• Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]
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    8 months ago

    This is so fukcing stupid i cant handle it. Fuck. Cathedrals are still beautiful and awe-inspiring hundreds of years after they were built. This orb is going to look like absolute shit the second it loses power or some of its screens break or something, so, like, 50 years from now it'll be giant e-waste sitting in a dead city. I hate techbros i hate techbros i hate techbros

    • kleeon [he/him, he/him]
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      8 months ago

      can a cathedral turn into a giant fucking eyeball? No? Then I don't care about it

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      , 50 years from now

      I admire your optimism that it'll last that long

      • captcha [any]
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        8 months ago

        Give it like 5 years and you'll start seeing multiple led panels needing replaced but they can't afford to do that because they still havent made a profit.

    • oktherebuddy
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      8 months ago

      L take. every sinofuturism video features the big skyscrapers acting as screens. as has been pointed out here before if this thing were built in China we'd all be praising the shit out of it.

      edit: vegas in general is shit though. although the desert & surrounding mountains have a nice austere natural beauty to them.

      • Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]
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        8 months ago

        No. I wouldn't be. I think those giant skyscraper screens are cringe as shit. Simply make prettier buildings that don't cause massive light pollution. I think a neat old stone church is extremely a lot cooler than any fancy skyscraper covered in screens

        • Great_Leader_Is_Dead
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          8 months ago

          Simply make prettier buildings

          Modern engineering and building safety standard make this prohibitively expensive if not borderline impossible.

          • Dolores [love/loves]
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            8 months ago

            what about engineering and safety could possibly demand new buildings be flashy glass skyscrapers?

            • Great_Leader_Is_Dead
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              8 months ago

              Modern HVAC prefers low ceilings

              Fire codes require putting way more staircases in everything and making hallways wider

              Masonry is increasingly expensive and fewer and fewer people can do high skill masonry work

              Also Cathedrals took generations to build, society doesn't have the patience for that crap anymore

              There's other reasons I can't think of off the top of my head

              • Dolores [love/loves]
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                8 months ago

                i doubt they were expecting cathedral-level but more masonry and stylish facades are definitely possible in conventionally proportioned & constructed buildings without breaking those rules (except acquiring masons, but no reason we shouldn't have people employed in beautification trades)

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        I think skyscrapers are overrated, but at least they have functional interiors. What is inside of the orb?

    • Maoo [none/use name]
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      8 months ago

      I would not be surprised if the orb caved in at basically any moment