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Six no-BS Metaverse use cases – The Daily PPILL #193

Six no-BS Metaverse use cases – The Daily PPILL #193

I don’t think there is a more popular buzzword today than “Metaverse”. So if we let other people smarter than me define it, I particularly like Karina Nobbs’, which goes like: “a persistent, live digital universe that affords individuals...
The origin story – The Daily PPILL #192

The origin story – The Daily PPILL #192

Every superhero or super villain has an origin story. We understand the heroes we grew up with, because we are familiar with them. But if we were to encounter one of them for the first time, there would be a lot of things that would not make sense and that would raise...
Eat my brains out – The Daily PPILL #191 Halloween Edition

Eat my brains out – The Daily PPILL #191 Halloween Edition

Americans, we are suckers for zombie shows and movies. How many more can we have? I have heard that we even make special weapons for those who want to prepare themselves for a zombie apocalypse. (I am not sure which part of that sentence is more wrong). Decomposing,...
The Republic of letters – The Daily PPILL #190

The Republic of letters – The Daily PPILL #190

Just because something has been recently made more convenient or more widespread, doesn’t mean that it didn’t exist before. Take for example, message boards, online forums, and blogs. We tend to assume these are mostly a product of the Internet, and even...
Turning into a Soviet – The Daily PPILL #189

Turning into a Soviet – The Daily PPILL #189

Every single one of us is running their own Agitprop. That’s the name used for the soviet Ministry of Agitation and Propaganda. It was an entity tasked with creating the official version of the facts, and drown out every other version. In that effort, they would...
Distressed slacks – The Daily PPILL #188

Distressed slacks – The Daily PPILL #188

Yeah. Faded work pants with holes on them. Or how about embellished work boots? Se where I am going? Why is that some categories go together “well” and we have decided that they don’t with other categories? Who is going to be the one to break the...