Saudi Arabia Discovers It's Hard to Build a 105-Mile Skyscraper (futurism.com)

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[-] stembolts@programming.dev 29 points 6 months ago

It seems like one of the dumbest things ever. I hope they carry on. Don't invest in the future, that's for dummies, build a giant phallic symbol in one of the least hospitable areas of the world.

Think about the maintenance costs alone..

[-] BackwardMonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

But... but MBS is rich so he must be smart, right? No way he could be naked?

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