Romaq @Romaq@qoto.org
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Joined Nov 2022
@Charadon No SpigotMC resources (plugins) with "Mastodon" in the title, so that doesn't appear to be a thing, yet. I'm not even clear what it'd do, but it was fun to ponder. :)
@Charadon Cool, thank you! I run a private server for my wife and I, a few friends. It's cool to learn of new servers and what people are doing. NOW I have to wonder if there are links between Spigot Server plugins and Mastodon. Hrm...
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Explained #Mastodon to my kid and he said that it sounded like how #Minecraft servers work. And we have definitely run our own servers for friends, etc. Only difference is that Minecraft servers can't talk to each other and the software is proprietary. And Mastodon looks like a single pane of glass with all the different servers behind it. In, Minecraft you are very aware when you're on a different server. With Mastodon, you don't really notice too much outside of the group of folks who you normally see toots from. We'll, that's a **lot* of differences. 😄
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As the admin of a #minecraft server I spend more time managing everything than actually playing. But last season I did make this cute little island 😅
I'll be sharing more screenshots of builds from the https://blackblock.rocks server via our mascot account, @blake
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Now I have moved over time to do a new #introduction post!
Hello everyone, I'm Zachary. I've been an #Android developer since 2009 (long live the HTC Magic). More recently I have made the switch into #DevRel working as an Android Developer Advocate.
Last month I turned to the dark side and was promoted to manager.
Outside of work I enjoy painting #warhammer, playing #minecraft and building #lego
So amazing to see #mastodon so busy and active!
@Charadon #Fedicraft? A specific server?
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#minecraft #fedicraft
I made a lighthouse in fedicraft!
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Our world is connected. We see evidence of that from seeing social media updates from people around the world or news broadcasts that cover events happening from anywhere. But have you considered the physical infrastructure of the internet? Of course there are datacenters, giant buildings with loud computers buzzing away. But those buildings need to be connected to each other, to your modem at home, to mobile cell towers that are sprinkled all over the place, and connected "to the internet". But what does that mean? Contrary to popular belief, satellites are NOT how most information travels the world. Indeed, we have physical cables all over... but instead of sending electrical signals those cables carry light generated by lasers.
These cables not only exist alongside roads and hung on power lines. They're also running along the bottom of the world's oceans. The image attached below is an inventory of each of these underwater internet cables. What I find interesting is how many there are! It seems like a lot. But then when I think more about it I am also amazed at how few there are. If you pay attention you will see news articles describing occasional sabotage of these cables, here's one recently published by Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/submarine-internet-cables-egypt/. This is actually very important to the future and security of the global internet.
#internet #fiberoptic #infrastructure #submarinecable #lasers #packets
https://sudorandom.dev/portfolio/submarine-cable-map/
The data for generating this map is based on: https://www.submarinecablemap.com/
Song Recommendation: https://open.spotify.com/track/3lOjtlf1fMZYOOyyPojfzG?si=63a74cbbd06547f1
My wife loves #crochet and #knitting. I don't know if it is appropriate for her to be on qoto.org or on a crafting oriented server. She also had CABG/ Open Heart Surgery, and she has a disability for #panic and #anxiety disorder.
I don't know if anyone on QOTO.Org would identify with that and be in with a group, but it would be good for her to start with a good circle of people that have much to share with her.
@abde Thank you! I'm *far* from being in that business except as someone who plays games and thinks about terrain. I think such simulation may be "prohibitively expensive," but as that is *not* my wheelhouse, it's cool to ask someone for whom it *is.*
Basically, is dynamic hydrology "somewhere out in the future" for games? Is it *really* that expensive? Do developers figure it's simply not worth bothering with? Perhaps nobody would really notice?
I *will* say that #Valheim has the ocean behavior I only *WISH* Ark Survival had. #MInecraft, you can place water where you think it ought to be to create the appearance you are looking for in terrain. But... still, I don't know unless I ask. :)
@RMFifthcircuit I strongly support this act! It is about time proper use of spacing in proportional fonts be considered in messages. If the designer of the font thought the extra space important, they would have put it in there.
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Going forward, all tweets advocating two spaces after a period will result in temporarily losing verified account privileges.
@abde "...feel free to ask any questions!" I am content if you can redirect me to someone "adjacent" within your field, but is there any notion of "hydrodynamic simulation" within games? By this, I mean #Minecraft has a fixed ocean level, no tides. Rivers are created at the same level. "Erosion" is "Kinda-sorta" implemented in terrain generation. Ark:Survival Evolved's terrain is all human crafted with a water plane set for a given area. #Valheim, same as #Minecraft: Terrain generation with water at a set plane. SimCity iterations, same.
Would you know of work being done to have lakes over oceans, streams, flooding due to weather, tides, and so on? I would love to see this be more common in games featuring terrain generation.
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For those followers that I do not follow back: in order to keep my timeline safe and interesting I only follow those that I find interesting to discuss with.
However, if you follow me but you don't have an #introduction or #bio full of #hashtags, I will not know what are your interests.
So, please, take some time to introduce yourself and write a bio so that I know who I am dealing with :)
Wow! Paste it in here, clicky, goes to profile... click the button... DONE!
@Valdis Now to figure out how to follow...
My wife: "Oh! Tooting is right up your alley!"
Uhm.... yes. 😕
Jeffrey Freeman to me:
STEM enthusiast is fine too.. As long as you aren't a flat earther or something stupid and you just want to chat STEM you are most welcome (you can talk about anything though too).
Cool! That's the primary thing I want to do. I also enjoy some political talk, although I'm horribly cynical about politics in general. I play #Minecraft with my wife, currently Bedrock although I'm more familiar with Java. Ark Survival Evolved and #valheim, although we tend to focus on only one specific game for some months at a time until we move on. My Supernatural-Detector-Thingy is broken, so I'm unable to work with supernatural concepts personally. Enough about me for now, I look forward to seeing who I will meet here!
Grinnin' Ferret
Joined Nov 2022
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