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Comment by einpoklum

1 day ago

So this is one of the vanity project Microsoft undertakes using the vast amounts of money it makes off of proprietary software?

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porphyra  20 hours ago

A lot of advances during the Renaissance happened due to some vanity projects of the Medici family (e.g. funding Galileo Galilei and Brunelleschi's Dome).

lancesells  21 hours ago

Microsoft was bummed that they couldn't acquire it so they recreated it in 3D.

  • Tabular-Iceberg  19 hours ago

    I sometimes wonder why they don't just sell the whole thing to a real estate developer or something.

    If inornate churches that look more like strip malls and expo centers are so much better for the laity then imagine how much more good it would do for the top brass, relieving them of the burden of having to look at all that sacred art all day long. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.