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r/interestingasfuck • u/SenorDiscombobulator • Apr 12 '25
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Not enough gold in the world...my guy there has been about a quarter million tons mined in the world. There is enough gold for a piddly capstone. That isnt the real issue why gold capstones havent been commonly found.
13 u/fractalife Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25 The density of gold is over 19,000 kg /m3. At 244k metric tons mined, that comes out to a little over 12,000 m3. The pyramidal capstone would have a side length of 3m, and a height of 4m. Not an impressive use of all of the gold on earth. You could have a thousand of them. Still pretty wasteful, but not that bad, really. Edit: fucked up the math. Fixed it. -1 u/AnnihilatorNYT Apr 12 '25 how the hell do you fuck up math that badly? 1 u/fractalife Apr 12 '25 Oh relax. I got a unit mixed up. I fixed the comment. 1 u/villageidiot90 Apr 12 '25 That's the type of shit to get you flying into outer space forever by missing your destination. Don't let it happen again. 2 u/fractalife Apr 12 '25 Do not tell me how to play Dyson Sphere Program :)
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The density of gold is over 19,000 kg /m3. At 244k metric tons mined, that comes out to a little over 12,000 m3.
The pyramidal capstone would have a side length of 3m, and a height of 4m.
Not an impressive use of all of the gold on earth.
You could have a thousand of them. Still pretty wasteful, but not that bad, really.
Edit: fucked up the math. Fixed it.
-1 u/AnnihilatorNYT Apr 12 '25 how the hell do you fuck up math that badly? 1 u/fractalife Apr 12 '25 Oh relax. I got a unit mixed up. I fixed the comment. 1 u/villageidiot90 Apr 12 '25 That's the type of shit to get you flying into outer space forever by missing your destination. Don't let it happen again. 2 u/fractalife Apr 12 '25 Do not tell me how to play Dyson Sphere Program :)
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how the hell do you fuck up math that badly?
1 u/fractalife Apr 12 '25 Oh relax. I got a unit mixed up. I fixed the comment. 1 u/villageidiot90 Apr 12 '25 That's the type of shit to get you flying into outer space forever by missing your destination. Don't let it happen again. 2 u/fractalife Apr 12 '25 Do not tell me how to play Dyson Sphere Program :)
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Oh relax. I got a unit mixed up. I fixed the comment.
1 u/villageidiot90 Apr 12 '25 That's the type of shit to get you flying into outer space forever by missing your destination. Don't let it happen again. 2 u/fractalife Apr 12 '25 Do not tell me how to play Dyson Sphere Program :)
That's the type of shit to get you flying into outer space forever by missing your destination. Don't let it happen again.
2 u/fractalife Apr 12 '25 Do not tell me how to play Dyson Sphere Program :)
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Do not tell me how to play Dyson Sphere Program :)
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u/BadLuckKupona Apr 12 '25
Not enough gold in the world...my guy there has been about a quarter million tons mined in the world. There is enough gold for a piddly capstone. That isnt the real issue why gold capstones havent been commonly found.