@glyph Did you quote post something?

[mikaeleiman@mastodon.sdf.org]

@glyph This is evil. I approve.

[tiotasram@kolektiva.social]

@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.

[glyph@mastodon.social]

@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.

[glyph@mastodon.social]

@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.

[tiotasram@kolektiva.social]

@glyph @luis_in_brief good point!

[taffer@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@jwz @cstross @glyph Banks will never upgrade their security until legislated to do so. Which, in the current timeline is never.

[jwz@mastodon.social]

@Taffer @cstross @glyph Except my bank *did* recently upgrade, by adding passkeys. They did it badly but they did it, for some reason.

[ehashman@toot.cat]

@glyph tusky adding support WHEN

[lukeshu@social.coop]

@glyph

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

[glyph@mastodon.social]

@lukeshu it should still come through as a link, right?

[lukeshu@social.coop]

@glyph Oh, I see them fine; I just can't make them.

[snoopj@hachyderm.io]

@glyph ActivityNameBadge

[glyph@mastodon.social]

@SnoopJ https://www.etsy.com/market/activity_name_badge ?

[xgranade@wandering.shop]

@glyph That link is 502-ing out, which feels very on brand for what it is.

[glyph@mastodon.social]

@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 😐

[glyph@mastodon.social]

@xgranade (I think it's back)

[aarbrk@mstdn.mx]

@glyph Trust a Glyph to want everyone else to become Glyphs too 😂

[glyph@mastodon.social]

@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)

[affekt@hachyderm.io]

@glyph I like brands. I tend to dislike the monopolies behind many of them though. Brands are useful shorthand. If a brand fucks up too hard then they get associated with negative imagery and eventually (probably) go away. Conversely if they do a reasonably decent job then it's easy for me to recommend them. my sister asked me what car I recommend, I don't drive anymore and have only bought two cars in twenty years. but they worked so well that I had no problem recommending that brand. Right now Stelantis is pushing ads to infotainment systems. it's really easy to tell her to avoid them.

[gabe@mendeddrum.org]

@glyph it's good to remember why it's called "branding", and who is the calf.