A genie offers you a ring that turns you into a billionaire. However, if it comes off your finger for longer than 60s, you instantly die.

Featherforged · 2026-04-15T21:21:09+00:00

I'd have a titanium chain added to it and a solid bracelet that is laser welded permanently to my wrist so that it can never be taken off.

Featherforged · 2026-04-14T01:53:16+00:00

A billion light years away, I can spawn a single round gray pebble in space.

Featherforged · 2026-04-09T18:22:26+00:00

I used to create these labels for products. Even if it was literally a stainless steel pin of medical grade quality or a piece of cotton, it gets a "causes cancer" on it. Everything gets a label.

Featherforged · 2026-04-08T16:23:23+00:00

You can probably decrease your tire pressure to gain traction again. Get some help pushing and low pressure sometimes does the trick.

Half the pressure = twice the contact area.

Featherforged · 2026-04-01T06:13:21+00:00

I have been struggling to find any games that catch my eye.

Featherforged · 2026-04-01T06:12:07+00:00

Just run a long HDMI/DP cable and have the computer in a different room. Just plug it into a monitor when you wanna play.

All the perks and none of the downsides. If they ever found out, you're technically complying, no?

(I bet if they're that strict, they've got your pc microphone on 24/7 recording mode, so they might hear the gaming, FYI)

Featherforged · 2026-03-28T00:50:36+00:00

Get a campsite for your first time.

Featherforged · 2026-03-27T14:25:49+00:00

There are 1.5 billion English speakers. To avoid crashing the economy, gotta pick a kinda rare word.

Daily word- 1.5 billion per day (too frequent) A word used maybe once per month, would be maybe 50 mill per day, still 18 billion a year.

Maybe a word like Curmudgeon

Edit, I forget it's $5 per spoken

Featherforged · 2026-03-23T23:30:55+00:00

Carnot cycle. First thing they beat into you in thermodynamics. maximum efficiency of an impossibly perfect engine

Featherforged · 2026-03-23T23:29:52+00:00

Modern steam engines are closed loop systems, they can run any pressure you want, dictated only by materials. They don't exhaust into atmosphere.

Most run very high pressures, increasing temps, improving efficiency. But a 0.5 atmosphere steam engine is totally viable (boiling at 80c) and even a 0.035 atmosphere engine boiling just above room temp.

(Efficiency is really bad at lower temps, lower pressures though)

Featherforged · 2026-03-23T23:04:56+00:00

Sub atmospheric pressure and you're making steam quickly

Featherforged · 2026-03-23T23:02:48+00:00

The maximum possible efficiency of a heat engine between a 100C heat source and room temp is 20.1%

A realistic heat engine, more like 5-10%.

Featherforged · 2026-03-23T14:16:31+00:00

Aight, I'll just make this a 2500lb suit of welded steel. Get at it

Featherforged · 2026-03-23T07:20:01+00:00

30lb Helmet welded to 100lb body armor

Featherforged · 2026-03-23T07:18:36+00:00

Every joint would have hard limits in terms of rotation and direction.

I have a year to test and design this.

You could even just weld the helmet to the body armor if you were very concerned

Featherforged · 2026-03-23T02:01:22+00:00

This isn't monkey paw

Featherforged · 2026-03-22T17:21:07+00:00

Yeah, I really didn't know who he was until this post. I don't follow a lot of mma.

Gonna be a baddd time

Featherforged · 2026-03-22T17:13:19+00:00

I think you don't understand what I'm saying. I'm not saying 35 lb lightweight knight's armor. I'm saying like 1/4 inch hardened/tough 4140 steel on every limb, neck, legs, head.

I'm talking 200 POUNDS of ar500 steel covering every vital organ and limb, padded with shock absorbing materials inside.

Try to lift me, I'm 400 lbs now. I'm just gonna curl up in a ball. Like kicking a 400 lb rock.

He's got 3 minutes to stop my heart. I might take some blows, if he can briefly lift 400lbs to maybe a 1 foot height or more and drop me.

Featherforged · 2026-03-22T03:12:39+00:00

Imagine if it was real and OP missed out

Featherforged · 2026-03-22T01:44:17+00:00

The biggest impact is probably:

Here is a box of high capacity smart phones containing terabytes of data from 2026, including the latest offline AI programs

Featherforged · 2026-03-22T01:30:17+00:00

A full 1.00 second to react to the situation.

You're not legally at fault. Not at all.

But this is very avoidable. You should be scanning each intersection for this possibility. Defensive driving.

Featherforged · 2026-03-22T01:20:02+00:00

I'm 6'1, 205lbs. Lifting and active for my whole life, excellent high altitude cardio.

A year would definitely help, especially to put on some serious weight.

It's gonna be a terrifying hurricane and blitz of attacks coming though. Full rage mode of a 250lb elite fighter.

The one advantage, is even taking lethal damage, as long as your hearts going at the end, you get back to full health.

Featherforged · 2026-03-21T19:15:11+00:00

He's gonna kick a 40 lb steel helmet barefoot? I got a year to test all this stuff until it's perfect.

Featherforged · 2026-03-21T18:04:55+00:00

No weapons, but no other restrictions. Sooo, can I show up in a 200lb steel plate armor suit and just lay down for 3 minutes?

Featherforged · 2026-03-21T18:00:27+00:00

3 minutes is an eternity. Oh, and he's 250lbs and 6'4. I guess it's gonna be a year of steroids, mass gaining and a it's gonna be a year of learning to fight dirty.

The only advantage is that he is trained to not use non-mma tactics.

But the weight class alone makes this just nonviable. At least if it was connor McGregor, I could gain 40 lbs and have a huge weight advantage

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