Whelp, my interest in The Expanse Osiris Reborn has officially died…Rest in Piss, Owlcat!

I hope it’s good…As they have been failing hard when it comes to World of Darkness games as of late. They need a talented team to create a good one.

That is what I am also asking myself…Given that I never played any of the Marathon games in 1995 (being a big RPG fan)…I just don’t see the point of rebooting this niche IP and using it as a skin for a live-service extraction shooter; it’s utter nonsense and screams of a game studio frothing at the mouth due to desperation caused by a desire to remain relevant. Sony and Bungie fumbled the bag and Marathon is unlikely to enjoy any success given the obscure nature of the IP, and the same tired game format. Given that there are only a few games that enjoyed success with being a live-service extraction game like Hunt: Showdown, Escape from Tarkov, for example…

Bungie should’ve pivoted into a single-player/shooter/story experience that could be approached at a leisurely pace without any fomo or other garbage that would create unnecessary baggage and friction with players. I would’ve found that to be more engaging than the game that they crapped out.

I had forgotten about Marathon as it’s just another multiplayer, live service game in a sea of them…The devs had the wrong priorities in mind when it came to making this game.

LOL MAGA is such a fucking joke…

I certainly tried my best with the research part and often succeeded on XP more than any other Windows version. I think it was a bit overwhelming for me at the time because I somewhat understood computers, needed human language to demystify the kind computers could use for specific modifications and tasks. I am starting to reach that point with Linux, I didn’t get there 100% with Windows, knew just enough to get by.

I find config files to be the safest thing to modify because the results are often predictable and don’t cause my heart rate to increase.

Well, XP was generally less complex, and rarely had any problems in my opinion. I personally think registry edits got riskier past XP up until 10…When it became a bigger gamble (especially using Vista,7,8).

I opted for Pro version and local policy was the safer option. I guess my experience was WAY different. Could be hardware or a few mistyped entries, little bit of both, I suppose.

Edit: Personalized my comment a bit more so it reflected some of my personal experiences. As I kneejerk reactioned hard initially.

ROFL This reads like rage bait and delusion to be perfectly honest…As most of this post is at least true for Windows 10, but not 11 (which is a vibe coded and LLM stuffed nightmare). I always found that tweaking the registry was something to do only when there was no other choice, as it could cause more harm than good at times. Local Policy is a step up from that on Pro Version, enjoyed tweaking my system that way. Microsoft Forums is a community, and AI is a gassed up LLM (which can hallucinate and tell you lies while sounding correct).

This makes me chuckle and snort, while enjoying openSUSE Tumbleweed without worry!

ROFL This means we are in fact correct in our assumptions and Jensen Huang is seething, trying to make AI Slop Lookscursing fetch. It will never be fetch Jensen…Sorry sweetie!

I actually forgot about Starfield, as it was so tired and a very poor effort from Bethesda. The only reason why I remembered it is when those DLSS5 AI Slop Lookscursing filters were applied to one of their characters. At least they are trying to make a tired game, bare minimum average at best.

LOL The right image looks so haggard, hints at the potential training on NSFW material those certain features being changed on Grace’s model, particularly the emphasis on her lips, hair, and gaunter features. I actually prefer the left, as it seems more in the confines of the game’s original portrayal of Grace; the game’s background looks better in the left image vs the right image which seems cartoonish in nature. Yikes, NVIDIA is making a big argument for me to fully convert to AMD (which has better open drivers). Realism is fine and all, if that was the original intent of the game’s designers.

Exactly, it should never be bundled into software without explicit user consent.

It’s still a problem because users are opted in, as I’ve mentioned in many replies…If users don’t push back, we get situations like Microsoft and their insane LLM shit being shoved in all their software/services/OS. It’s the same “normalize and numb” tactics used by corporations to make end users more compliant to their forced integration of features in software, that aren’t the best or helpful to that end user. It’s not okay, nor is this an ordinary new feature. LLMs are being used to do a lot of disgusting things in the world by the ultra-wealthy and techbros wanting to control/influence the masses.

