jlow (he/him) ( @jlow@beehaw.org ) 35•6 months agoThis sounds like a job for https://what-if.xkcd.com/
Is there enough obsidian on this planet? Would its weight crush the earth’s crust? How would we construct it?
Scrappy ( @Scrappy@feddit.nl ) 28•6 months agoConstructing it is easy, just get a couple hundredthousand buckets of water and lava and bob’s your uncle
ChaoticNeutralCzech ( @ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ) English23•6 months agoWell, the chapter 54: Snowball in Randall’s book What If? 2 contains the following, semi-related graphic:
(Maximum diameters of spheres of various materials before collapsing under their weight, which is about the same as the material’s free-hanging length) LostXOR ( @LostXOR@fedia.io ) 9•6 months agoI think the answers are yes, somewhat (in addition to collapsing under its own weight), and probably impossible.
TheFriendlyDickhead ( @TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee ) 26•6 months agoYea I doubt that it would be that cheap. The price would skyrocket for such a demand. But the humm sounds great so, who am I to judge.
Aggravationstation ( @Aggravationstation@feddit.uk ) 18•6 months agoOminous hum?!?!
xkbx ( @xkbx@startrek.website ) 33•6 months agoBecause of the wizards gathered around and pondering
don ( @don@lemm.ee ) 12•6 months ago🧙♂️🤔 hmmmmmmmmmm…
SmoochyPit ( @SmoochyPit@lemmy.ca ) 10•6 months ago2b2t players: