I heard this thing drains more power than half the homes in Nevada
Can't sleep, he's watching
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Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 5 months ago
RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
28 megawatts at peak. Enough power for 21,000 homes.
bUt iTS soLaR!
FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Also me and my family were gonna go to the sphere and turns out part of it is essentially a climate change lecture, and my family had the collective reaction of “ah yes, let’s discuss climate change in the orb that has enough power to remain easily visible in the direct desert sun”
So yeah that was interesting to hear
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Reminds me of those AI centers that drain the grid and suck up all the municipal water, only to run a fortune in PR about being Green.
As though using a Three Mile Island’s worth of electricity is doing the rest of the world a favor.
variants@possumpat.io 5 months ago
We need to invent a device that cancels out the light that comes through a glass window. Like noise canceling headphones but for light
Foreigner@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You mean like… curtains?
moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
robdor@lemmynsfw.com 5 months ago
Has science gone too far?
uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 5 months ago
I don’t know how America survives without roller shutters. It’s blackout dark in my home whenever I want it to.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
A lot of folks use blinds which are abject shit for keeping out light, blackout curtains are becoming more common but its still not the norm. Also im pretty sure the OOP is in a Hotel meaning thet prolly cant do any modifications, also if you want to go to Vegas assuming you have a car stay in one of the satellite towns, Primm, Boulder, or a KOA campground.
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
We have those. They’re called walls.
dumbass@leminal.space 5 months ago
Kinda like tinting a window?
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Fun fact, most LED displays will only display a very specific wavelength of light for each primary color, if you can isolate the specific values of red, green, and blue, that the sphere uses in the LEDs in its displays, and get tint/filters for those wavelength ranges, you can effectively “tint” the windows where the sphere would be nearly impossible to see, while almost everything else would be fairly clear.
Almost all other light is broad spectrum, so even a single color item would reflect a much larger range of wavelengths than what the sphere produces, which may make red/green/blue objects less bright through the window, but they will still be observable, while the sphere is basically just black.
Microw@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I can guarantee you that there are people researching “variable glass tinting”
satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It makes more sense to outlaw devices that let you see through walls (windows).
YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Spunch Bob Sqor Ponts
sverit@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I chuckled :)
BOBR!
Randelung@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Spunch?
OpenHammer6677@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I can’t hear youuuu
AeonFelis@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Who lives in a pie nipple under the sea?
Alienmonkey@lemm.ee 5 months ago
If you can see the sphere, you paid extra for the room and you knew what you were getting into.
Bgugi@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Not really. I stayed at the Venetian last year, and my my room didn’t include the sphere view in either the features or as an upcharge. (The sphere is “part of” the Venetian, so they’d be the most likely to advertise rooms with a view.) Their room is quite a bit further than mine was. They may have paid for the strip view, but without specific advertising they probably would not be able to tell ahead of time if they’d have LOS on the sphere.
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The smog
smokebuddy@lemmy.today 5 months ago
hogmomma@lemmy.world 5 months ago
What am I looking at here?
dditty@lemm.ee 5 months ago
“The Sphere” is a new event and concert venue in Las Vegas
loutr@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
It’s a huge ball they put up in Las Vegas because why the fuck not I guess? It seems to be a huge screen because it was a US flag in the other picture I’ve seen.
seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
pigup@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It happens
Mwa@lemm.ee 5 months ago
It’s freakbob guys
coffee_with_cream@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
youtu.be/pL9o_BwSN-o?si=864pFkuGqjr4TTIY
He’s coming for you
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Scientists: No! It’s impossible to shine a light on the moon bright enough to advertise.
….What if we made our own moon and advertise on that?
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
scientists said this?
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It would take twice the global output of power to overcome the light from the sun.
Relevant xkcd
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
Even if it weren’t true I would definitely tell the advertisers it was.