The Weekly Squeak — Learned.io, Wine, filter bubbles, and what is meat?
In this issue I speak with Paul Kuijf of learned.io, a platform for retaining workers, look at the new Lovecraft film, burst some bubbles, learn new languages, and much more.
xx Chinch
Audio version
You can listen to an audio version of this newsletter below, including my interview with Paul of learned.io.
Wine for running Windows 10 apps on Linux gets big upgrade — www.zdnet.com
In the era of Windows XP and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Microsoft used its anti-piracy Windows Genuine Advantage program to block updates to Wine users on Linux systems.
Brave 1.0 Performance: Methodology and Results — brave.com
Just how fast is Brave? If only they’d fix device sync 😞.
Is Lab-Grown Meat Really Meat? — getpocket.com
After centuries of a veritable monopoly, meat might have finally met its match. But what actually is it? 🤔
The truth behind filter bubbles: Bursting some myths — reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
A filter bubble is a state of intellectual or ideological isolation that may result from algorithms feeding us information we agree with, based on our past behaviour and search history. It’s a pretty popular term that was coined by Internet activist Eli Pariser, who wrote about a book about it.
5 Languages That Could Change the Way You See the World — getpocket.com
If your language had no words to describe “the future,” would you still stress over it? I went to my neighbor’s house for something to eat yesterday. Think about this sentence. It’s pretty simple — English speakers would know precisely what it means.
Color Out of Space Review: The Technicolor Nightmare H.P. Lovecraft Fans Have Been Waiting For — comicbook.com
Author H.P. Lovecraft has been an icon in the world of horror literature for more than a century, but, unlike other genre authors, his works haven’t found as much success when translated into live-action endeavors.
