Look, you’re welcome to nitpick the analogies but my point stands: every new technology that has massively changed the way we live went through an infancy phase in which doubters said “Oh this will never catch on”.

To be honest, I’m not using it, just our team leaders. And I agree that virtual meetings are not the killer app.

The utility is emerging quickly, and will really take off when decent hardware becomes more accessible.

Geez, it’s almost like you have to invest money in order to have a bigger return later on.

Now I’m unsure whether I should give that a try before jumping to Elden Ring.

Has Martin Starr ever been in anything where he didn’t steal the show?

That’s awesome to know! Now looking forward to it way more.

May quit Netflix soon. I have no problem with $20+ a month, but there has to be something there I’m into in return.

Just washed my pillows in the washing machine with some Oxy and they came out perfectly clean. Good stuff. I guess just make sure they’re not feathered.

That’s exactly it. Everything you just said.

This guy is amazing at this game, but I do not see how anyone could look to him as some kind of amazingly skillful “peak gamer”.

Headlines of real, actual articles are now including emojis?

Do games like this stimulate serotonin or dopamine?

I love this. Great one.

Really?! That’s awesome - used to love that game!

This looks really good.

Great analysis here. Drunk drivers for the most part are people who didn’t take public transport to where they’re drinking, so rural or at least suburban areas are where they’re going to live, and trucks are far more common in these area.

Okay that’s fair. The Metaverse as envisioned to date exists somehow in the public domain and while private businesses can exist and build their own real estate within it, in most examples I’ve seen none of them have owned the Metaverse itself, they just build properties within it.

What you’re describing is Web 3.0.