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A Boring Dystopia

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cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/994369

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The original was posted on /r/aboringdystopia by /u/lowen0005 on 2023-10-03 03:28:53.

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

i remember reading about this idea on the paper in the 80s. i think the loggistics of launching such a large structure to orbit, just achieve bad PR would be have terrible ROI

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[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I had the very same gut response as Lauren.

Shotguns ftw

[–] new_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

But the Michelin balloon tho

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I believe the preferred phrase is "hack into the mainframe."

But I can't remember the last time I lived somewhere I could see actual stars...

[–] jetsetdorito@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it's only a matter of time before they start slapping ads on the Vegas sphere

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I think we're talking weeks or months here, not years.

[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I guess 2015 came late

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