David StarkJun 28, 2024

Today we're waiting for an IKEA delivery that, according to their email, will be a 10x10x10 cm box weighing 14 kg.

So density-wise that has to contain berkelium, californium, protactinium, tantalum, uranium, gold, tungsten, plutonium, neptunium, rhenium, platinum, iridium, or osmium.

We're of course hoping for platinum, and really not for plutonium, because the critical mass is 11 kg...

Show threadChris Gioran 💔
@Zarkonnen Perhaps it's a tiny black hole (Schwarzschild radius is ~2x10^-23 mm) and the rest is padding?
Jun 28, 2024 at 1:08pmWeb
Show threadgomJun 28, 2024
@chrisg
That's no padding, it's some serious space-time folding to enable transportation of an singularity at all. 0.0
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Show threadDr David MillsJun 28, 2024
@gom @chrisg @Zarkonnen just surround it with enough books and let l-space do the rest.
Show threadPossumanthaJun 28, 2024
@chrisg @Zarkonnen I have found frame dragging makes packaging a black hole difficult.
Show threadChris Gioran 💔Jun 28, 2024
@kastope @Zarkonnen For a small additional fee you can get the non spinning black hole version, for your packaging convenience.
Show threadAlaric Snell-PymJun 28, 2024
@chrisg @kastope @Zarkonnen hawking radiation from one that size might be an issue...
Show threadkaPOTTkeSep 25, 2024
@kitten_tech @chrisg @kastope @Zarkonnen does it evaporate before it's arrives
Show threadPossumanthaJun 28, 2024
@chrisg @Zarkonnen non spinning black holes aren't good for my use case. I'm trying to spin up a naked singularity by colliding smaller ones with the same spin.
Show threadJürgen SchieweJun 28, 2024
@Zarkonnen @chrisg padded with lost matter?