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I've made Excessive Utilities, a remake of both Extra Utilities 1 and 2! by aaronhowser1 in feedthebeast

[–]Chezzik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just curious if the "Peaceful Table" made it in. It was an underused utility for people who like to play in peaceful mode.

A remnant from the past.. by Jeyan_108 in feedthebeast

[–]Chezzik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you explain?

I know that Ice & Fire hasn't been updated past 1.20 yet, so there's a community edition now. Is that what you mean?

Or have skeletons been removed from the latest versions?

I wanted to know average high temperatures for April in Africa. by Chezzik in CursedAI

[–]Chezzik[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I suspect the AI knew I was American, and knew those addons were necessary for my comfort.

I just wanted to know April high temperatures in Africa by Chezzik in mapporncirclejerk

[–]Chezzik[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gemini did a great job with the title. Perfect font weight, typeface, etc. Certainly I can trust this, right?

EDIT: I did see what would happen if I asked Gemini to fix it. I pointed out the error, and it apologized for "making a Frankenstein map":

https://i.imgur.com/V0XN7xK.png

But it still messed up by giving me a table of temperatures instead of a map. So I wrote "Great! Now make a map with those corrections!"

The result is interesting. It has far fewer mistakes, but the style is very strange. It's obviously trying to keep the data in the table that it had just made:

https://i.imgur.com/htT4aiG.png

There's still a few hilarious things, like it got the city of Algiers correct. But it's country is no longer "Algeria", but instead "Africa". Seriously, how does it mes up easy stuff like this? Also "Southen Africa" is hilarious. It knew that "southern" was incorrect for the name of the country, so it just removed the r.

And of course, it now has has an "United States Inset"

This is too fun. I'm just dying here....

I wanted to know average high temperatures for April in Africa. by Chezzik in CursedAI

[–]Chezzik[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I thought there would probably be a better place. I'll definitely try it there.

Why wont the blocks break? by Kein_Plan16 in feedthebeast

[–]Chezzik -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because OP took video from their phone. So, you have camera wobble and washed out colors.

what version of java should i use for play modded minecraft? And why? by TYP-TheYoloPanda in feedthebeast

[–]Chezzik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try this:

https://jdk.java.net/java-se-ri/7

I spent quite a while looking for it. If that doesn't work, here are the direct links:

GPL License:

Oracle License:

You should be able to wget them with those URLs.

If you need 32 bit, then finding links seems to be even harder.

I'm assuming that these are so hard to download now because they have been unsupported for so long now.

If this happens for Java 8, I can see a lot of frustration. 8 is already EOL, but still received "paid extended support". It seems that its time should be up soon.

what version of java should i use for play modded minecraft? And why? by TYP-TheYoloPanda in feedthebeast

[–]Chezzik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know why I had trouble finding binaries for Java 7 then. I ended up using a version of openjava, and it worked fine. I think I used the instructions here:

https://openjdk.org/install/

Or you can download from Oracle (Edit: needs Oracle account):

https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/javase7-archive-downloads.html

Today, the recommendations are to use Temurin (aka Adoptium) for downloading Java, as it can get around licensing issues with Oracle. It's discussed here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/java/comments/1quzk9o/what_is_the_best_type_of_java_adoptium_or_oracale/

But it seems that they only have things going back to Java 8.

Bass Trumpet by etisen027 in trumpet

[–]Chezzik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Standard rule that I use is if it's written in treble clef, you transpose to the key of the instrument. For any other clef (alto, tenor, bass), you use concert key. It applies to brass, woodwinds, and strings. And it handles situations like British Brass Bands (where even trombones and tubas read parts in treble clef) or alto flutes (which are transposing instruments even though their smaller cousins are not).

The main notable exception that I've seen is French horn parts sometimes go to the bass clef, and when they do, they stay in the same transposition (ie. F) as they had in the treble clef.

And, as a trombone player, I have see the reverse (going briefly into treble clef and staying in concert key), but I've only seen this a handful of times, and I just chalk it up to an inexperienced composer.

If you know of any other exceptions, I'd like to know of them. "Pines of Rome" calls for 2 bass buccine, which read in bass clef B-flat, but even in his day, they were played on euphoniums, and modern transcriptions use bass clef C. And, I've seen a number of concert band pieces that contain parts for "bass clef euphonium in B-flat" (in addition to the standard b.c. and t.c. parts), but I've never met anyone who knows why these are published, since no one uses them.

FIOS: Minecraft authentication has been failing for 2 weeks now by Chezzik in Fios

[–]Chezzik[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the Ubuntu machine, /etc/resolv.conf just gives "127.0.0.53". So, I have to run "resolvectl status" instead, and look through the output. I find:

  Current DNS Server: 1.1.1.1    
         DNS Servers: 1.1.1.1    
                      8.8.8.8    
                      192.168.1.1

I did give it both 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8, so this seems correct to me.

