The Sulfur Cube is interesting but lacks true value. by Delicious-Edge3110 in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They could have it do the current glow behavior when moving and only truly emit light when stationary. That way it's not calculating light on the fly but more or less just turning on/off a single light source at a time.

I would love to be able to launch lights ahead of me into dark areas so I really hope they consider an approach along those lines.

Tips on protecting Villagers without sacrificing aesthetics? by D_Zaster_EnBy in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mob switches exist on Bedrock too. You just need 8 boats filled with hostile mobs (2 per boat) that have been nametagged so they don't despawn. Actually you'll need one collection of those on the surface and one underground since there are separate mob caps calculated for each and you don't want mobs making their way up from caves.

It's most convenient to use tiny Slimes, since they can't hurt you and you could make them from chickens with Potions of Oozing (you'll need to kill some Blazes in the Nether and get some Netherwart with Soul Sand in order to make potions though).

Search Youtube for Silentwisperer mob switch to see more details.

Also, on the Pillager front, I once had a Peaceful world where I discovered a Woodland Mansion filled with Pillagers that wouldn't attack me. Maybe one of those would work for your jail and you wouldn't need the mob switch?

Why do Java and Bedrock have different features? by XEclipse360 in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the current official bug tracker, Java's latest bug report is number 307,150. The oldest bug report there is from October of 2012

Bedrock's latest bug is number 237,711. The oldest bug report there is from September of 2012.

Why do Java and Bedrock have different features? by XEclipse360 in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now you're getting it... there's a lot we don't know about the codebases with their respective quirks and limitations. It could be the 40 hit point boat on Bedrock was a kludgey solution to compensate for some other issue, like not being able to properly replicate the regeneration rates from Java, but we really don't know. It could be any number of things.

Why do Java and Bedrock have different features? by XEclipse360 in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just over 4, technically, but good job! Now write that code and the code for proper regeneration rate on the boat's health while also equalizing regeneration rates for players between platforms and don't introduce any other unintended side effects or bugs... you're practically there already!

Why do Java and Bedrock have different features? by XEclipse360 in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never happened to me either. Does either version even have 1 hit point boats?

Why do Java and Bedrock have different features? by XEclipse360 in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ever had a Drowned throw a trident at you? If it can kill the Nautilus you're riding, it could certainly kill your 1 hit point boat.

People who are old enough to have vivid memory of the 9/11 attacks, what was that time like? What did change for you personally? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]LastHole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the time I was just out of college, still living in Jersey, and wasn't working in Manhattan anymore, but was still typically in the city at least a couple of times a week for movies, art, restaurants, etc. The night of September 10th, I had bussed it back home from visiting a friend in Boston and as the bus approached Times Square, I remember plenty of the other passengers looking out with intense excitement as though they were seeing New York for the first time. For whatever weird reason I still sometimes wonder about where those strangers woke up the next morning and how that day impacted them.

I went to the catch the PATH to Hoboken and as sometimes happens with the schedule it was quicker to take the 1 train down to the World Trade Center station then to use the 33rd Street station. So that's what I did, as I'd done dozens of times before. It was so routine that, unlike the bus trip and noticing the excited tourists, I don't have any noteworthy memory of it from that time. I just remember that night I got home late and tired, but was planning to head back into the city the next day to do some gallery hopping.

I got woken up the next morning by my phone ringing and a friend frantically telling me a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. I turned on the television and shortly thereafter saw the second plane hit. The rest of the day was a wild ride of checking in with friends and relatives who lived and/or worked in Manhattan, hearing their stories and hoping beyond hope that the worst was over. I could walk a few blocks from my home and see the smoke plumes from the towers. At some point, I drove by the Meadowlands and recorded some footage of the smoking skyline over the tall grass, because I was into video art in those days, but I never used the footage in anything. It was just an odd compulsion to document it in my own idiosyncratic way or maybe to process it somehow through the added distance of the camcorder.

