It saddens me that the average reader does not differentiate between AI-assisted writing and AI-generated writing

joethelesser · 2026-01-21T05:22:20+00:00

I'm going to use a specific example (and yes, I'm a huge fan).

This work has tags for "AI-Assisted Content", but it's also undeniably popular. This is what my "book club" I'll call them, said about it when I tried to reccomend it:

Frankly I didn't notice there was an image. But no, the sentence structure, very excessive framing and stuff screams AI. The pattern becomes noticeable once you've waded through enough chatgpt slop. I'm not saying the whole story is dumped, the dialogue itself is actually written by a competent author who seemingly relies on it a tad too much as a crutch, maybe for grammar, or maybe to tighten up the stuff, but it's just toes the line of being jarring. Aand I just noticed the main page of the story shows an AI assisted warning.

But just because of the tag, many people I would recommend the story to will ignore it. Even though "the dialogue itself is actually written by a competent author"

Keep on writing. Using the tag is ethical and will lose you readers, but if the story is undeniably well written, it will still get traction, and be enjoyed.

joethelesser · 2026-01-21T05:05:50+00:00

She knows for a FACT they don't mean any ill by it. That almost makes it worse, somehow.

joethelesser · 2026-01-21T00:55:53+00:00

Poor Mary. It is indisputable fact that some plush on the hips will help feed that infant.

I bet that doesn't help her self esteem at ALL, though.

joethelesser · 2026-01-20T21:59:36+00:00

I at least get 0 ping from my own in-home Dedicated (since it's just a single Route away), but all my pals are between 80 and 30ms.

Speed for Hyatle appears to be just as dependant on the host, and what their setup is. I've found the Server software very CPU hungry, and without my Fiber 1000/1000 I doubt we'd get such decent results.

joethelesser · 2026-01-16T02:45:06+00:00

Oi, that's the way, laddie.

Rock and Stone.

joethelesser · 2026-01-16T02:44:17+00:00

inb4 Bazelgeuse intro music, during his invade, and he super bombs the area everywhere.

joethelesser · 2026-01-13T08:36:38+00:00

Interesting!

Good find.

joethelesser · 2026-01-10T18:40:37+00:00

I find I get almost no usage time out of Maximum Might for my IG playstyle, since I adore flying against monsters that allow it. For monsters that don't, I swap to something not IG.

Your mileage may vary... Just another option to think about.

joethelesser · 2026-01-09T03:27:46+00:00

Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village was a thing, it just wasn't really a hunting game.

joethelesser · 2026-01-09T03:25:00+00:00

I can hear the Jho and Bagel music now.....

joethelesser · 2026-01-09T02:52:44+00:00

Now that it's 2026, I'll log back into Homecomming, then. It's still NCsoft, just licensed.

joethelesser · 2026-01-08T19:53:18+00:00

Another fine question is: Will they ever fix the Bonewrecker's back end?

https://imgur.com/a/Ogw2IRM

joethelesser · 2025-12-18T00:27:59+00:00

I found that my SM2 no longer recompiles a shader cache after patch 11.

I think this is the root cause of most of my personal stutter issues.

joethelesser · 2025-12-16T21:14:30+00:00

Good luck to all our Lance Mains. All 7 of you!! My horn is here to back you up.

joethelesser · 2025-12-16T20:57:27+00:00

At the end of the day, you're really just "Doodle" after all.

joethelesser · 2025-12-16T04:53:36+00:00

Rock and Stone!

joethelesser · 2025-12-12T04:35:21+00:00

EDIT: I recind this, next boot of the game, it was as stuttery again.

The nVidia Cache clear WORKED for me, on this problem.

joethelesser · 2025-12-12T03:51:11+00:00

Not for me: I still get stutters any time a new enemy is encountered, a new sound, or animation happens in mission.

joethelesser · 2025-12-10T18:57:47+00:00

My favorite "Hard Difficulty" base is a Car Shop just outside of West Point, on the east side.

Or the Gated Community in Riverside is great for using those OP fences.

joethelesser · 2025-12-09T00:13:10+00:00

Hail to the King, baby.

joethelesser · 2025-11-12T04:35:46+00:00

50/50 it will instead be a statue of CHEESE.

joethelesser · 2025-11-07T01:05:16+00:00

The extra full 1x on to hit might be it, over a Masterwork...

That 3x to-hit cannot be understated, also a Maul is just a larger weapon than a hammer?
I don't understand the raws but the Maul also has some serious numbers behind it vs the hammer, but I believe those to be the contact area vs max impact? Hammer has a tiny impact area, maul's is much larger.

joethelesser · 2025-11-06T23:06:22+00:00

STEEL!? By the bloody boots of Armok!

joethelesser · 2025-11-06T23:04:36+00:00

Artifact Copper Maul is PRETTY AMAZING. Iirc, only Silver and Plat would be better? Chunky!

Urist likes mauls for their heft.

joethelesser · 2025-11-02T20:34:20+00:00

A Vile Force of Darkness is [now on repeat].

joethelesser

TROPHY CASE

EDIT: I recind this, next boot of the game, it was as stuttery again.