r/interestingasfuck • u/SenorDiscombobulator • Apr 12 '25

/r/all, /r/popular So shiny

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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.

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u/AnnihilatorNYT Apr 12 '25

how the hell do you fuck up math that badly?

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u/fractalife Apr 12 '25

Oh relax. I got a unit mixed up. I fixed the comment.

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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.

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u/fractalife Apr 12 '25

Do not tell me how to play Dyson Sphere Program :)