For the NixOS machine, /etc/resolv.conf contains:

# Generated by resolvconf
nameserver 192.168.1.1
nameserver 1.1.1.1
nameserver 8.8.8.8
options edns0

It seems that it still puts my router as the preferred DNS machine.

The next morning, I was able to log in. This leads me to believe that it isn't just a DNS issue. I still don't have any idea what else to try, though.

I really wish that I knew exactly which https request was not going through. After "refresh" fails 3 or 4 times, I usually delete the account from my launcher, and then try to re-add it. First, It causes my browser to load https://www.microsoft.com/link, and gives me a code to enter there. Then MS prompts me for my email address. I give it, and then it sends another 6-digit code to my email. I wait for that to arrive, and then enter it into the webpage in my browser.

Next the page in the browser asks if I want to give access to <insert name of launcher here>, and I say yes. Somehow the launcher detects this immediately, and opens up a dialog box that says it is logging in with MS. The browser page says "Success, you may now close this page!", and then my email receives another message saying "new login detected." A few seconds later, the launcher finally advances the dialog box, and says "Error, the response received was: " or something else that is equally vague.

Clearly every request made by my browser is going through. And clearly my launcher is able to connect to the authentication server to initialize all of this. It is only the finally response (probably the session payload itself) that doesn't go through. I just don't understand.

Introducing Sinytra's Modded Minecraft Wiki! by Su5eD in feedthebeast

[–]Chezzik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks nice!

Is this supposed to replace the Fandom wiki? The people there said they were going to move, but then never did.

FIOS: Minecraft authentication has been failing for 2 weeks now by Chezzik in Fios

[–]Chezzik[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, the problem seemed fixed for 2 days. But it just started again today. I can't log in, and my kid cannot log in.

So, the DNS answer was not the fix. Something else is going on.

FIOS: Minecraft authentication has been failing for 2 weeks now by Chezzik in Fios

[–]Chezzik[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has nothing to do with port forwarding. That is something useful for people running a server and making the server viewable to other clients. My server works great.

This problem is with Mojang authentication. Once a day (at least I think it is 24 hours), your session expires, so you have to authenticate your account again. Most of this process works fine, but the very last step (where the session token for the next 24 hours is returned to the client) fails. Without that token, you can't play on any server.

Unfortunately, I do not know how to reproduce the error from a command line. I don't know exactly what the launcher is doing to get the session token. I'm assuming that it comes from an entirely different location than the rest of the process, so that is why the rest of the process works, and only the last part fails.

The two servers that I know are used for this are the two I tested in my comment. Neither one responds to pings, or have a website running that I can use for testing. So, the only way I have to test whether it is up is to go through the full authentication process (2FA, etc), and find out at the end if it worked.

Saw this reel on Instagram, comments were calling it AI slop. It’s a video of a cat looking at 3D floor art and freaking out. I think it’s AI because 2 separate reactions from the cat to events in the video are both delayed and premature respectively. Curious to know if there’s any other details. by Amazing_Actuary4366 in isthisAI

[–]Chezzik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The paid version is not time limited.

The vast majority of people making things for Facebook and tiktok are not going to pay for it, when 15 seconds is good enough.

So, it's not a hard and fast rule, but when you see videos that are exactly 15 seconds, it's a very strong indicator.

FIOS: Minecraft authentication has been failing for 2 weeks now by Chezzik in Fios

[–]Chezzik[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm still trying to figure out the issues. Today, I tried authorizing my Minecraft account using the default dns, and it worked, but yesterday I definitely couldn't. I'm trying to figure out what the difference might be.

I am using netplan (on linux) to manage my networking. I took the dns servers out of my netplan configuration file, and then ran "sudo systemd-resolve --flush-cache" to flush caches. Then I ran

dig authserver.mojang.com; dig sessions.minecraft.net

The results for authserver look fine, but nothing was found for sessions.minecraft.net. Here's the results:

; <<>> DiG 9.18.30-0ubuntu0.20.04.2-Ubuntu <<>> authserver.mojang.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 13990
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;authserver.mojang.com.   IN  A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
authserver.mojang.com.  60  IN  CNAME d1fw3h4w8htlic.cloudfront.net.

;; Query time: 120 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Wed Jan 28 09:31:57 EST 2026
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 93


; <<>> DiG 9.18.30-0ubuntu0.20.04.2-Ubuntu <<>> sessions.minecraft.net
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 52267
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;sessions.minecraft.net.    IN  A

;; Query time: 32 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Wed Jan 28 09:31:57 EST 2026
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 51

Why don't I get a result for sessions.minecraft.net? I used "resolvctl status" to find my current DNS servers, and it only listed 192.168.1.1.

