The convo in the awesome pics thread reminded me this bit from the British series 'Fleabag' that I love very much.

'I have a vagina on me'

No idea about the context of this, but I like the pose and lighting/colors.

Yeah, extrajudicial execution is all the rage these days.

So, uhh... Trump just said we're going to start killing people "bringing drugs into our country." In other words, he's going to start assassinating people who are trying to cross the border. Great, yeah. This is normal.

It's doubtful if the US can ever recover from the anti-green energy moron-in-charge. The world looks to China now. I read that clean energy usage has surpassed coal globally. We have given up on democracy anyways, so no big loss as we turn over the keys.

Windows 11 data harvesting operation causes framerate drops for gamers

QuoteWindows 11's Gaming Copilot may be actively monitoring and capturing gameplay and sending this back to Microsoft for 'model training' (of the AI) by default. The poster shares a screenshot of the 'model training on text' option being enabled by default, raising concerns over privacy therein.

QuoteMicrosoft's FAQ for Gaming Copilot clearly states that 'screenshots are not stored or used for model training' and that grabs are only taken when you're actually using Copilot in Windows 11's Game Bar.

This would be the first and only time Microsoft has ever used an opt-in model, so color me skeptical.  And other outlets have reported privacy violations, so I'm more inclined to favor them over Microsoft.

One thing we do know for a fact is that the "Gaming Copilot" feature causes pretty significant framerate loss, 5-10ish fps from the looks of things, though of course it needs a little bit more rigorous testing and reporting than just one guy eyeballing it on a single game.  Could you imagine car races with the announcer saying that the lead car hits speeds of 150-200mph, but it occasionally hits more or less than that?  Some math nerd out there needs to figure out some way to take speed snapshots and mash them all together to get some sort of average or something, that way it'd be easier to compare!

Let me see if I can guess:
Their parents were smarter than any of the local teachers?

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My hillbilly cousins home school. You can guess why.