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Re:Maximum Power in Nature: c⁵/4G ≈ 9 ⋅ 10⁵¹ W by hirundo on Saturday July 02, 2022 @02:55PM (#31961399)
In this house we obey the law of general relativity and forces over c⁵/4G will not be tolerated.

But could someone please explain a little? If I have a widget that does c⁵/4G watts of work when I turn it on, what happens when I turn on a second one? Nothing? Distance between widgets doesn't matter?

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Re:Maximum Power in Nature: c⁵/4G ≈ 9 ⋅ 10⁵¹ W by PrettyPebble on Saturday July 02, 2022 @02:57PM (#31961411)
If you try to produce more power than c⁵/4G at a single point, a black hole horizon appears and will make exceeding the limit impossible.
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Re:Maximum Power in Nature: c⁵/4G ≈ 9 ⋅ 10⁵¹ W by hirundo on Saturday July 02, 2022 @03:03PM (#31961447)
So that's a limit on power per cubic planck, and you can do it again if you shift one planck over?
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Re:Maximum Power in Nature: c⁵/4G ≈ 9 ⋅ 10⁵¹ W by PrettyPebble on Saturday July 02, 2022 @03:41PM (#31961732)
Maybe you have to shift a bit more ...
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