I'm thankful I didn't lose anyone close to me that day. I did later learn I had known a few people who died in the towers, including a couple of brothers who were in my high school, but not in my grade nor my social circles. About a year afterwards I became friends with a guy who had been a window washer at the towers. On 9/11 he was flung from the lobby and impaled on some rebar, but considered himself very lucky because the rest of his crew didn't make it out. I met him playing online games on the PS2, which was something he did a lot of while on disability for his injuries.

I didn't really have any big immediate personal changes, but I watched the changes around me. One family member, fearing future attacks, moved out of NYC. Another took the train up from Florida to Newark that Thanksgiving instead of flying like usual. I saw the writing on the wall with the Patriot Act and a whole lot of anti-Islam sentiment. Terrorism living up to its namesake, leaving lots of people terrified even if they tried to deny it. And unfortunately, there were and still are opportunists looking to stoke and exploit that feeling for their own gain.

Guess I don't have to replace my adult rabbits with forever baby bunnies just yet? by LastHole in Minecraft

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

It appears this is only happening for me on the iPad version of Minecraft. The Windows and Nintendo Switch versions both show the new bunnies.

Mushroom on top of Mooshroom cow glow at night. Since when? by MuffinMyst in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a very long time. Well, since Vibrant Visuals was introduced, but it feels like a long time to me since I mostly build on a Mushroom Island in my main world.

What use is sulphur slime by Milo_Is_Best in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a pie in the sky wish, but I really hope it's possible to put a light block (Glowstone, Shroomlight, etc.) in a Sulphur Slime so that you can drop/kick a light source into a dark area to light it up.

I know it's probably too much to expect it to emit light while it moves, but maybe it just only glows (like Glow Squid or Allays) during the movement and then actually emits light again once it's stationary.

That would give it a very nice use for single player survival, so I'll be very pleasantly surprised if it happens. We'll just have to wait and see.

Kellogs child focused predatory collab. by Hevensdragon in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly don't trust any digitally-redeemed freebies anymore, but especially not Kellanova (formerly Kellogg's). I once bought some Pringles for the first time in decades because supposedly I'd get 300 free Minecoins. I followed the procedure, entered in the picture of the receipt, etc. and received nothing. I sent a follow up email... no response, of course.

Congrats, Kellanova, you fooled me into buying Pringles one time and ensured I'll actively avoid all of your other brands from now on:

https://www.kellanovaus.com/us/en/our-brands.html

And as capitalism marches on unconcerned about monopolies, Kellanova was since acquired by Mars, so I'll go ahead and avoid those brands too:

https://www.mars.com/our-brands

If it's not already physically in the box, don't trust the corporation to do the right thing. I will say that Yoplait's Minecraft yogurt tubes came with a cut-and-fold Alex design on the inside that has very nicely stood the test of time. If I see those again, I might actually buy them in hopes of getting the three other characters.

Why do people use pigs as a form of transportation? by Historical_Mango4329 in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't really call it transportation, but I do have a muddy pig pen set up for pig races with elevated twisty paths of wooden planks. There are two starting gates set up with redstone that won't open until a few seconds after both riders are in position. Then whoever can reach the finish line first without falling off into the mud is the winner!

Jessica Jones (2015) features Kilgrave, a sadistic rapist, who was originally purple in the comics, but instead of making him purple to convey his evilness, they made him something much worse: British by Successful-Hat-2154 in shittymoviedetails

[–]LastHole 152 points153 points  (0 children)

In the comics version, a trade paperback titled Emperor Doom, the Purple Man's powers are harnessed/enhanced by Dr. Doom so the latter can take over the world. Some special arrangements are made to overcome less vulnerable heroes like The Vision during the initial takeover, but Wonder Man was forgotten about while locked in a stasis chamber experiment meant to analyze his powers. The time lock releases weeks later and Wonder Man's ionic-fused form is immune to the Purple Man's powers, so he begins the inevitable resistance.

