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*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 (3m*3m*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

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Free electricity?

Mining crypto with a lot of stolen hardware

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Now you're thinking with portals

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Nap time. No further notes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

New free jam space for my bands! This is a game changer. Plus, 3mยณ 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

it's set down diagonally so it fits

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I would steal so many things

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How about just living in it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (3 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

What's purgatory for some is just another Tuesday.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

You can't leave purgatory at will

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

pergatory, personal universe, semantics

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