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catacomb

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  • rule

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  • Switch performs better running games through an emulator emulating the switch than natively.

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  • Now run an emulator within an emulator for extra acceleration.

  • HMRC will close tax helpline for half the year

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  • Ah, maybe one of my experiences isn't common. Mine started after a benefit was added and somehow not reported, which probably was my employer's fault but I didn't get anywhere with them. Reporting it seemed to clear it up.

    I have had it where a second employer totally messed up which just involved waiting until April. Then another where a previous employer failed to produce a P45 and I just had to push them for it. Those are probably more common and, you're right, the hotline didn't help.

    I've been at a small company where I've overheard directors talk about how they purposely didn't produce a P45 out of spite of someone leaving. It relies on good faith far too much and is confusing to navigate.

  • HMRC will close tax helpline for half the year

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  • This would really suck if you were put onto emergency tax, which temporarily takes away your tax free allowance.

    The government would temporarily take £209.50 a month extra while the useless chat bot would be unable to help. After 6 months you'd be short by £1,257 which, for some, would be devastating.

  • Any tips to help a scientist become a better programmer?

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  • If you don't already, use version control (git or otherwise) and try to write useful messages for yourself. 99% of the time, you won't need them, but you'll be thankful that 1% of the time. I've seen database engineers hack something together without version control and, honestly, they'd have looked far more professional if we could see recent changes when something goes wrong. It's also great to be able to revert back to a known good state.

    Also, consider writing unit tests to prove your code does what you think it does. This is sometimes more useful for code you'll use over and over, but you might find it helpful in complicated sections where your understanding isn't great. Does the function output what it should or not? Start from some trivial cases and go from there.

    Lastly, what's the nature of the code? As a developer, I have to live with my decisions for years (unless I switch jobs.) I need it to be maintainable and reusable. I also need to demonstrate this consideration to colleagues. That makes classes and modules extremely useful. If you're frequently writing throwaway code for one-off analyses, those concepts might not be useful for you at all. I'd then focus more on correctness (tests) and efficiency. You might find your analyses can be performed far quicker if you have good knowledge about data structures and algorithms and apply them well. I've personally reworked code written by coworkers to be 10x more efficient with clever usage of data structures. It might be a better use of your time than learning abstractions we use for large, long-term applications.

  • Euler diagram of the terminology of the British Isles

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  • Interesting though as it shows what "hard Brexit" was. Not in the customs union, economic area or council; just yeeted all the way out.

    The best part is the voting slip never defined any of it and, if taken literally, the UK would still be in the EEA.

  • Do any of you program on non-US keyboard layouts?

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  • I use a UK keyboard, | is pretty easy to access and $ is Shift+4.

    I'm guessing you mean more exotic keyboards. I've used a Swedish keyboard while helping a friend and I had to ask where every key was. You probably just learn the combinations eventually.

  • Untangling Non-Linearity: How the Linked List Changed Everything

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  • I feel like this is overlooked far too often. I rarely see anyone use data structures outside of (array) list and hash table and any attempt to use something descriptive of the problem is often shot down because of "familiarity," which is sort of self-fulfilling.

    I get away with flagging lists which should be sets, though.

  • Do you still use proper classic forums for what purposes/topics/types of communities?

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  • Fujitsu will never be held accountable for the Post Office scandal. It is too important to this government | Sam Fowles

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  • This isn't acceptable. If it's important to the government, then all the more reason to hold them to account. This whole scandal makes a mockery of software engineering as if there is no way to ensure quality.

    I work on software arguably less critical than this, in that it's never been used to prosecute anyone, yet any discrepancy in numbers is found by QA, understood and duly fixed. Why can't we demand the same from software which the outputs of can and are used as evidence in court? Why is it acceptable for them to say "it was too costly?"

  • the encryption keys, why can't the government just sneak on them?

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  • I think you're asking if it's possible for your government to be a man-in-the-middle? Depending on which government you live under, the answer is likely no but more importantly the answer will always be; it's not worth their effort to find out what you're watching.

