Wwyd if you were given a pocket dimension 3m cubed?

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 (3m3m*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

habahnow,

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

What do you mean connect to internet? usually that needs to work through a provider, and be hard wired. I think for this scenario its safer to assume you have radio signal access meaning you could have mobile data and calling.

I’m also assuming the teleportation is relative to the earth so If I’m on a plane, I wouldnt’ want to teleport into my pocket dimension as I’d teleport out of it away from the plane.

One thing that comes to mind is you’re basically an extremely hard to catch drug smuggler. The only time anyone will ever find drugs on you is when you’re taking it out or into the dimension. Heck, even in doing sales, you can’t be easily caught because you can drop off the drugs somewhere remote, and pick up the cash elsewhere. Even if you get “ripped off” the biggest problem for you is the money lost on buying the product, and travel time.

I think having a specialized emergency kit in the dimension would be very valuable. Maybe some explosives if you ever need to clear out an area though that should be rare. Canned food, and water. First aid kit. Some kind of smoke bomb (running away from a situation). Laptop with internet access (if you ever need to hide out, acts a entertainment and a way to hear what’s going on in the world). Cardboard box that you can fit into (not certain whether you should teleport back somewhere because people are looking for you? Teleport back, inside the cardboard box to see if it’s safe lol). Several rechargeable batteries since you basically have unlimited free power.

I think one of the more practical uses is using it as a home. You can live almost anywhere and have at least a small home. Get a job in the highest paying area you can access, and live in your home for most of the time and you’ll save so much because those high wages usually stem from high cost of living.

I don’t think you’d want to transport people because the more people that know about your ability, the more attention you’ll get which is very bad. The only way transporting people really works is if they’re transported while unconscious so they’re not aware they were in another dimension.

Kbin_space_program,

Not just car.
The Earth is moving around the Sun.
Which itself is moving inside the Milky Way.
Which itself is moving inside the local cluster.
Which itself is moving inside the Laniakea supercluster.
Which itself is moving inside the universe, probably?
And who the fuck knows if the universe itself is moving.

Depending on a frame of reference of position, you're either still in your car, where your car was, dying in space, or potentially outside the universe itself.

speck,

I pick outside the universe. Seems worth trying

habahnow,

Which is why i Said relative to the earth. Doesn’t matter where the earth is relative to the milky way or anything, if your position is based off the earth, just stay on earth to avoid issues.

Kbin_space_program,

Fair.

But even if it is relative to the earth, there would be the question of do you retain your velocity relative to the earth when you teleport in?
So moving pretty much in any modern vehicle would be a reliable way to repaint a surface of the interior with yourself, particularly an aircraft.

However, if it doesn't, then you can reset your momentum every time you pop in or out. In that case, you can reset your movement several times mid-air so when you hit the ground you're going a survivable speed.

habahnow,

Yeah that Is also an important question. With a power like this, it’s almost scarey to use because who knows what can go wrong.

Resol,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

The archivist inside of me thinks it’s a good idea to make this the control room of the beIN headquarters, because I know a television channel of theirs that has a hell of a lot of lost media. I think Al Jazeera slapped their name on this channel (but it’s not related to journalism, I promise) back when they used to own it, and they made a lot of great shows (and had great branding), but there’s very few archives of what they actually made.

So, in a way or another, I’d be the one responsible for leaking their assets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeem_TV?wprov=sfla1 is what I mean by that television channel I’m talking about.

DharmaCurious,
@DharmaCurious@startrek.website avatar

Okay, after reading the comments I have determined that this is a magic pocket dimension, not a sci-fi pocket dimension. That’s important. Sci-fi pocket dimension gas too many restrictions, but OP has been kind enough to gift us a magic pocket dimension. If I pop in on a flight, I don’t fall to my death when I leave.

So, I set it up as a space for living in tight quarters. Like an RV, I guess. I make sure it has some exercise equipment, and I give it to my mom to use. She’s disabled, and can’t move a lot under normal conditions, and for reasons I won’t go into, also can’t do aqua therapy anymore. Low g exercise could help her, and we could slowly increase the gravity. Eventually, she could be healthy enough for surgeries that could get her to a better standard of life.

Book cheap flights, cruises, et cetera. Teleport into the room, and back out at the end. Travel the world. If possible, teleport my mom in whenever somewhere is not wheelchair accessible, and then back out once we’ve passed that point.

Make money to support the travel lifestyle by being a magician, or smuggler. Whenever possible use the pocket dimension to help people escape bad situations. Teleport in someone while in my car, drive to safety, teleport out. They’re coming out relative to the vehicle, not the vehicle’s position. Excellent for helping refugees, domestic violence victims, et cetera.

HobbitFoot,

If I can teleport in and out of it at will, does it have to be the same place I teleported from?

umbrella, (edited )
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

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.

pingveno,

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.

JackGreenEarth,

Actually, you could drill a hole in the floor and have water continuously accelerate to get incredible water pressure.

ShortYetLongDogs,

Now you’re thinking with portals

pingveno,

I suppose then you have the opposite problem. Death by infinite water pressure.

CanadaPlus,

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.

bhamlin,

Nap time. No further notes.

Leviathan,

New free jam space for my bands! This is a game changer. Plus, 3m³ is about the size of my local underground venue, so bands can play and I’d never have to charge for the rent in my overhead cost. A place to workout in 2G would be kick-ass as well, or setup climbing walls with crazy dynos and try them at different low gravity settings.

echodot,

I would get a metal rod of four meters, and teleport into the pocket universe to see what happened.

sus,

it’s set down diagonally so it fits

CanadaPlus,

And even if OP had said 10, the obvious thing is for it just not to work. Either teleportation fails or the rod is left behind.

