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IRC log for #minetest, 2021-11-07

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01:38 cheapie specing: This one? https://cheapiesystems.com/git/digistuff/tree/nic.lua
02:24 erlehmann is texmex reachable here?
02:25 MTDiscord <Jonathon> @tacotexmex ^
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02:43 erlehmann Jonathon, is tacotexmex reachable here?
02:45 MTDiscord <SolarShrine> haven't heard from taco for quite a while
02:46 erlehmann fleckenstein said he would take over git.minetest.land
02:46 MTDiscord <Jonathon> he gave it up?
02:46 erlehmann which i find concerning, given a friend of mine complained about cheatdb being down a lot
02:46 MTDiscord <Jonathon> oh yeah, nevermind
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04:27 Menchers why does minetest insist on using its old bundled lua when ENABLE_LUAJIT is false?
04:27 Menchers it doesn't even try to use the system wide lua
04:50 Menchers oh, I can just remove cmake/Modules/FindLua*
04:50 Menchers why's it override the system versions anyways
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12:09 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Because we use Lua 5.1, and upgrading to lua 5.4 can't be done with LuaJIT
12:09 MTDiscord <exe_virus> If you write mods using lua 5.4 code, you will be writing mods that don't work for the majority of players
12:11 MTDiscord <exe_virus> And the benefits of luaJIT outweigh the costs of being stuck on lua 5.1.   Hopefully someday someone makes a somewhat worse, but updated luaJIT that tracks the main Lua branch or something.   Maybe someone could make Lua target LLVM and use their JIT optimizations
12:37 erlehmann lua 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 are all inncompatible right
12:50 MTDiscord <luatic> Yes
12:50 MTDiscord <luatic> The 5.1 - 5.2 incompatibility is pretty minor though
12:50 erlehmann it's still stupid
12:51 erlehmann having backwards-incompatibilities in minor versions
12:51 erlehmann ppl should have the honesty to increase the major number then
12:51 erlehmann i mean, i know the argument against it which goes “oh but then i would increase the major number all the time and that looks bad”
12:51 erlehmann yeah, it does
12:52 erlehmann the best devs i have seen are not the ones who constantly cry about “legacy”, but the ones who find smart ways to support both newer and older stuff, without increasing their maintenance burden in any undue amount (they are usually pretty proud of that, too)
12:53 erlehmann but a lot of ppl can't write forward-compat software
12:53 erlehmann minetest is actually amazing in that way i think
12:56 specing Minetest is so amazing that half the players are stuck on the previous major version
12:56 MTDiscord <Sublayer plank> well that's partially due to mobile forks
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13:27 erlehmann Sublayer plank also debian
13:28 MTDiscord <Sublayer plank> debian is debian
13:44 MTDiscord <josiah_wi> Thanks to Minetest's dependenciy flexibility, it's easy to compile Minetest master with Debian stable.
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18:38 independent56 How can i make world-specific descriptions? I have been thinking of running a no mans land server for while, but would like world-specific descriptions.
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18:50 independent56 Can someone give me an  example command for starting a server on another game?
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19:40 independent56 Imight as well ask inside the forums
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19:50 independent56 https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&amp;t=27433
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22:24 sfan5 !tell independent56 if you have a system wide install you can use --world, --config and --gameid to choose different stuff; if not you can just create a copy of your folder
22:24 MinetestBot sfan5: yeah, sure, whatever
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22:25 MinetestBot independent56: Nov-07 22:24 UTC <sfan5> if you have a system wide install you can use --world, --config and --gameid to choose different stuff; if not you can just create a copy of your folder
22:26 independent56 What is one of the most effective horizantal mining stratery in your opinion?
22:26 independent56 sfan5 Thanks!
22:27 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Most effective is the H pattern
22:27 independent56 Explain?
22:27 MTDiscord <exe_virus> You should expose the most surface area
22:27 MTDiscord <exe_virus> So you dig a straight tunnel first
22:27 MTDiscord <exe_virus> And have offshoots every 3 nodes
22:27 independent56 mm-mhh
22:28 independent56 https://imgur.com/a/mLRgWik
22:28 independent56 Like this?
22:28 MTDiscord <exe_virus> 0001000 11111111111 0001000 0001000 11111111111 0001000
22:28 MTDiscord <exe_virus> 1's are hallways
22:29 independent56 I learnt from minecraft articles, but i thought Minetest would have a seperate stratergy.
