{"id":3995,"date":"2021-08-20T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2021-08-20T10:40:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:40:12","slug":"the-jarbochov-weekly-roundup-august-20th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/20\/the-jarbochov-weekly-roundup-august-20th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jarbochov Weekly Roundup (August 20th, 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can you believe it\u2019s already the 20th of August? I have to admit I\u2019m not that motivated to write this week\u2019s weekly roundup, but alas, the roundup must go on. If you\u2019ve been overwhelmed by what\u2019s happening currently with rising Covid-19 numbers, and everything regarding Afghanistan, you\u2019re not alone. Don\u2019t let social media convince you that you need to be outspoken about current events if you don\u2019t want to. It\u2019s okay to not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more GET TO IT!-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enough dawdling!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video Game History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video game preservation is important to me. I like learning about the history of games before and after successful titles in particular. I watched this video from a GDC talk in 2019 with Frank Cifaldi who is the founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/gamehistory.org\/\">Video Game History Foundation<\/a>. The main talking points were, a lot of history has been saved by software pirates<sup><a id=\"ffn1\" href=\"#fn1\" class=\"footnote\">1<\/a><\/sup>, and that there\u2019s a need to stop treating emulation like it\u2019s a bad thing. Also ephemera around video games are almost as interesting as the games themselves and worth saving too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dp-DRU24J18?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nintendo Life did an excellent breakdown on <em>The Legend of Zelda: Link\u2019s Awakening<\/em>\u2019s spiritual predecessor <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaeru_no_Tame_ni_Kane_wa_Naru\">Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru<\/a><\/em> (also referred to as: <em>The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls<\/em>). It\u2019s a neat little piece of Game Boy history that I should play<sup><a id=\"ffn2\" href=\"#fn2\" class=\"footnote\">2<\/a><\/sup>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iaOhJbSufJI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a neat thread on Twitter about the development of the foxes leading players to treasure in Skyrim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Among Skyrim players, you&#39;ll occasionally see this tip: if you see a wild fox, follow it and you&#39;ll be led to treasure.<br><br>Sometime shortly after shipping, we saw this going around online, and an informal investigation started.  Who made foxes do this?!<\/p>&mdash; Joel Burgess (@JoelBurgess) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoelBurgess\/status\/1428008043556622336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019d like to take a sidebar with the audience now and vent about Twitter threads. I like reading things like this, and I understand the ease of use of starting a thread (with less pressure for editing), but\u2026 please don\u2019t let this stuff stay locked there. Start a blog. Put it there, so we can find it in a year or two without the horrible reading experience that are Twitter threads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mastercard.com\/news\/perspectives\/2021\/magnetic-stripe\/\">Magnetic strips are going away on credit cards.<\/a> But don\u2019t worry, you\u2019re going to have until around 2029 to say goodbye. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disney is killing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/22632224\/disney-genie-plus-cost-disneyland-disney-world-app-fastpass\">FastPass<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/18\/magazine\/superweeds-monsanto.html\">article in NYT about how weeds are strong enough to survive plant cancer<\/a><sup><a id=\"ffn3\" href=\"#fn3\" class=\"footnote\">3<\/a><\/sup>. I know people are quick to judge about weed killers and corporate farming, and when you read stuff like this, it is somewhat scary. We\u2019ve made weeds stronger by trying to kill them (similar to bacteria). But is there anything that can be done at scale effectively? And who is going to pay for it while keeping food at the same price?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote jarboquote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Herbicide-resistant weeds are generally less of a concern on organic farms, but these make up less than 1 percent of total U.S. acreage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/moderna-set-to-test-experimental-hiv-mrna-vaccine-in-pe-1847504355\">Moderna Set to Test Experimental HIV mRNA Vaccine in People<\/a>. I know we\u2019re having trouble seeing through the pandemic fog how groundbreaking mRNA vaccines are, but this is hopeful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/tag\/neat\/\">#NEAT<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/what3words.com\/italic.shed.good\">what3words \/\/\/ The simplest way to talk about location<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A website that allows you to define any geographic location on the planet to a very precise location using only three words. Too bad it\u2019s proprietary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s it from me this week. In personal news, I did finish two video games within just a few days of each other. I have started drafting a review of <em>The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD<\/em> and maybe I\u2019ll be motivated to finish it for next week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for reading, and please, for the love that all that is good, start sending in suggestions or questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"footnotes wp-block-list\"><li id=\"fn1\">Then subsequently used in collections that are resold.  <a href=\"#ffn1\">&#x21a9;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"fn2\">I bought an english translation cart a few years ago.  <a href=\"#ffn2\">&#x21a9;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"fn3\">at least my interpretation of it.  <a href=\"#ffn3\">&#x21a9;<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relax with a cup of your favorite warmed beveraga and read the weekly roundup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[430],"tags":[441,440,439,442,109,298],"post_format":[],"class_list":["post-3995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-jarbochov-weekly-roundup","tag-credit-cards","tag-disney","tag-game-history","tag-pesticides","tag-twitter","tag-zelda"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UpdatedJarbochovweeklyroundup.png?fit=1366%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdZ9O-12r","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3995"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4001,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995\/revisions\/4001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3995"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_format?post=3995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}