HipsterTenZero,
@HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone avatar

I would steal so many things

JayDee,

This is a terrifying power, I gotta say. Like a dude could carry an entire armory around and deploy it Looney-toons-style wherever he wanted.

I would probably just put a bunch of shelves in it and use it as a personal EDC gear storage space. 3m^3 is more than enough space to store pretty much anything you might need in a jiffy.

There’s also apart of me that thinks putting a bed in there would mean not having to bring a date back to your place or to a hotel - but being real I’d probably never use it if I set it up like that.

CanadaPlus,

You know, every time there’s a mass shooting in the US, a lot is made out of their big collection, but I always think about how you can only shoot one at once anyway, so it’s actually a dumb thing to fixate on.

The real evil use would be telling nobody and becoming the world’s best smuggler.

JayDee,

I mean, I’m not just talking about the guns. Imagine you’re at the bank, and then an individual in full tactical gear materializes behind you. He has a substantial amount of ammo and disappears every time he reloads. Molotovs, grenades, hell, you could even fit a flamethrower. You could fit a massive bomb into that space if you wanted. And you could potentially completely escape the effects of the blast inside you pocket dimension.

I’m not so sure about the smuggling thing. You would still likely be found out, since you’d have clientele and would be traceable to them either via phone, online messaging, or in-person interactions. Sure, you are immediately known about in the terrorist cases but you could pretty easily hide out pursuit, potentially getting away with multiple attacks, and there’d be little-to-no indicators of what’s about to happen for the victims until you appeared.

Like, this is some shit straight out of The Boys.

CanadaPlus, (edited )

I mean, I’m not just talking about the guns. Imagine you’re at the bank, and then an individual in full tactical gear materializes behind you. He has a substantial amount of ammo and disappears every time he reloads. Molotovs, grenades, hell, you could even fit a flamethrower. You could fit a massive bomb into that space if you wanted. And you could potentially completely escape the effects of the blast inside you pocket dimension.

Okay, but it still doesn’t take more than one good hit to take said guy down - even in a vanishing tank they would eventually figure out where to direct the airstrike. And the bank would have given him the exact same cash drawer with just an imaginary gun he claims is in his pocket.

Yes, you absolutely would still get on the radar after a while as a big smuggler. Or whacked by a rival in your chosen organised crime group or insurgency. A Western government couldn’t really charge you with smuggling unless they can prove you have magical powers, though, and they would have to try and catch you doing something else illegal instead. The one exception I can think of is if you figured out something you can be the end consumer of, as well, but I don’t know what that would be.

Edit: Although, bombing might be an idea. You could fit a couple week’s supplies and and a car bomb amount of explosives in there, no problem. I doubt it would be more lucrative or safer than smuggling, though.

KinglyWeevil,

The thought of having literally every tool conceivable immediately available without having to move is fantastic.

I’m in love with the concept of laying under my car, while also being able to get any particular tool in my hand, without ever having to get up, or having a little pile of sockets, wrenches, and bolts next to me that I have to navigate by feel.

AnnaFrankfurter,

How about just living in it.

TIMMAY,

yeah im on team isolate myself in the 3x3x3 personal universe

paradiso,

Sounds like purgatory.

TIMMAY,

pergatory, personal universe, semantics

AnnaFrankfurter,

What’s purgatory for some is just another Tuesday.

FlyingSpaceCow,

Long trips on planes/trains/busses would be a lot more enjoyable.

Emergency supplies would be available at a moments notice including escape from the elements (camping/travel just became a breeze) .

Would you be able to free dive super deep taking each breath or a rest in the pocket dimmension?

eluvatar,

The plane would keep moving while you left, so… you would come back in to empty space.

FlyingSpaceCow,

Wouldn’t the same logic apply to the planet moving?

Nath,
@Nath@aussie.zone avatar

I think it was the Hitchhikers books that made that joke in relation to people inventing time travel. They travel to some other point in time and die in space because the earth isn’t in that spot any more.

CanadaPlus,

All the real theoretical kinds of time travel involve a physical path you have to move along with a specific start and end point, because yeah, otherwise the frame of reference would be ambiguous.

Silentiea,

So would, like earth, or even the Milky Way. All motion is relative. Gotta define what “the same place you teleported in from” means…

brianorca,

Since the pocket dimension would be sea level pressure, dipping into it for a breath when you’re deep is a sure way to get the bends, which would be a painful way to die. (Especially if nobody is there to help you.)

FlyingSpaceCow,

Isn’t the bends the consequence of the oxygen tank and nitrogen in your blood; and if the air in your body starts at atmospheric pressure it should be fine (though no idea about the effects on the human body from such a sudden change)

Nath, (edited )
@Nath@aussie.zone avatar

You are absolutely correct. Breathing surface air would negate the bends. It’s why freedivers can go down and straight back up from 400ft with no ill effects.

CanadaPlus, (edited )

Yes. People seem to think the bends always happens on exposure to weird pressures, but it just doesn’t. I guess they’re understandably imagining it’s the same as hot or cold.

(though no idea about the effects on the human body from such a sudden change)

Well, enough delta p is entirely capable of squishing an entire person through a thumb-sized hole, and while there’s no hole here I image there’d still be some sort of shock wave, and the air already in your lungs returning to normal volume suddenly would be uncomfortable. Don’t go too deep the first time, definitely ease into it.

Interestingly just 1 atm is fairly harmless. The first time someone got caught in a vacuum chamber they weren’t sure what they’d find, but the guy just got up and said his ears hurt.

Scrath,

Goddamn you physics

CanadaPlus,

Also, would you leave a void in the water if you teleported out of it, or a big puddle in your cube going the other way?

PsychedSy,

Guns and drugs. Mostly not at the same time.

PumpkinSkink,

it’d be a great place to grow some weed.

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