{"id":34245,"date":"2016-09-05T15:24:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T19:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=34245"},"modified":"2016-09-05T20:11:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T00:11:19","slug":"diecast-166-turing-test-obduction-epistory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=34245","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #166: Turing Test, Obduction, Epistory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br clear='all'><audio controls><source src='\/diecast\/diecast166.ogg' type='audio\/ogg'><source src='\/diecast\/diecast166.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><div><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast166.mp3' download='diecast166.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast166.ogg' download='diecast166.ogg'>Direct download<\/a> (ogg Vorbis)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='?cat=287&feed=rss2'>Podcast RSS feed.<\/a><\/small><\/div><br \/>\nHosts: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rainmaker0000lariat\/status\/685283024099913728\">Josh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/rutskarn?ty=c\">Rutskarn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/\">Shamus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Campster\">Campster<\/a>. Episode edited by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueberrystarstudio.com\/site\/\">Rachel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>0:01:27: The Turing Test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><table class='nomargin' cellspacing='0' width='100%' cellpadding='0' align='center' border='0'><tr><td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XlMsxCXYJto\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XlMsxCXYJto'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>0:10:48: Obduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><table class='nomargin' cellspacing='0' width='100%' cellpadding='0' align='center' border='0'><tr><td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YsWHoOKa24E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YsWHoOKa24E'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>0:25:56: Epistory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>True story: I don&#8217;t touch-type. Considering that every single aspect of my job &#8211; writing columns, writing code, writing fiction, and writing emails to apologize for not answering emails sooner because I was playing videogames &#8211; involves <strong>typing<\/strong>, this is an embarrassing shortcoming. <\/p>\n<p>See, by the time I got around to taking a touch-typing course in high school I&#8217;d already been typing for about five years. I found overcoming five years of muscle memory to be basically insurmountable. Making things worse is that many of the keyboards back then had <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TRS-80_MC-10\">stupid layouts and odd sizes<\/a> that made it difficult to cultivate generalized typing habits.<\/p>\n<p>So I type with the first three fingers on each hand, mostly while looking down at the keyboard. It&#8217;s ghastly slow compared to touch-typing, but the overhead of fixing it is just too costly. At this point I&#8217;ve got three decades of deeply ingrained habits that would all need to be broken. At my age, that sort of mental re-training is just not in the cards. <\/p>\n<p>If I was going to invest time into something ambitious like that, I&#8217;d want to spend it on learning <strong>new<\/strong> things (like learning to play the guitar) rather than re-learning my core skills so that I can type faster. Especially since I&#8217;m not sure how much of a productivity boost it would give me. Typing speed isn&#8217;t always my primary bottleneck. For example, while writing this paragraph I paused at least three times to work out the next sentence. Boosting my typing speed might mean I&#8217;d just sit in this idle state for longer. <\/p>\n<p>Still, typing like this is a little embarrassing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>0:52:05: Rutskarn talks miniatures and the painting thereof.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>0:59:06: MAILTIME: Spoiler Warning and Games from Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast<\/p>\n<p>How come not a single one of the 24 spoiler warning games has been Japanese? I&#8217;m never gonna get a Deadly Premonition, Dragon&#8217;s Dogma or Metal Gear Rising Revengeance playthrough at this rate! Do I have to get Superbunnyhop on again to make this happen?<\/p>\n<p>Love, Christopher<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As always, the mailbox for questions is in the header image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts: Josh, Rutskarn, Shamus, Campster. Episode edited by Rachel. 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