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Wwyd if you were given a pocket dimension 3m cubed? (lemm.ee)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Rules:

*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€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months 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€“] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago (2 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@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

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

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So where's the power coming from?

[โ€“] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The national grid. Using the same portal to the real world that the Internet connectivity uses.

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Power over fiber optic cables?

[โ€“] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, power over electrical cables, internet over mobile data/WiFi, if the place you teleported from has that.

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How do the cables enter the toroidal space?

[โ€“] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A tiny portal.

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Who's paying for it? Is the Wi-Fi also entering through this portal? What other electromagnetic incursions can we expect?

[โ€“] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I guess the power companies? But they won't notice such a small usage. Yes, that is also where mobile data/WiFi enters the pocket dimension, from the place where you teleported in.

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

So you're stealing power, and there's definitely other EM leakage that you're conspicuously not mentioning.

[โ€“] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The wires run ana and kata from the plug, and so all you see is a junction box with no holes, but even though you can't see any supports it barely wiggles when you tug on it

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Hey, you can't just make up dimensions.