The Weekly Squeak — Netlify, game playing AI, and Sim Hell
This issue includes an interview with the cofounder of one of my favourite tech companies, AI in games, AI playing games, and tech history. All the good things ☺️.
You can hear the podcast version of this issue, including an interview with Matt Billman of Netlify below.
xx Chinch
You can’t beat an unwinnable game, but you can break it — theoutline.com
There is no end to simulators like ‘SimCity’ and ‘Roller Coaster Tycoon’. There is only terrifying perfection, and then sweet destruction.
A Conspiracy To Kill IE6 — blog.chriszacharias.com
Many years ago, a handful of engineers at Google conspired to start the downfall of their worst enemy, and kickstarted the backlash.
Inside Microsoft’s surprise decision to work with Google on its Edge browser — www.theverge.com
Microsoft made the surprising decision to switch its Edge browser to the open-source Chromium project. Microsoft engineers are now working with Google engineers to improve Chromium browsers, and this is the story behind that decision.
We All Work for Facebook — longreads.com
Digital labor is valuable even when we do it for free. Should we get paid?
All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward — www.zdnet.com
Google has announced that all new Chromebook devices will be Linux ready. Is this yet another nail in the coffin for macOS and Windows?
DeepMind wants to teach AI to play a card game that’s harder than Go — www.technologyreview.com
Hanabi is a card game that relies on theory of mind and a higher level of reasoning than either Go or chess — no wonder DeepMind’s researchers want to tackle it next.
