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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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[–] 31 points 2 years ago (29 children)

Add a solar array and battery bank, a you might even have electricity left over. It’s in the desert after all.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (17 children)

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

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (14 children)

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

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    Advertising may be entertaining but it's not entertainment

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    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!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Have you ever seen a solar array that gives 28 MW?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    So?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Or how about six wind turbines? It’s rather windy in Las Vegas.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Is it bigger or smaller than a football field?

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