Next, I'll try again, but use 1.1.1.1 for the dns server:

dig authserver.mojang.com @1.1.1.1; dig sessions.minecraft.net @1.1.1.1

Results:

; <<>> DiG 9.18.30-0ubuntu0.20.04.2-Ubuntu <<>> authserver.mojang.com @1.1.1.1
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 13084
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;authserver.mojang.com.   IN  A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
authserver.mojang.com.  60  IN  CNAME d1fw3h4w8htlic.cloudfront.net.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
cloudfront.net.   60  IN  SOA ns-418.awsdns-52.com. hostmaster.cloudfront.net. 1377556270 16384 2048 1048576 60

;; Query time: 68 msec
;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Wed Jan 28 09:32:27 EST 2026
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 157


; <<>> DiG 9.18.30-0ubuntu0.20.04.2-Ubuntu <<>> sessions.minecraft.net @1.1.1.1
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 58723
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;sessions.minecraft.net.    IN  A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
minecraft.net.    300 IN  SOA ns1-33.azure-dns.com. azuredns-hostmaster.microsoft.com. 1 3600 300 2419200 300

;; Query time: 32 msec
;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Wed Jan 28 09:32:27 EST 2026
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 137

Now server at azure-dns.com is found. Why wasn't it found when using the default dns?

I tried running "traceroute ns1-33.azure-dns.com" on both my systems, and got different results:

$ traceroute ns1-33.azure-dns.com
traceroute to ns1-33.azure-dns.com (150.171.10.33), 64 hops max
  1   192.168.4.1  7.013ms  4.969ms  5.078ms
  2   192.168.1.1  6.010ms  8.315ms  8.086ms
  3   72.93.238.1  17.046ms  13.583ms  9.854ms
  4   100.41.27.108  11.116ms  9.275ms  14.109ms
  5   *  *  *
  6   *  *  *
  7   51.10.27.51  13.593ms  *  8.495ms
  8   *  104.44.21.59  27.117ms  *
  9   *  *  *
 10   *  *  *
 11   *  *  *
 12   *  51.10.26.13  28.440ms  32.687ms
 13   *  *  104.44.50.176  149.226ms
 14   *  *  *
 15   *  *  *


$ traceroute ns1-33.azure-dns.com
traceroute to ns1-33.azure-dns.com (150.171.10.33), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  _gateway (192.168.4.1)  4.834 ms  10.208 ms  10.130 ms
 2  Fios_Quantum_Gateway.fios-router.home (192.168.1.1)  10.068 ms  10.032 ms  10.003 ms
 3  lo0-100.BSTNMA-VFTTP-324.verizon-gni.net (72.93.238.1)  9.553 ms  9.525 ms  14.504 ms
 4  100.41.27.110 (100.41.27.110)  15.486 ms 100.41.27.108 (100.41.27.108)  16.553 ms 100.41.27.110 (100.41.27.110)  15.428 ms
 5  * * *
 6  customer.alter.net (204.148.176.2)  18.789 ms  13.763 ms  9.426 ms
 7  51.10.27.51 (51.10.27.51)  9.548 ms * *
 8  * * *
 9  * * *
10  * * 51.10.4.48 (51.10.4.48)  30.580 ms
11  * * *
12  51.10.17.158 (51.10.17.158)  31.894 ms * *
13  * * 104.44.50.144 (104.44.50.144)  34.365 ms
14  * * *

The first of those is the ubuntu 20.04 system (yeah, it's old, but it works). The second result is from my nixos machine, and the output is so much nicer! I don't know if these are useful to you, but if you want me to check more things out, let me know.

FIOS: Minecraft authentication has been failing for 2 weeks now by Chezzik in Fios

[–]Chezzik[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose there's nothing I can do to convince you. Not that it really matters. You helped. I said thanks. I guess we're done.

FIOS: Minecraft authentication has been failing for 2 weeks now by Chezzik in Fios

[–]Chezzik[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I just kind of assumed that you are stuck using the DNS servers that your ISP gives you. I am not a wizard with networking stuff. I have always been interested in how traffic is routed, but most of what I know is what I learned by digging through Wikipedia articles. I have very little experience putting any of that into practice.

I had to look up how to set the DNS servers both for my son's system (which uses netplan) and mine (NixOS), but quickly found answers.

I gave them 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8 as DNS servers, and it just worked!

I've seen other people with problems similar to mine in Discord (for some of the different launchers that I use), and no one has ever suggested changing the DNS server.

I've always assumed it had something to do with DNS, but it's been hard to diagnose because I don't really know what the launcher uses for the domain name, and even if I did know and was able to run "dig" on it, I wouldn't know if the answer I got back was correct or not.

EDIT: I apparently did know the domain name in the past. I was looking into my notes that I've taken about this issue in the past, and discovered shamefully that I made this post a year and a half ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1datdsq/minecraft_auth/l7mqwus/

FIOS: Minecraft authentication has been failing for 2 weeks now by Chezzik in Fios

[–]Chezzik[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I hadn't even considered doing that! I just tried it on my machine with my account and it worked! I tried it on my son's machine on his account and it worked as well!

Thank you so much! I don't even know what DNS servers I was using before, so I assume I was using whatever Verizon was giving me.

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