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ben_w 3 hours ago

> I wonder if that principle applies here or not

It applies, but also in practice the maximum temperature is lower than the theoretical upper bound.

https://what-if.xkcd.com/145/

appplication 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Oh funny, my intuition when I was writing that was “there’s probably an xkcd what if about this”, but I imagined it be about surrounding the sun with mirrors. Same idea though in the end

cobbal 2 hours ago | parent [-]

You may have been thinking of this one instead https://what-if.xkcd.com/141/ . Maybe we should put Randall on the supervillain watchlist.