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On: Hubble Captures Vivid Auroras in Jupiter's Atmosphere (2016)

[HelloUsername]

Related:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12009155

On: Half-Life 2 RTX

[HelloUsername]

The trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j31ISEd8xRM) actually shows the old lighting has much more mood and atmosphere.. RTX is far too bright. Ravenholm is supposed to be scary!

[superxpro12 → HelloUsername]

This is mostly a consequence of designing the ambiance using the tools of the time. You really need someone to go in and relight every environment with RTX in mind now, to properly take advantage of the capabilities.

I had a similar experience when I bought an OLED gaming monitor. It has perfect black, but when you go to play any game, they've all been lit assuming LCD screens, so blacks are really grey and the superior OLED contrast is basically useless.

Simply inserting the new tech isnt enough. The games need a redesign incorporating these new technological capabilities.

[HelloUsername → HelloUsername]

Related:

Half-Life 2 RTX Remix Developers Respond to Concern From Some Fans That It Ruins the Original Game's Atmosphere

https://www.ign.com/articles/half-life-2-rtx-remix-developer...

[flanbiscuit → HelloUsername]

Most games allow you to adjust brightness. I assume the brightness can be turned down to get closer to the original lighting and mood... I hope.

[the__alchemist → HelloUsername]

I thought its mood was more fun grav-killbox. Relative to contemporary games and sections re scare factor.

[jonwinstanley → HelloUsername]

Yes, way too bright. The ray tracing is great but couldn't they have reduced the source brightness?

[kube-system → HelloUsername]

Lighting demo gonna lighting.

On: Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf (2022)

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Previous discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37279109

On: Volkswagen Bringing Back Physical Buttons, Says Removing Them Was a Mistake

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Discussed on 08-march-2025

Volkswagen reintroducing physical controls for vital functions

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43298271

367 comments

On: Walt Disney's MultiPlane Camera (Filmed Feb. 13, 1957) [video]

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Previous discussions:

01-jun-2011 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2605831 1 comments

25-feb-2012 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3633366 1 comments

22-apr-2016 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11550779 21 comments

06-apr-2018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16768953 62 comments

On: Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On

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Previous discussions:

24-sept-2023 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37636447 34 comments

16-dec-2020 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25439834 172 comments

25-mar-2019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19479809 41 comments

On: Delta Chat – Email Based PGP Encrypted Chat

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Previous discussions:

24-jan-2021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25893626 148 comments

07-jan-2021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25674894 4 commments

27-feb-2019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19263357 11 comments

21-feb-2019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19216827 56 comments

03-feb-2017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13560279 1 comment

On: Show HN: Bayleaf – Building a low-profile wireless split keyboard

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Typical Amsterdam street

On: Send Data with Sound

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Discussed on 24-feb-2025, 69 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43162793

On: About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" (2024)

[HelloUsername]

Already posted and discussed back in august 2024, 45 comments:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140185

[hosteur → HelloUsername]

Relevant now as Chrome recently started force-removing/disabling uBlock Origin in Chrome.

(at least is has been force-removed on one of my machines. On another machine, it hasn't happened yet)