@glyph Did you quote post something?
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@CatherineFlick Bedrock is an entire additional layer of misery which is why I have been gently guiding other parents towards Java when they can manage it. But some kids don’t have devices that can run it, and so we are in the process of setting up Geyser and Floodgate and all kinds of backend sadness. I have even done it once before but replicating it is nigh impossible
@glyph honestly how the fuck is this so hard
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the folks trying to get open source developers to boycott github are barking up the wrong tree. just get an agent hired at microsoft who internally advocates to remove unnecessary duplication in the login systems. get a promo out of it, it totally makes business sense. require every current github user to use login dot live dot com. 50% marketshare reduction within the year, I guarantee you
@glyph This is evil. I approve.
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@luis_in_brief @glyph this was mentioned in another thread/branch, but Luanti with either VoxeLibre or Mineclonia is what I'll be looking into for my kids when they're older (oldest isn't ready yet with fine motor & coordination).
I've actually played it a fair amount myself and it does replicate enough of the Minecraft experience. Console availability might be the only blocker; I haven't looked into that aspect at all.
One of my research projects is on Minecraft/voxel games right now. If you're forced into the Microsoft gauntlet via friend groups etc., my condolences.
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@luis_in_brief @glyph this was mentioned in another thread/branch, but Luanti with either VoxeLibre or Mineclonia is what I'll be looking into for my kids when they're older (oldest isn't ready yet with fine motor & coordination).
I've actually played it a fair amount myself and it does replicate enough of the Minecraft experience. Console availability might be the only blocker; I haven't looked into that aspect at all.
One of my research projects is on Minecraft/voxel games right now. If you're forced into the Microsoft gauntlet via friend groups etc., my condolences.
@tiotasram @luis_in_brief I appreciate the recommendation here and I might even try it out, but viewing this through the lens of "just" being "forced" into it via a few friends misunderstands the nature of network effects and social fabric.
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@tiotasram @luis_in_brief I appreciate the recommendation here and I might even try it out, but viewing this through the lens of "just" being "forced" into it via a few friends misunderstands the nature of network effects and social fabric.
@tiotasram @luis_in_brief The social infrastructure around Minecraft is not just that a few friends might already play. It's that billions of people already play, and one is likely to make friends with one of them. It's that out of the billions who already play, there are "Let's Play" streamers and technical minecrafters from whom you can learn the details of the rules. It's the availability of specific build tutorials to learn techniques and aesthetics that match the kid's own goals.
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@glyph @luis_in_brief good point!
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@glyph tusky adding support WHEN
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NB: Quote posts were added in Mastodon 4.5.0, released on 2025-11-06.
So many of us still don't have them :(
edit: we can see them, just not make them
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NB: Quote posts were added in Mastodon 4.5.0, released on 2025-11-06.
So many of us still don't have them :(
edit: we can see them, just not make them
@lukeshu it should still come through as a link, right?
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@lukeshu it should still come through as a link, right?
@glyph Oh, I see them fine; I just can't make them.
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@glyph That link is 502-ing out, which feels very on brand for what it is.
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@glyph That link is 502-ing out, which feels very on brand for what it is.
@xgranade it's not a fast website at the best of times, and I probably just fedi-hugged it completely to death, so maybe give it an hour 😐
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@xgranade it's not a fast website at the best of times, and I probably just fedi-hugged it completely to death, so maybe give it an hour 😐
@xgranade (I think it's back)
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@glyph Trust a Glyph to want everyone else to become Glyphs too 😂
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@glyph Trust a Glyph to want everyone else to become Glyphs too 😂
@aarbrk you don’t have to become a glyph. it’s okay if you just wanna be a grapheme cluster. everybody can render their semasiological selves however they choose (as long as it’s standardized and looks exactly how I like)