filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months 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-square411fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square411fedilink
minus-squareassassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWe can do that, but first let’s make sure everyone on the planet has clean water first.
minus-squarenooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThe money spent on this would not have been spent on giving clean water to people thousands of miles away
minus-squareBruceTwarzen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoSo we might a well build some shit.
minus-squarefrunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoHey, it’s just $2,300,000,000 Can’t even feed a packed homeless shelter for that much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squareassassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoDoesn’t flint still not have clean water?
minus-squarenikita@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoMaybe it would’ve if governments taxed them properly and spent that money to save the planet
minus-squaredandi8@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoDoes this really make it any less worthy of criticism, though…?
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIs that where guillotines come in?
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoHow about using it for the free school lunches that the Governor decided to veto for some fucking reason?
minus-squarenooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIt was privately funded, this money would not have gone to school lunches
minus-squareRogueBanana@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWe would rather have the children starve to death than being called a communist.
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months 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-up0·4 months 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)_/¯
Doesn’t flint still not have clean water?
Maybe it would’ve if governments taxed them properly and spent that money to save the planet
Does this really make it any less worthy of criticism, though…?
Yes?
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?
It was privately funded, this money would not have gone to school lunches
We would rather have the children starve to death than being called a communist.
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.