22:29 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Nah basically the same, we have different ore spawn sizes though
22:29 independent56 Ah, makes sense
22:29 independent56 Minecraft has veins, we have bubbles
22:29 MTDiscord <exe_virus> So depending on the ore you are hunting for, the hallway spacing changes
22:30 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Yeah, we have cuboids
22:30 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Best to look up mapgen.lua for your game or wherever ores are registered
22:30 independent56 Is the most effective vertical minshaft a two block wide hole with ladders on one side?
22:31 MTDiscord <exe_virus> I use a single shaft, with ladders sporadically, and then /spawn or /home back up
22:31 independent56 Ah
22:31 independent56 I like to have an unbroken ladder for some element of realism
22:32 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Time vs realism
22:32 MTDiscord <exe_virus> I am a dad now, so time>>>>>>realism
22:32 independent56 Haha
22:32 MTDiscord <exe_virus> While you are here, I have a quick question
22:33 independent56 Yes?
22:33 MTDiscord <exe_virus> I've seen you around a decent bit in general, are you mostly a player or modder or server person?
22:33 independent56 I am a player of my own server
22:33 independent56 I am a wiki person. My server is just a place for me to make a wiki about ;-)
22:34 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Gotcha, which server?
22:34 independent56 http://56i.duckdns.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/orphaned_pages
22:34 independent56 Have a look at all my pages
22:34 independent56 164 non-orphaned pages
22:34 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Will do soon enough (long story short I'm making a minetest podcast)
22:35 MTDiscord <exe_virus> I want to know if we could do an audio interview sometime in the next couple months, I figure I might as well ask a wide range of people
22:35 MTDiscord <exe_virus> I already got Benrob to do one, and currently penciling in Hughes Ross, etc. Etc.
22:36 MTDiscord <exe_virus> It would be 20-30 minutes likely about you and your experiences with minetest, and probably a lot about your wiki if it's about minetest
22:36 independent56 Ohh, i will need to hear some episodes before i sacrifice my voice
22:36 independent56 I am a teenager who's voice frequently cracks
22:36 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Haha, fair. My voice sucks
22:36 independent56 Maybe it's a better choice to for me to write a script and you narrate it
22:37 independent56 I prefer writing over speaking any day.
22:37 MTDiscord <exe_virus> No no, it's best to have bad voices too
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22:37 MTDiscord <exe_virus> I also heavily edit out pauses, ohs, uhms, etc.
22:37 MTDiscord <exe_virus> So you'll sound plenty good
22:38 MTDiscord <exe_virus> But yeah I can shoot you a link to the pending episode one release
22:38 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Got an email or something I can contact you with less directly public? (Don't want episode out in the wild yet, haha)
22:38 independent56 Eh, i would like you to readout a script in a British accent
22:38 independent56 Thank you, i would like one
22:39 independent56 Yeah, 56independent@protonmail.com
22:39 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Lol, if that's what you want, I'll do it. I'll propose a method to that email and the link later (after I make dinner)
22:40 independent56 I won't release it
22:41 independent56 I understand
22:42 independent56 I hate time zones. I had dinner hours ago (i'm GMT)
22:42 independent56 It was quite an early dinner
22:43 independent56 Do one with GCPF and Y5NW as well, i would like to hear theirvoices
22:43 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Lol, well you aren't giving your voice now are you?
22:43 independent56 Dammit
22:43 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Anyways, we'll talk about it later, the timezone is helpful, thank you
22:45 independent56 What's your timezone?
22:45 MTDiscord <exe_virus> EST
22:45 independent56 Ah, makes sense
22:46 independent56 Sometimes i'm not GMT, like a few weeks ago, when i was in BST :-p
22:46 MTDiscord <exe_virus> It'll be from a Gmail address, I gotta make one for the podcast anyways, probably nodecast@gmail.com
22:46 MTDiscord <exe_virus> But we'll see if that is available
22:48 independent56 And what i meant with "Have a look at all my pages" was not to read them X(, but to see the vast wealth of paage names.
22:52 MTDiscord <exe_virus> Haha, I might do both
22:53 independent56 Don't. A lot of pages are now archaic. They will lower your IQ.
22:53 MTDiscord <exe_virus> I wanted to do an episode about everything there is to experience in minetest, but that'll have to wait a few months because I keep finding more things
22:53 independent56 haha
22:54 independent56 I'd like a sheet of questions i am likely to be asked as well.
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23:01 independent56 Goodnight all
23:23 definitelya night Minetesters
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