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Las 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 Gamer (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 21 points 11 months ago

Still a waste of energy because that could be used for the general grid

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

I wouldn’t say entertainment is a waste of energy even if there are nobler uses for the power.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 37 points 11 months ago

Advertising may be entertaining but it's not entertainment

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

I dunno man. You ever see the infomercials for the magic bullet, or the slapchop?

Fetticini

Linguine

Martini

Bikini.

You're gonna love my nuts!

[-] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Remember when he got his dick almost bitten off while doing coke with a hooker?

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Wasn't it his lip?

[-] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Shit you might be right. It's been a long time

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 11 months ago

It may be entertaining, but it's not entertainment.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

…Las Vegas Sphere—a gigantic spherical entertainment arena sitting at the heart of Sin City…

[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

I think he means the outside

[-] Grimy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Here's a link. You can go inside of it and it's essentially a huge concert venue. It's clearly entertainment.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TuanMw6zwBk

[-] buttfarts@lemy.lol 2 points 11 months ago

Like those ass massaging power chairs.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago

I'd hate to be the one to use them after /u/buttfarts.

[-] Tilgare@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

There wouldn't be an incentive or the capital necessary to instigate the build out of solar without the sphere. Yes, it would be great if someone did that. But the owners of the sphere specifically have a financial incentive to do so for the sake of lower energy costs. There's not a lack of land or sun, so whether they do or do not doesn't amount to a "waste" of energy - anyone else can build out solar production too.

[-] maniacal_gaff@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago

I saw several concerts there and it was awesome. You want to live a life without anything fun in it?

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