    YouTube's public key is signed by a certificate authority whose public key (root) is likely installed on your device from the factory. When you connect to YouTube, they send you a certificate chain which your browser will verify against that known root. In effect, it's information both you and YouTube already share and can't be tampered with over the wire.

    Technically, those signatures can be forged by a well resourced adversary (i.e. a government) with access to the certificate authority through subversion, coercion, etc. At the same time, it's probably easier to subvert or coerce you or YouTube to reveal what you watch.

  • What is your least favourite acronym?

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  • obscure corporate jargon like KPIs (key performance indicators), KRIs (key risk indicators) which, after having thrown them at me during an interview for a college intern position, made the interviewer wonder why i got so flustered. i would hesitate to throw any acronyms around in any interview, let alone for a college student.

    by the way, i got the internship. the acronyms weren't even used in my position.

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    Anyone know how to stop Firefox from sending tracking data? I've disabled the tracking data options.

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  • Yeah, it's pretty understandable to associate telemetry with wrongdoing. There's been so much of it that it's easier to switch it off.

    There's a lot of useful, non-personal data they have legitimate reason to collect. Namely, app profiling data for profile-guided optimization which can improve the performance of the browser by analyzing how it runs on actual devices.

  • GL.iNet routers are trustworthy?

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  • The biggest issue most people have with it is the dynamic DNS feature, which is automatically enabled and contacts their server to create the record. If you turn this off before connecting the router to the internet, you're probably good.

    The simplified DoH client also only allows either Cloudflare or NextDNS, which aren't the most privacy-oriented options. Still, it's possible to set up your own.

    Otherwise I've never heard of anything major; the devices are cheap and reliable. I've had one running constantly for years and only had to reboot it manually once.

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  • Where did you get 100 from? I'm just asking if it's a real limit or a guess at "some manageable number" under one million.

    It can be worth experimenting and tuning this value. You might even find that less than 100 works better.

  • What are some good private email service?

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  • I agree. I use Proton and I have exactly one service which supports GPG. It's a cherry on top but it's not all that useful.

    The big thing is to use a trustworthy service that you pay for. It's not bulletproof but at least the incentive is there to keep your email private and away from advertisers.

  • Useless messenger

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  • DMCA takedown from Meta incoming

  • what are some of the best purchases you've made ?

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  • A decent blender. Not anything industrial like a Vitamix, it's a Magimix which was about half as much but still durable and has replaceable parts. It's fine foe what I need and is lasting much longer than the pile of crap I had before.

    Vacuum pack bags for clothes is another one. I like to keep my wardrobe seasonal but I don't have much space, so packing it down helps.

    Also anything reusable: PTFE/silicone baking sheets, rechargeable batteries, reloadable floss handles. All of these have saved recurring purchases, money over time and reduced waste (which made me feel good.)

  • me_irl

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  • To be honest, I agree they should be able to be larger at times.

    I had a lot of disagreements when I was on a new codebase, knew what I was doing and I was able to push a lot of code out each day.

    The idea is to have them small, easily readable with a tight feedback loop. I argued that bootstrapping a project will have a lot of new code at once to lay the foundations and my communication with the team was enough feedback. If I split it up, each PR would have been an incomplete idea and would have garnered a bunch of unnecessary questions.

    That said, I think it's generally pretty easy to put out multiple PRs in a day, keeping them small and specific. As you say, half of the job is reading code and it's nicer to give my coworkers a set of PRs broken down into bite sized pieces.

  • Jokes and Humor @beehaw.org
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    Hey man, do you want to come out with us tonight?

  • Jokes and Humor @beehaw.org
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    Build a central bank, raise interest rates and save Lego City!

  • Jokes and Humor @beehaw.org
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    Build a Lego central bank and raise interest rates!

  • Jokes and Humor @beehaw.org
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    stop using anti-self language

  • Jokes and Humor @beehaw.org
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    7 really is worse than 6

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
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    we're running low thanks

  • Programming @beehaw.org
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    awesome-falsehood: A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe in

    github.com /kdeldycke/awesome-falsehood