Fucking disgusting, Microslop cannot help themselves, Satya needs to be thrown out of the company at this stage. He’s going to run Microsoft into the ground and everything they ever bought. As eventually, people are just going to stop paying and using their stuff with this continued forced push of LLM garbage. It needs to stop. I use Linux as my main operating system, my Xbox Series S is an extra in my home. It will be replaced with a Steam Machine ASAP.

It’s still opt out, not opt in because on first install that LLM garbage is enabled by default. The kill switch should’ve been for people that chose to try LLM garbage and found it lacking; needing an easy way to disable it all.

I won’t stop complaining until Firefox makes their LLM nonsense opt-in, letting a user choose at first boot if they want that shit or not. That would be the most ethical and user respecting way to handle their LLM shit.

NieR: Automata is a great game, with multiple stories…I do enjoy the lore of that setting. I am working on my next playthrough as I completed the first not too long ago. I feel in a week’s time you can complete several stories (I tend to take my time). Plus the gameplay is so freaking smooth, I love the weird and thoughtful dialogue. Taro is an excellent writer with a lot to say in his games.

One fellow internet user, I specifically mentioned, “integrity in the code base matters as you are running that shit on your machine if you install it”, not “integrity of their machine”. Two, I’m going to be real with you, while you are highlighting a very real concern…You are trying to distract from the harm that LLMs and how their usage in programming can break the integrity of code bases.

The rush to develop LLMs, the data centers that will fuel this boom, and the components used to create computational power…Is just as damaging to poor countries that have rich mineral resources, leading to heavy pollution due to high demand for those resources.

This whole push for LLM development is best summarized by iamthetot, who also replied to wagesj45, “I care. GenAI and AI bullshit in general is a massive ethical, environmental, and socio-economic mine field.”

“The only thing the public brigades are actually doing is making contributors hide that they are using it, which increases the problem like you mentioned.”

As things are now, it would be best to eschew the use of LLMs; because LLMs are tainted with the dark, ignoble goals of Big Tech. In order to stop Big Tech’s plan, we need to object, reject, and force LLMs to become a money drain. Dropping LLMs would only help to burst this cursed bubble that techbros are desperately trying to keep inflated.

“A much better solution would be people stepping up to the plate and helping these projects, but it’s far easier to complain. I firmly understand why contributors have resorted to hiding the fact they use it, there’s far too much public outcry without enough support to not on most open sourced or publicly supported projects.“

If people are outright rejecting LLMs, it is better to drop these tools instead of embracing these things and using them in secret. Part of my drive to learn how to program is contributing to open source projects, but, the fact some of them embrace the use of LLMs to develop puts me off. However, despite this, learning to code and to contribute is of the utmost importance in order to help preserve the integrity of open source projects.

The things that are falsely called “AI” is a demotivating factor, as people start to feel the futility of learning if a thing that cannot think or feel might trump them and be used instead of them having a job in tech. It is going to create a brain drain event, because if there is not enough fresh blood staying interested in a field like programming and software dev…That will damage a lot of open source projects, and even the Linux Kernel. People age out and when those old heads die, all that institutional knowledge will go with them. As very few people will be able to carry the torch and that essential knowledge for the next generation. Big Tech doesn’t understand the full impact of their actions…They are greedy, disruptive fucks.

Simply accepting the use of LLM tools is going to send the incorrect message, as that can be masked as approval. It will make techbros that peddle slopware bolder, however, I don’t condone harassment (be loud, clear, and don’t harass). It does matter because again, transparency is key and that builds trust in open source projects. You might not care, but there are a lot of people that feel integrity in the code base matters as you are running that shit on your machine if you install it. To hide the sources of code, that is closed source behavior, and we cannot even properly evaluate a lot of the code they sling.