{"id":50344,"date":"2020-07-13T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=50344"},"modified":"2020-07-13T04:54:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T08:54:02","slug":"diecast-308","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=50344","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #308: The Spring Break of Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heads up: In two weeks<span class='snote' title='1'>The episode will go live on July 27.<\/span> I&#8217;m going to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SoldierHawke\">SoldierHawke<\/a> back on the show. We&#8217;re going to talk about Eastshade and other games we&#8217;ve been playing lately. If you have questions for Paul and I &#8211; or for SoldierHawke and I &#8211; the email is in the header image. <\/p>\n<p><br clear='all'><audio controls><source src='\/diecast\/diecast308.ogg' type='audio\/ogg'><source src='\/diecast\/diecast308.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><div><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast308.mp3' download='diecast308.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast308.ogg' download='diecast308.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>. Episode edited by <a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/profiles\/76561198087035658\/\">Issac<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast308.mp3\">Diecast308<\/a><\/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\/iGHqMlM6z4g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iGHqMlM6z4g'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>00:00 Shamus\u2019 New Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class='imagefull'><img src='https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/images\/office_desk.jpg' width=100% alt='Look at that wonderful ultra-wide keyboard drawer. No need to strand my mouse on some dinky mousepad.' title='Look at that wonderful ultra-wide keyboard drawer. No need to strand my mouse on some dinky mousepad.'\/><\/div><div class='mouseover-alt'>Look at that wonderful ultra-wide keyboard drawer. No need to strand my mouse on some dinky mousepad.<\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>04:49 Snowflake Servers at Work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This segment fills me with anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>This is also a good excuse for the rest of you to tell your horror stories about the various janky computers and servers you&#8217;ve been forced to care for at work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16:20 The new Atari VCS<\/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\/cz1GazhuCik\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cz1GazhuCik'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>41:07 Paul finished playing Eastshade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I still haven&#8217;t played it yet. Like I said at the top of the show, I&#8217;ve been busy. <\/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\/mYslaGEMs4o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mYslaGEMs4o'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>51:13 Mailbag: Rust<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast-casters,<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on the programming language Rust, if any? I only recently became aware of it when Stack Overflow released their annual user survey back in April which had it as the &#8220;most beloved&#8221; language for the fourth year in a row, despite apparently only about 5% of the respondents using it. It bills itself as being &#8220;like C or C++ but more memory safe&#8221; (it doesn&#8217;t allow null pointers, for instance), but as my programming knowledge consists of a decade of Python experience and a tiny smidgen of JavaScript I have no context for evaluating or judging between statically-typed compiled languages. Is this the new language that everything will be written in ten years down the line, or is it merely a passing fad? Is it worth spending a little time learning it out of curiosity like I&#8217;m considering (perhaps simply for the mental benefits of knowing multiple languages, even if I never use it professionally)?<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nDaniel &#8220;Philadelphus&#8221; Berke<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>56:17 Duoae <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=50291#comment-1266181\">asks<\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How much do we have to pay Shamus to do a whole podcast in fake cockney English?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:00:12 Joshuah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=50291#comment-1265862\">says<\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sounds like Shamus needs to actually try being a PC in a virtual game, due to his concerns about his time. I\u2019m sure there are plenty of fans here who would be happy to have him try out their games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:01:13 The Wallpaper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sure, let&#8217;s randomly talk about wallpaper at the end of the show for no reason. I&#8217;m a great podcast host!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heads up: In two weeksThe episode will go live on July 27. I&#8217;m going to have SoldierHawke back on the show. We&#8217;re going to talk about Eastshade and other games we&#8217;ve been playing lately. 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