filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 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-square433fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down148
arrow-up1972arrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square433fedilink
minus-squarenooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down15·10 months agoThe money spent on this would not have been spent on giving clean water to people thousands of miles away
minus-squaredandi8@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up47arrow-down12·10 months agoDoes this really make it any less worthy of criticism, though…?
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down4·10 months agoHow about using it for the free school lunches that the Governor decided to veto for some fucking reason?
minus-squareRogueBanana@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·10 months agoWe would rather have the children starve to death than being called a communist.
minus-squarenooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoIt was privately funded, this money would not have gone to school lunches
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·10 months agoIs that where guillotines come in?
minus-squarenikita@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·10 months agoMaybe it would’ve if governments taxed them properly and spent that money to save the planet
minus-squareassassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoDoesn’t flint still not have clean water?
minus-squarenooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months 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-down1·10 months agoSo we might a well build some shit.
minus-squarefrunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoHey, it’s just $2,300,000,000 Can’t even feed a packed homeless shelter for that much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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)_/¯