Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

@stjohn yeah, I was skimming the original paper, and saw the author misusing linguistic terms and not being particularly clear about how they determined which glyphs are associated with which symbols, but assumed that they would explain it later.

And then the paper just ended, with a side note that the author had "solved" it in just 2 weeks.

I just read a somewhat convincing claim that the Voynich manuscript has been translated:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02639904.2019.1599566

...and then a very convincing explanation of how that's not actually true:

https://voynichportal.com/2019/05/16/cheshire-reprised/

@InspectorCaracal oh!

... I'll add it to my reading list

@InspectorCaracal I always use widdershins on board games days, because then nobody gets confused about whether I said "clockwise" or "anticlockwise"

@maple aaa cute!!

Meep!

@BatElite well this mod adds a bunch of biomes, some of them are less conducive to living in than others.

It seems to be a recent trend in Minecraft mods, though - making things more grindy because otherwise they're "too easy"

I tried a new biome this time around (brushland), but I was annoyed because it was full of thorns (which damage you), and quicksand (which you get stuck in), and crops didn't seem to grow, so I've moved my home to a maple forest.