{"id":21904,"date":"2014-01-01T11:57:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T16:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21904"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:27:00","slug":"diecast-40-happy-new-years-evesmass-ica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21904","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #40: Happy New Years Evesmass-ica."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy new year! Rather than doing a big year-end retrospective, we talked about the here &amp; now like we usually do.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast40.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast40.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast40.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast40.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast40.ogg'>Direct download<\/a> (ogg Vorbis)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/mbafford-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/diecast.xml'>Podcast RSS feed.<\/a><\/small><br \/>--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/embed\/nk5gQLIC#FxRg3aeSdlTiy1LoA0eIL8rtHbpoIKOZF1yCphFiUTk!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/nk5gQLIC#FxRg3aeSdlTiy1LoA0eIL8rtHbpoIKOZF1yCphFiUTk\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/akR1hZ5S#aWb-khMNLM0aY1WQXG80QH2ztqL7HHnxgj0C2YjwuGw\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note that I produced this episode. Josh usually does it, but he&#8217;s visiting his parents and doesn&#8217;t have access to his normal equipment. So any complaints about the audio quality should be directed at me. Note also that I make about two episodes a year, so your complaints won&#8217;t do any good because I end up re-learning the whole process from scratch every time.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.errantsignal.com\/blog\/\">Chris<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Krampus\">Josh<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\">Shamus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>3:00 Josh is sick, and so he&#8217;s taking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fireballwhisky.com\/index.cfm\">Fireball Whiskey<\/a> in search of the cure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be clear, I don&#8217;t know if gargling with alcohol is medically useful for killing throat-based infections, but it FEELS like it helps. The only reason I doubt it is: If all you needed to do to kill throat cultures was gargle alcohol, wouldn&#8217;t they have figured it out ages ago? Wouldn&#8217;t this just be standard procedure for sore throats?<\/p>\n<p>As an aside: How could you do a proper <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blind_experiment\">double-blind<\/a> study on this? With most tests, you can easily administer a placebo without detection. But the test subject is going to feel that alcohol in their throat and the control subject won&#8217;t, and that sensation is going to skew the results. I don&#8217;t know. I think the best solution is for us to make a field trip to the liquor store and begin what I&#8217;m calling a &#8220;blind drunk trial&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Given how good it feels, I can&#8217;t believe this treatment doesn&#8217;t go all the way back to the middle ages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8:30 Josh got <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Wars:_TIE_Fighter\">Tie Fighter<\/a> working on his tablet, using a 360 controller with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dosbox.com\/\">Dos Box<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is madness. Awesome madness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:00 Josh is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/projectzomboid.com\/\">Project Zomboid<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We throw out the term &#8220;offsite SVN&#8221; without explaining it. For the record, SVN is a system for keeping track of source code. An offsite one is a place where you can upload your code so that even if your computer gets hit by an asteroid, you still have a complete record of your code, your documentation, and the history of the project. VERY useful. I use <a href=\"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/\">BitBucket<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I claimed I was a &#8220;one man operation&#8221;, which is completely untrue. I have Peter Olson going over my revisions and making sure it all works on Linux.<\/p>\n<p><strong>19:00 Chris is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinballarcade.com\/GetItNow\/\">The Pinball Arcade<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.ea.game.simpsons4_na\">Simpsons: Tapped Out<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>27:00 We talk about the new <a href=\"http:\/\/riseofthetriad.net\/web\/app.php\">Rise of the Triad<\/a>. Here is footage of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vqAQLHkRs18\">the original<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>35:00 Shamus is playing Skyrim. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We talk about the oddball leveling, the screwy balance, the broken economy, and the way the modding scene is becoming more visible and useful to the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy new year! Rather than doing a big year-end retrospective, we talked about the here &amp; now like we usually do. Download MP3 File Download Ogg Vorbis File Note that I produced this episode. Josh usually does it, but he&#8217;s visiting his parents and doesn&#8217;t have access to his normal equipment. 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