- jlow (he/him) ( @jlow@beehaw.org ) 35•1 month ago
This 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•1 month ago
Constructing it is easy, just get a couple hundredthousand buckets of water and lava and bob’s your uncle
- ChaoticNeutralCzech ( @ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ) English23•1 month ago
Well, 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•1 month ago
I think the answers are yes, somewhat (in addition to collapsing under its own weight), and probably impossible.
- TheFriendlyDickhead ( @TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee ) 26•1 month ago
Yea 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•1 month ago
Ominous hum?!?!
- xkbx ( @xkbx@startrek.website ) 33•1 month ago
Because of the wizards gathered around and pondering
- don ( @don@lemm.ee ) 12•1 month ago
🧙♂️🤔 hmmmmmmmmmm…
- SmoochyPit ( @SmoochyPit@lemmy.ca ) 10•1 month ago
2b2t players: