filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLas Vegas' dystopia-sphere, powered by 150 Nvidia GPUs and drawing up to 28,000,000 watts, is both a testament to the hubris of humanity and an admittedly impressive technical feat | PC Gamerwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square412fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkLas Vegas' dystopia-sphere, powered by 150 Nvidia GPUs and drawing up to 28,000,000 watts, is both a testament to the hubris of humanity and an admittedly impressive technical feat | PC Gamerwww.pcgamer.comfilister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square412fedilink
minus-squareassassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWe can do that, but first let’s make sure everyone on the planet has clean water first.
minus-squarenooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThe money spent on this would not have been spent on giving clean water to people thousands of miles away
minus-squareBruceTwarzen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoSo we might a well build some shit.
minus-squarefrunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHey, it’s just $2,300,000,000 Can’t even feed a packed homeless shelter for that much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squaredandi8@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoDoes this really make it any less worthy of criticism, though…?
minus-squarenikita@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoMaybe it would’ve if governments taxed them properly and spent that money to save the planet
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIs that where guillotines come in?
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHow about using it for the free school lunches that the Governor decided to veto for some fucking reason?
minus-squareRogueBanana@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWe would rather have the children starve to death than being called a communist.
minus-squarenooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt was privately funded, this money would not have gone to school lunches
minus-squareassassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoDoesn’t flint still not have clean water?
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThis is the equivalent of saying “Eat all your dinner cause there’s starving children in Africa”. Sure, this sounds nice, but this logic falls apart the instant you start thinking about it.
minus-squareCybranM@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYou sound like the people criticising NASA for spending money on science. “Who do X when Y is still an issue?” I doubt you make that kind of prioritization with your own money.
We can do that, but first let’s make sure everyone on the planet has clean water first.
The money spent on this would not have been spent on giving clean water to people thousands of miles away
So we might a well build some shit.
Hey, it’s just $2,300,000,000
Can’t even feed a packed homeless shelter for that much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Does this really make it any less worthy of criticism, though…?
Yes?
Maybe it would’ve if governments taxed them properly and spent that money to save the planet
Is that where guillotines come in?
How about using it for the free school lunches that the Governor decided to veto for some fucking reason?
We would rather have the children starve to death than being called a communist.
It was privately funded, this money would not have gone to school lunches
Doesn’t flint still not have clean water?
This is the equivalent of saying “Eat all your dinner cause there’s starving children in Africa”.
Sure, this sounds nice, but this logic falls apart the instant you start thinking about it.
You sound like the people criticising NASA for spending money on science. “Who do X when Y is still an issue?”
I doubt you make that kind of prioritization with your own money.