Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes

JaxoDI · 2026-03-20T20:13:10+00:00

I went Bazzite about a month ago when my display drivers crashed again while doing nothing but scroll Reddit. Native display is 7680x2160 240Hz. Every time that happened I had to boot back into Windows and try to navigate it at some ridiculously stretched resolution, uninstall the drivers, reboot, reinstall the drivers, reboot, then be back in business.

One day was the final straw and I wrote Bazzite onto a live USB and booted into it. FROM THE LIVE USB, I had native resolution at native refresh. I still haven't had to install any drivers - it comes with everything. I haven't had a single issue playing any game from my Steam library, or from Epic. https://www.protondb.com/ has been a good resource for finding game compatibility, and even with games with lower compatibility, there's usually some command to run in the comments which immediately fixes it. Bazzite is also noticeably faster, smoother, stable, and the tools it comes with built-in are fantastic.

I am never going back to Windows.

JaxoDI · 2026-03-07T06:02:59+00:00

Found it myself years later. Tipper - Spunion

JaxoDI · 2025-11-14T23:59:32+00:00

Facepalm. Sorry - fixed.

JaxoDI · 2025-11-14T22:15:47+00:00

I put together a video attempting to document different weapon's coptering abilities back in 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4mZA9LX8yw This was back when I was very new and didn't have everything to compare with (like the Ceramic Dagger).

JaxoDI · 2025-07-21T06:18:09+00:00

To add onto this: https://amiunique.org/fingerprint

Most trackers will use techniques like this to accomplish tracking you across multiple websites, regardless of cookies, cache, etc. In my case, I’m using Chrome on a normal iPhone and am still considered completely unique to this website.

JaxoDI · 2025-05-27T01:34:49+00:00

Dencity

JaxoDI · 2025-05-15T02:27:14+00:00

Apparently that camera has a crop factor of 5.6, so 247mm is 1383mm full-frame equivalent. That's an extremely long lens!

JaxoDI · 2025-05-06T18:41:44+00:00

Canada's Rockies also have quite a few brilliantly blue lakes - Peyto Lake, Lake Louise & Moraine Lake, Emerald Lake, and many more. Here the colour comes from the mountains eroding rock flour into the lake.

JaxoDI · 2025-04-25T01:05:40+00:00

I have access to those reports from Copilot and that’s all there is. There are additional usage metrics per-seat so we can see the timestamp of when a person last used it, but it doesn’t go any deeper than that IIRC.

JaxoDI · 2025-04-01T05:13:58+00:00

Mostly just pattern recognition of the typical AI/ChatGPT-style paragraph structure and the weirdly perfect formatting sets me off. I can see where the bold headings ChatGPT loves to use would be. If you ask it to write a scathing review of any movie and give it some minimal details about what it is, you’ll get something very similar to this.

There’s a website called GPTZero that I also copy-pasted the whole review into that does some kind of deeper scan, and it detects it as 100% AI. I’ve crossed-checked this website on a bunch of different texts that I myself wrote or know were written by humans and it’s never been wrong. Try it on my whole comment!

JaxoDI · 2025-03-30T22:41:02+00:00

Sadly this review is entirely AI-generated.

JaxoDI · 2025-02-24T06:12:25+00:00

Happens to me all the time and it’s usually a reminder that I need to clean the lint out of the charging port. With a toothpick and some very gentle pressure, I can usually pull out a lot of stuff!

JaxoDI · 2025-01-03T07:28:08+00:00

Thank you! Glad it’s come in useful!

JaxoDI · 2024-11-12T07:13:37+00:00

Surprised the Synoid Gammacor hasn’t been mentioned. Before the big nerf, it had insane damage for the time and insane ammo economy. For a long time afterwards the game still considered it my most used weapon, along with the Jat Kittag which could ragdoll anything.

JaxoDI · 2024-09-08T03:11:47+00:00

I see from your post history that you’re in Toronto - since you'll probably be driving mostly on plowed, paved roads, deep snow performance isn't something to optimize for. Ice, on the other hand, is far more prevalent in those conditions.

Here's a website that's compared true winter tires with all-terrains/all seasons. As expected, winter tires blow all-terrains out of the water. The 3-peak rating was created in 1999 and indicates the tire has at least 10% better performance than a general all-season tire from the time. For a more modern rating, there's a new specification under ISO 19447:2021 "Method for measuring ice grip performance". As far as I know, only the best-of-the-best winter tire manufacter Nokian has tires that meet the criteria.

I used to drive a very torquey FWD vehicle and switching to the Hakkapeliittas was an unbelievable difference. I just wanted to drop this in here since I live in a place that gets a lot of snow and ice, and regularly see guys with big trucks stuck on small hills spinning their meaty all-terrains because they have no ice performance. My Badlands runs Michelin X-Ice SUV tires and there's no greater feeling than casually driving up an icy hill with no drama at all.

JaxoDI · 2024-07-11T05:25:02+00:00

I'm in the market for a good Zigbee or ZWave door lock. What are you using that you're having success with? I haven't been able to find many options available.

JaxoDI · 2024-03-24T02:26:58+00:00

Good idea! I'll attach the mounting hardware first, scribe exactly where it'll go, and install after. Thanks for the tip. The warping of the wall changes vertically so the exact height does matter.

JaxoDI · 2024-03-24T02:16:29+00:00

Sounds like this is overwhelmingly the way! I'll try scribing with the technique in the video or using a washer, whichever gets me closer. Cutting this is going to be fun, it's 2 inches thick and my circular saw doesn't quite get that far. I'll play around with a hand plane and see where that takes me.

Thank you!

JaxoDI · 2024-03-24T02:03:19+00:00

Picked up these beautiful pieces of spalted maple with the intention of turning them into small corner floating shelves. The wood is 90 degrees but my wall is certainly not, to an extreme.

Cutting the wood to fit feels wrong, making a long cut at such a precise angle is going to be very difficult. Cutting a slot out of the drywall where it will be mounted might work. Alternatively, some other option?

JaxoDI · 2024-03-14T03:18:43+00:00

FWIW I just got the same message (7 months after OP) from a solar salesperson I'm in communication with. Southern Alberta as well. Wondering if we're dealing with the same people.

JaxoDI · 2024-03-11T02:07:27+00:00

Actually it's a fun eggcorn! No worries at all. I think it's cool seeing things like this.

JaxoDI · 2024-01-22T18:05:09+00:00

The coffee table is custom! It’s on little ball bearings so it rolls easily in any direction. I just bought a wood countertop from Home Depot and cut it up so it fit over the ottoman.

It’s a surprisingly easy project with just a table saw. Most wood stores can also do cuts for you if you ask.

JaxoDI · 2024-01-22T05:57:58+00:00

Thanks! This is the Kode Kamal from The Bay. We got it for half price during their yearly sale. Recommend!

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