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The AI found why my games kept crashing. The fix held all day.

His games crashed on the loading screen a few hours into a session. He pointed the AI at the problem, it suggested turning on the ntsync kernel module, applied the change to his NixOS setup and rebuilt it, and he played all day without a single crash.

How it works

  1. Points the AI at the crash
  2. The AI suggests trying the ntsync kernel module
  3. The AI applies the change to his NixOS configuration and rebuilds it
  4. He plays all day with no crash

Why it’s worth knowing

The fix was one kernel setting most players have never heard of, and the AI both found it and put it in place on his machine.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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