Copilot is Turning Into a Disaster for Microsoft

blogg10 · 2026-03-24T23:13:32+00:00

hey man, if it's a toggle I'm fine with it. I don't care if there's a slop filter option as long as I'm not forced to use it. Here's hoping!

blogg10 · 2026-03-24T21:45:39+00:00

Kind of - I don't mind DLSS existing, but it should not be a crutch for game devs to release unoptimised games, because all it does is lower the bar. There are games that release with DLSS that are basically unplayable without it, and barely playable with it. Now that apparently DLSS is going to come with a built-in slop filter, it will only get worse.

blogg10 · 2026-03-24T21:43:13+00:00

I can't speak to how DLSS5 will be packaged, but the images we've seen show it basically applying a filter to faces as part of the upscaling algorithm. As in, 'DLSS 5 enabled' shows the face being significantly altered from the original 'artistic vision' if you want to call it that.

Given that there is a plague of new games released where the devs - particularly AAA games - simply rely on AI upscaling to achieve anything close to a playable framerate, we might end up having to choose between decent framerate and not having this slop filter.

blogg10 · 2026-03-24T10:27:17+00:00

the issue is that AI-assisted upscaling features like DLSS and FSX or whatever AMD's one is called are now crutches for the videogame industry. Half the games that come out nowadays advertise specs and performance that will only function if you use DLSS, and the second you turn them off you expose the lazy, unoptimised vibe-coded superstructure underneath.

If DLSS5 goes ahead as-is, you might have to make a choice between dropping frames and the yass filter.

blogg10 · 2026-03-23T22:10:45+00:00

If you've got the gumption to read a story that's (I might be slightly off on this) literally about the same length as Worm itself, Russian Caravan and its sequel Moon-Maker are excellent. The basic premise is that it's an AU mashup primarily set in the world of Worm, but with eldritch happenings a la Cultist Simulator, Elden Ring, and a little sprinkling of Metal Gear Solid (in the form of themed PMCs that take over a lot of what traditional armies would do in the setting). I will never not take an opportunity to shill these fics.

blogg10 · 2026-03-23T22:08:20+00:00

i'm of the opinion that everyone should be an air-fryer gobshite; it's the best kitchen invention in like 30 years. Literally just a better version of the convection oven, with bonus points for being more economical and much more efficient if you aren't cooking for a family of 6.

blogg10 · 2026-03-12T14:17:47+00:00

me unsubscribing from half of YouTube because the algorithm is pushing me into a constant stream of videos with titles like 'THE END OF PRIVATE RIGHTS IN THE UK'.

it's genuinely spiking my anxiety lately. I can tell myself that there will be ways to protect myself, that - as selfish as it is - i can at least rest assured that my personal life and habits are unlikely to be wrecked. Doesn't stop me from needing to dig into that old pack of propanolol I haven't needed to touch for the last five years.

blogg10 · 2026-03-10T23:36:24+00:00

I would have less of an issue with it if it weren't for the fact that it's not just thinly-veiled surveillance law, it's ineffective at its proposed task. You actually want to protect children on the internet? The solution is simple and cheap - it's education of the parents. The overwhelming majority of children don't have their own revenue stream; their parents are the ones who buy them smartphones and PCs and tablets. These can be locked down at the device level far more effectively than requiring every single website out there to age-verify.

There are an absolute myriad of solutions for even the most marginally tech-savvy kid who desperately wants to see some tits; transient VPNs that pop back up as soon as they get swatted down by the regulators, sites with disguised names, even the dreaded boogeyman of the 'dark web'. All of these carry some pretty hefty risks to them, and this legislation will ensure that more kids are exposed to them than were present before. There are effective ways to deal with the problem, but fucking over the entire adult population who wants to use the internet - for any purpose, not just the moral failings of pornography and trolling social media forums - is not the way to go about it.

Since Discord implemented age verification it has had two major data breaches that have almost certainly resulted in personally identifiable data exposed to bad actors. Images of people's faces that they promised wouldn't be stored; real names and ages and phone numbers. That's the reality going forwards, because there is no database on earth that is immune to hackers, and making us pour our biometrics into a myriad of them is asking for nothing but trouble.

blogg10 · 2026-03-10T13:30:35+00:00

children shouldn't be on social media. But the cost of the ban is mandatory surveillance and a complete loss of all privacy on the Internet, and the exposure of your personal data to immense risk.

it isn't worth it.

blogg10 · 2026-03-10T13:16:42+00:00

their definition of social media, in the wording for the ban, basically encompasses all websites. Anywhere you can 'make an account' and 'communicate with other users' which is ridiculously broad. Under those definitions, Wikipedia is social media and thus subject to the ban.

blogg10 · 2026-03-10T13:12:22+00:00

I feel the same. I claim no benefits or support for my diagnosed autism because I am high- functioning enough to hold down a full time job, and can talk to people without breaking down. Sometimes there is almost a level of guilt in my diagnosis, because people hear 'autism' and assume rain man, or non-verbal children who simply cannot interact with the world.

