Comment 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 | PC Gamer

Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Advertising may be entertaining but it’s not entertainment

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      • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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!

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      • Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

        m.youtube.com/watch?v=TuanMw6zwBk

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    • buttfarts@lemy.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Like those ass massaging power chairs.

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      • ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Tilgare@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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  • maniacal_gaff@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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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• NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_tower

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    • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So?

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      • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    110MW …wikipedia.org/…/Crescent_Dunes_Solar_Energy_Proj…

    392MW …m.wikipedia.org/…/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility

    These are both near Vegas.

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  • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is it bigger or smaller than a football field?

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    • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Rough calculation says it needs about 28 ha, this could be about 30 football fields (depending on whatever they mean in your area when they say football :))

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      • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thank you for doing the math.

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• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  allow me to remind you about ✨opportunity costs ✨

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