{"id":42274,"date":"2018-03-19T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=42274"},"modified":"2018-03-19T13:11:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T17:11:16","slug":"diecast-202-kerbal-space-program-human-revolution-hosting-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=42274","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #202: Kerbal Space Program, Human Revolution, Hosting Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heads up: An enterprising reader has created <a href=\"https:\/\/mbafford-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/diecast.xml\">their own RSS feed<\/a> for the show. I don&#8217;t use RSS often enough to appraise it, so let me know how it works for you. If it&#8217;s good and does what we need, I&#8217;d be happy to make this the official feed.<\/p>\n<p>Good news for those of you who enjoyed SolderHawk&#8217;s visit in the previous episode: She&#8217;s going to come back and visit again in a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p><br clear='all'><audio controls><source src='\/diecast\/diecast202.ogg' type='audio\/ogg'><source src='\/diecast\/diecast202.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><div><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast202.mp3' download='diecast202.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast202.ogg' download='diecast202.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=\"http:\/\/www.peripheralarbor.com\/\">Paul<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/\">Shamus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Episode edited by <a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/profiles\/76561198087035658\/\">Issac<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>00:09 Mailbag<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast<\/p>\n<p>This week the community is doing <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/a-massive-bloodborne-community-event-is-happening-right-1823671312\">a Return to Bloodborne event<\/a>, which just means encouraging people to create a new character and go through the game again while using all of the online features. A similar event was done yearly for Demon&#8217;s Souls, which had its servers shut down earlier this year. <\/p>\n<p>Which older game that you like would you participate in such an event for?<\/p>\n<p>Love, Christopher <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>03:21 Kerbal Space Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new DLC (which we shamefully didn&#8217;t name in the show) is called &#8220;Making History&#8221;. The stellar Scott Manley can give you a pretty good overview of what the new features are:<\/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\/AfagVQ97IZU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AfagVQ97IZU'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>08:00 Issac played Deus Ex: Human Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My son: This doesn&#8217;t work for me.<\/p>\n<p>Me: That&#8217;s my boy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>13:57 SubNautica<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is the first episode of the Let&#8217;s Play that Paul was talking about:<\/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\/yAKhFIbpKeI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yAKhFIbpKeI'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>23:34 My site went down for 6 hours on Friday the 9th.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Note that I think I used the wrong terms here. The tiers of web service are roughly: 1) Shared Hosting. 2) VPS 3) Dedicated hosting. In the show I mispoke when I said I needed &#8220;shared hosting&#8221;. I need the second one.<\/p>\n<p>I have better things to do than move my site again, after <a href=\"?p=41629\">the last move was such a nightmare<\/a>. And I&#8217;m paid up for the year and I&#8217;d hate to see that cash go to waste. But this host is ticking time bomb. <\/p>\n<p>Like I said on the show: I&#8217;m looking for a LAMP<span class='snote' title='1'>The four pillars of the modern web: Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP.<\/span> VPS with shell access. I know I got some recommendations the last time the site went down, but it&#8217;s been a few months and I&#8217;m looking for updated information. I have to crowdsource this, since, like I said in the show, the typical review sites don&#8217;t dig deep enough to find the big problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>36:50 Affinity \/ Photoshop replacement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;ve found a possible replacement for the venerable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/products\/jasc-paint-shop-pro-8-0\/review\/\">Paint Shop Pro 8<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heads up: An enterprising reader has created their own RSS feed for the show. I don&#8217;t use RSS often enough to appraise it, so let me know how it works for you. If it&#8217;s good and does what we need, I&#8217;d be happy to make this the official feed. 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