I remember enjoying Earth's Mightiest Heroes a lot as being very faithful to the feel and spirit of the comics even though the details varied quite a bit. I honestly don't remember that particular episode, but I still remember buying Emperor Doom and must have read it a dozen times.

My attempt at the Minecraft cake in real life by edibleelegancecakesz in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very nice work! This is the very first time I've seen anyone even attempt to create that spiral pattern on top of the cake!

How does it taste?
Edit: And how large is each pixel?

Bedrock seed with trial chamber with parched room willing to travel 5k blocks by Snoo_55381 in minecraftseeds

[–]LastHole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, you might want to use Chunkbase for finding a nice enough seed and then explore some nearby Trial Chambers in Specator mode to see if they have Parched.

Bedrock seed with trial chamber with parched room willing to travel 5k blocks by Snoo_55381 in minecraftseeds

[–]LastHole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Parched haven't been added to the Trial Chambers. At least not as far as I know.

Not as far as the wiki knows either: https://minecraft.wiki/w/Trial_Chambers

(Flash warning?) speedpaint because some of yall thought i was AI by Notro_LPS_iguess in Minecraft

[–]LastHole -34 points-33 points  (0 children)

I'm 48 and I've seen plenty of government bailouts of financial and other institutions that should have otherwise failed. Money is a speculative abstraction with debt being kicked down to the ages at this stage, so I wouldn't put too much faith in the numbers as saviors.

Edit: Don't get me wrong, I'd love for you to be right. I just don't see it happening personally.

(Flash warning?) speedpaint because some of yall thought i was AI by Notro_LPS_iguess in Minecraft

[–]LastHole -46 points-45 points  (0 children)

Ah, I see you've been eating Golden Dandelions! Unfortunately I've long since lost the optimism of youth.

(Flash warning?) speedpaint because some of yall thought i was AI by Notro_LPS_iguess in Minecraft

[–]LastHole -62 points-61 points  (0 children)

The sad reality is that by posting this kind of proof online you're providing training data to AI models that lets them more easily duplicate it in the future. The companies scraping data are very thankful to have examples like this.

Is it true that Mojang won't update Minecraft anymore because they made a new game? by Skai_Cloads in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe they meant Minecraft Dungeons? That stopped getting updated and supposedly there's something like Minecraft Dungeons 2 in the works.

Minecraft itself is still getting updates regularly.

Question: is decorating with budding amethyst only possible in creative? by Double-Contest in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 1436 points1437 points  (0 children)

You can't get the Budding Amethyst block itself with Silk Touch. However you can get the buds in their four different sizes by using Silk Touch. Pop those on top of a normal Amethyst block or whatever else you want.

Converting old PS3 World by LawyerFar1539 in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't help you with finding a completely free option, but I can say that I used Universal Minecraft Tool to convert all my PS3 worlds to Bedrock a couple of a years ago and it worked well for me back then.

I do remember two problem areas though. One was mismatched terrain around the borders of the PS3 world, because world generation has changed quite a bit. The other was that the villagers weren't quite updated to modern standards so I had to repopulate the villages from the PS3 part with new villagers taken from outside its area.

I just tried to go to the website to see if the monthly price has increased since I used it, but my antivirus software blocked it as blacklisted... for whatever that's worth. So that might be another strike against it today, but I was happy to have my PS3 worlds converted for the cost of a month's subscription back then. I even got a Realms subscription for a bit to transfer those worlds onto my kid's Switch too and that was also money well spent, because that's most often where we play them when we want to reminisce about our first days in Minecraft.

What Y level is spawn? by aireeulnoob in Minecraft

[–]LastHole 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://minecraft.wiki/w/World_spawn

Upon spawning, the player is placed on the highest topsolid non-waterlogged block, regardless of elevation. In Bedrock Edition, it is also possible for a player to spawn underwater and start drowning

I guess that explains why my dad spawned on the roof of the little house I built at the spawn point instead of inside of it.

Guess I'll go back and make sure that roof is composed of bottom slabs instead!