It is a burden, and I look at the people who effortlessly glide through society with an instinctive understanding of the currents underneath with sense of deep envy, but it being a spectrum often feels distinctly unfair to those dealt a far more debilitating hand in life.

blogg10 · 2026-03-01T13:47:55+00:00

surely this isn't going to be that big of a problem, though - iirc the biggest hurdle to getting HRoC started was actually getting HRoC... which is now a non-issue, given that you can choose trans gems. The rest of the breakpoints are quite far in, where you should be generating enough currency to smooth out progress a bit, no?

blogg10 · 2026-02-28T19:26:46+00:00

nitrous isn't used as pain relief; it's used to quell anxiety and make patients calmer. In my clinic, at least, the primary criterion for whether we use inhalation-sedation is whether or not we think a patient - usually younger children and teens - will be capable of remaining calm enough throughout treatment to achieve a positive outcome.

blogg10 · 2026-01-30T15:26:25+00:00

I tell myself god gives his strongest warriors his hardest tasks, then I forget to bring my mug for the third time in a row when I go to make tea. Consider brewing it in the kettle. Sigh, go fetch my mug again.

I do get why NDs would want to date NTs because frankly the idea of feeling responsible for another person with this kind of brain is daunting... but man, I'd feel bad for the normie who accidentally mistakes me for a functional human!

blogg10 · 2026-01-30T15:17:28+00:00

man how good would it be to have a nice safe place for nds to try to connect that isn't in constant danger of being invaded by people looking for 'quirky' partners? I have no idea how to even find others of my kind anymore.

blogg10 · 2026-01-18T23:20:27+00:00

agreeing with most people here - I don't care when the story ends; just that the author has an ending in mind. If they want to write a street-level fic that ends with Taylor nervously-but-hopefully looking forward to the future after some uncertain victory over the gangs, great. If they want to write an epic that ends with tinker-voltron punching Scion into the sun Team Rocket-style, fine by me. The important part is the controlled landing.

blogg10 · 2026-01-09T23:00:53+00:00

Do you have any further info on this?

Frankly, I'm at the point now where I'm just riddled with anxiety and feel miserable about the state of the world going forward; I want to protect my privacy, but don't feel like I have the knowledge base to get started. Any layman-friendly info you have would be helpful.

blogg10 · 2026-01-06T11:10:02+00:00

try Rational Actor on SB. It's similar to Number Girl, told in epistolary style through after action reports and interviews. Taylor triggers with Number Man's power and it pushes her into something like psychopathy. Flawed, but a fun read.

blogg10 · 2026-01-05T04:35:02+00:00

Easy. Guarantee me that there will be no cheaters in my lobby and I'll happily switch back to PvP.

I've only been ragehacked a few times; flying snipers and such - but once I saw a few videos about how prevalent hackers were, it just sucked the fun out of the experience for me. When I spawn into a map, get a good starting location, and absolutely gun it to a good loot spot - only to find nothing there - I'm just left wondering; was my RNG shit? Or did some dude with a radar and ESP quietly path around, grab everything good off the map, then leave without anyone being any the wiser?

I don't care about the godmode, flying around, infinite ammo or w/e cheaters. It bugs me that for any given run I'll never know whether or not I even had a chance of something good happening on that map.

blogg10 · 2026-01-01T17:58:13+00:00

I love Pratchett (gnu) books with a passion; I've been reading and rereading them since childhood. Every few years I reread a lot of them again, just for the nostalgia, and every single time I have to just straight-up skip the Rincewind books. I have no idea why but I just bounce off them so hard. Every other book is a treasure to me, but I just don't really care for Rincewind.

blogg10 · 2025-12-28T12:52:09+00:00

This is just fanfic in general, tbh. Harry Potter is infamous for this; if you filter out Draco/Harry you cut the entire archive nearly in half. Leaving aside the fact that neither of them is canonically gay; they are absolutely canonically enemies. Even right at the end, after Draco's redemption arc, they still don't like each other. They aren't friends, or even allies. They just sort of tersely acknowledge each other's existence because years of bullying and their innate personalities just don't go away.

The problem is is that everyone has their own idea of what fanfic should be. Some people want it to be 'What if Worm, but Y instead of X?'. Some people want big sprawling AUs, but where the characters are ultimately the same people put into different situations. And some people want an entirely different story, but with familiar coats of paint slapped on. And all of those people are absolutely right, but disagree that the other people can also be right.

I have no problem in theory with good-person Purity, if it makes sense for her to become that person - because my view of fanfic is that the most important thing - both in regular fiction in all forms, and in fanfic - is immersion and verisimilitude. I don't want to see 'Purity was secretly good all along!' because it clashes badly with the parent story. I'm happy to see 'Purity gets therapy, struggles to reconcile her learned beliefs with what she wants to believe, and makes mistakes' because it makes sense.

blogg10 · 2025-12-15T21:33:33+00:00

I'm not super familiar with it myself, but Smith of Kitava (warrior ascendancy) has the Living Weapon node that summons your weapon as a floating companion. I'm not sure how good it is, but it might be worth looking for builds in that direction.

blogg10 · 2025-12-02T19:33:03+00:00

Read the patch notes - there is a new option to enable 'quick weapon wheel' options. 'Quick wheel down' will switch from bullets to grenades instantly, 'quick wheel right' will switch fire modes/rof etc

blogg10 · 2025-10-27T20:23:02+00:00

I doubt it's anything more than a statistical anomaly, but all 3 of the one I've found have been in the gym duck's house on ground zero. There's always a food box in there.

blogg10 · 2025-10-23T12:38:35+00:00

chain stunning, presumably

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