assassinatedbyCIA comments on 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

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)

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[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

So we might a well build some shit.

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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Hey, it's just $2,300,000,000

Can't even feed a packed homeless shelter for that much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

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.

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[–] CybranM@feddit.nu 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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.

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[–] wholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago

NASA also consistently provides new innovation and new science.

What will the dome keep contributing to society for the absurd electricity cost it takes to keep running? Advertisements?

Yeah, there not really the same argument.

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