that hyper-advanced tech to good use.

[โ€“] Evotech 5 points 1 year ago

Rent it out. Think of the passive income

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Okay, first things first, this talk of making it my living space? Nix that. That works well enough for a single person eating microwave dinners, but I like cooking and having people over. But travel? Yeah, that would be awesome. I'm thinking:

  • Bunk beds
  • Desk with a computer
  • Very efficient use of shelving
  • Fridge, hot plate

My only concern then becomes a toilet and shower. I guess you could move water in, but the water pressure is going to be crap.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Paint the walls green screen green, set up a pretty powerful PC setup (desk and chair included), set up a futon, make sure I have plenty of mood lighting, and start what I want to be a hobby of mine by recording videos while using a 3D model of my fursona without having to worry about people disturbing me.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It becomes my house. Now all I have to worry about is food, water and a few incidentals. To shower, I could probably exploit the geometry for endless water pressure instead of using a pump, then I'd just need a little heater and a filter of some kind.

The first thing I do, of course, is dick with the gravity dial. See how low I can get it before I lose my lunch, see how high I can turn it and still do everything I need. Maybe I stick something heavy to the side of the dial so it turns itself and so on.

Maybe to raise the rest of what I need, I'll start a moving company.

The weird geometry could also have some engineering uses that are pretty unique. For example, you could make a magnetic bottle for plasma that doesn't leak as it wouldn't need ends, or a laser in a frequency of light that's hard to reflect.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I would steal so many things

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are there any restraints with any kind of outside object your pocket dimension is anchored to? It sounds like this would be super exploitable to pull off some cleverness just as an "invisibility cloak" (although presumably you couldn't see your surroundings from the inside, or it'd really be OP), let alone if you're not tied to a physical object. If you wanted to, you could probably rob banks and overthrow countries with that shit.

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