Samsung launches a "sustainability-themed quest" on their "Samsung 837X" Decentraland metaverse project, where they invite characters to hunt for "recyclable product boxes", plant trees in the (virtual) forest, and earn NFT badges.The press release doesn't happen to mention that the Decentraland project is built on Ethereum, a proof-of-work blockchain that currently uses over 100 TWh of electricity per year—around the same amount as countries like the Netherlands or Finland.

Unique Wearables, folks

Who needs the world if you can have a meta-world

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I have never seen a better use of this emoji on this site.

    :eco-porky:

  • Ericthescruffy [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    In my head canon for the Matrix films there never was a war. Zion thinks there was but even Morpheus admits most of the records are dicey. The truth is we didn't scorch the skies to stop the machines. We just completely pored gasoline on the entire world and set it on fire because we could finally retreat into digital spaces and never have to know we were eating slop every day, and we programmed the machine caretakers with understanding that any human who wants to live in the real world and wants other people to wake up is dangerously neurodivergent and should be purged.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      That would be a great layer to reveal after peeling back the sloppiness of the sequels.

  • yellowparenti5 [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    i used to work at a company where they would think of dumb stuff like this and waste everyones time. we never did anything because it all cost more than what we were willing to pay, which was very little.

    • Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Nobody, because "the metaverse" isn't even close to being a thing. It's just a trendy way to rebrand the same VR tech that's been around for decades.

  • djphdk [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    maybe we can do just a little bit of adventurism?

    • MasterShakeVoice [undecided]
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      3 years ago

      I think we should lobby to pass a law to apply thermite to facebook's physical infrastructure, legally

  • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Samsung launches environmental sustainability-themed metaverse scavenger hunt where people plant virtual trees and earn NFTs

    something something victorian child something something

    • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      also could they at least give NFTs to people who plant real trees??? who the fuck cares that somebody planted a fake tree in a fake world???