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@anne you rarely see DVD/bluray releases without the original version on there somehow around here, fwiw

@elilla @schratze I'd assume that that's as much as they can expect the average person to secure their network

@elilla @schratze and I assume your wifi is properly secured? unfortunately you're responsible for everything ppl do on your network (Freifunk gets around this by VPNing to the Freifunk org, which is classed as an ISP)

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Man goes to Windows. Says thing is not working. Says he's getting a strange error. Says he feels lost and unsure what to do. Windows says, "Solution is simple. Administrator is in the office today. Go and see him. He should know the answer." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But Windows... I am Administrator!"

@JenJen there's a tool built into Firefox's dev tools (select what you want to check for in "Check for Issues") firefox-source-docs.mozilla.or

@wxcafe where's I plead the fifth (United States of America)

can firefox maybe use the information that I have multiple mobile firefoxes synced to my account and stop advertising the mobile version to me

@pup_hime that's a new problem, isn't it? I'm pretty sure cases just got shittier

@Craigp no, I'm thinking of a different thing. No idea why they're calling it Tech Support

it's a pretty good series when they find good interview partners, from what I've seen

@Craigp "Tech Support" is the name of the series, I think because it was originally based on Google autocompletions? as in "supported by tech"?

@emelie I learnt HTML from library books meant to teach HTML to kids, which means I was always a good few years behind the state of the art

I've replayed the first few levels on TR1 on so many platforms and to me this "remaster" perfectly illustrates why full path tracing is just a fancy tech demo

also omg I just realized they made enemies' features glow red instead of, idk, lighting the levels

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what's interesting to me is that using lighting to enhance a level's feel is a thing in the classic tomb raider engine (later than TR1 afaik), with torches being a consumable item you could use to light up dark corners – a classic trick is using the infinite pistols for light instead! Looking at the IGN footage of the mod, the dev put two bright green lights into the very first secret in the game, completely missing the point of a secret

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someone made an "RTX remix" pathtraced version of OpenLara (the free Tomb Raider engine) and wow does it not work in this one, everything looks like shiny plastic, rooms are either way too dark or for some reason super foggy and also Lara's face is a super bright flashlight now

and they replaced all the enemy textures for some reason

@skiant at my old job they always filled the (giant) hopper all the way so you could taste how long it had been sitting in there

anyways I support your commitment to coffee science

@buzzyrobin ah, wait, you're one of the rare non-Germans on chaos, that's probably not the best idea

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