Mastodawn

@kamihack @pleia2 don’t know. They may block it from working on anything other than Windows. No technical constraint that I can see. The macOS restriction for example is dumb as game runs on iOS, same back end. Used to be able to launch iOS app on macOS but no more. MS did a lot of work to lock out users on two desktop OSs, out of spite?

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dr.nixon Feb 21

@pleia2 @kamihack not worth acquiring a Windows box and all headaches involved for one game anyway. If your kid truly wants to play Bedrock, it runs on platforms like Switch or mobile … but not macOS or Linux. MS made it nearly but not completely cross-platform. By choice, of course.

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dr.nixon Feb 21

@pleia2 @kamihack buying Java version means you can also launch the Windows (Bedrock) version. No separate purchase required. They started bundling license some time ago. Having said that, the Java version is the only version I’ve ever used. I run it on my Mac, but the world I’ve hosted since 2016 is on a headless Debian box. All of the most popular multiplayer servers are on Java.

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dr.nixon Jan 19

@jessamyn oh snap I know Jonathan… well not him really, his kid, who is in my sons scout troop. He’s a cool kid. For some reason he knows a lot about owls!

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dr.nixon Nov 12

@georgetakei irony here is that millions of kids will watch this movie on an iPad because the parents know it will distract them and give the parents some peace while while on a drive, out to dinner, at a store…

dr.nixon Oct 15

Qasim Rashid, Esq.Oct 15

Republicans: We don't think masked police shooting Christian pastors is excessive. Also due process is overrated. Also we'll bomb Venezuelan ships because we want to.

Young Republicans: We love H*tler, we should gas everyone who doesn't support us

Democrats: No Kings, No H*tler

Corporate Media: Why are Democrats escalating the political rhetoric??🧐

dr.nixon Sep 25

Lady Laura

Sep 24

A Canadian man has gone viral for dressing up as a giant Dachshund to walk his own Dachshund

v/https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/oshawa-man-who-dresses-as-a-dachshund-is-gaining-popularity-one-walk-at-a-time/

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dr.nixon Sep 19

@georgetakei frankly I’m proud I’m in her home district. The more she pisses this guy off, the harder I’ll vote for her.

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dr.nixon Sep 17, 2025

@scalzi preordered on Kindle (I like reading sci-fi on my digital future book!) but I’d like my kid to read your stuff, and he really prefers hard copy. So heck, you might sell me 2 copies… not to mention the preceding novels in the series. I’m excited to read it. Thank you.

dr.nixon Sep 16, 2025

JA Westenberg Sep 16, 2025

this is the first time in history a man has publicly lost an argument to his own toaster