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-square335fedilinkarrow-up1909arrow-down144
arrow-up1865arrow-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-square335fedilink
minus-squareassassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80arrow-down13·1 year agoWe can do that, but first let’s make sure everyone on the planet has clean water first.
minus-squarenooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down13·1 year agoThe money spent on this would not have been spent on giving clean water to people thousands of miles away
minus-squaredandi8@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down10·1 year agoDoes this really make it any less worthy of criticism, though…?
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down4·1 year agoHow about using it for the free school lunches that the Governor decided to veto for some fucking reason?
minus-squareRogueBanana@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoWe would rather have the children starve to death than being called a communist.
minus-squarenooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoIt was privately funded, this money would not have gone to school lunches
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoIs that where guillotines come in?
minus-squarenikita@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoMaybe it would’ve if governments taxed them properly and spent that money to save the planet
minus-squareassassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDoesn’t flint still not have clean water?
minus-squarenooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThose are two different states, plus flint does have clean water now (although the effects of contamination and lead exposure still remain in people who grew up drinking it)
minus-squareBruceTwarzen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoSo we might a well build some shit.
minus-squarefrunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHey, it’s just $2,300,000,000 Can’t even feed a packed homeless shelter for that much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down5·1 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.
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
Does this really make it any less worthy of criticism, though…?
Yes?
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
Is that where guillotines come in?
Maybe it would’ve if governments taxed them properly and spent that money to save the planet
Doesn’t flint still not have clean water?
Those are two different states, plus flint does have clean water now (although the effects of contamination and lead exposure still remain in people who grew up drinking it)
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)_/¯
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.