[-] mattreb@feddit.it 17 points 3 months ago

If you read the article ( https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3719027.3765062 ) they are testing this in an EXTREMELY controlled enviroment and directed subjects... I have my doubts that this could provide any insight on whether this is even feaseble for public surveillance, let alone effective...

[-] mattreb@feddit.it 16 points 5 months ago

But I’m also scared. Not of the tech itself, but of what happens when capitalists decide to fully automate labor.

Dont worry that's not gonna happen. A collegue of mine use llms regularly for code reviews, but you have to put in the work to understand whether what they say makes sense and filter out false positives which are not occasional.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by mattreb@feddit.it to c/programming@programming.dev

Hey, I want your opinion on code reviews, what is the best way to use them in a professional environment? Pick one of the following and give me your thoughts (from the most forgiving to the most strict):

  1. no code reviews, they are useless
  2. optional code reviews
  3. mandatory reviews on code that is already merged, optional fixes
  4. mandatory reviews on code before merging (like a pull request), with a time-frame for optional fixes (i.e. whether to fix what has been pointed out is up to the author), merge will occur anyway.
  5. mandatory reviews on code before merging (PR) with mandatory fixes.

Of course in open source development with public contributions, you'll often see (5), but I'm not convinced it could work in professional dev.

Edit: I'm talking about a team of 5 mid to senior devs (no junior or interns) working on a 2-3 year project without many security concerns, but feel free to give me your general opinion.

[-] mattreb@feddit.it 31 points 7 months ago

for the folks that have tried competitive programming, this is way too relatable

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by mattreb@feddit.it to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Apparently Europe finally got Whatsapp to enable 3rd party chats making it easier to switch to more privacy friendly alternatives article However the only other app that currently works with it is "BirdyChat"??

Have anybody found any news about when serious alternatives will be integrated?

[-] mattreb@feddit.it 20 points 9 months ago

that's exactly why we have mandatory code reviews now...

[-] mattreb@feddit.it 71 points 1 year ago

the wikipedia take:

[-] mattreb@feddit.it 50 points 1 year ago

But it works well for public opinion, which is what politicians care about most, unfortunately

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submitted 2 years ago by mattreb@feddit.it to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

A lot of posts like the one in the picture are mostly dominated by an image, that if tapped is just displayed as an overlay instead of opening the post. The areas where tapping cause the post to open are very small...

Is there a way of making it easier or a gesture I'm not aware of?

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by mattreb@feddit.it to c/askelectronics@discuss.tchncs.de

Bought a new PC, and I was measuring its consumption out of curiosity. I noticed something weird (to me): when the PC is off (in fact, I completely disconnected the PSU and did the same test), there is quite some current running in the power cable to the PSU (0.15A).

Further measures showed a power factor of (almost) zero, and I can actually measure a capacity of 2uF across the PSU ac input.

I did the same thing on an older PC I have, and there is no current / capacity. So what would the reason of a capacitor across the mains on the input be in a PSU?

PS: the PSU is a Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 1050W

Edit: I found some official measurements for this specific PSU: https://www.cybenetics.com/evaluations/psus/2249/ that have 40W standby apparent-power by design

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by mattreb@feddit.it to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

Hi! I'm relatively new to mechanical keyboards and I need some help.

I need a 60% that will allow to toggle between two mode, one for writing and one for cursor movement with arrows (possibly on IJKL).

From what I found most of the 60% use the Fn button for arrows, but you have to keep it pressed, which will not work for me... I need to actually toggle the alternative layout. Some 60% have a "Fn lock" to support this, but it's hard to tell by just looking at their specs...

Do you know any model with a similar feature?

[-] mattreb@feddit.it 15 points 2 years ago

Recently Teams is blocking Firefox even on Windows, but changing user agent was enough in my case...

[-] mattreb@feddit.it 85 points 2 years ago
[-] mattreb@feddit.it 20 points 2 years ago

I'll give a different perspective on what you said: dx12 basically moved half of the complexity that would normally be managed by a driver, to the game / engine dev, which already have too much stuff to do: making the game. The idea is that "the game dev knows best how to optimize for its specific usage" but in reality the game dev have no time to deal with hardware complexity and this is the result.

[-] mattreb@feddit.it 28 points 3 years ago

On desktop, I'm really wondering why people use it. I mean it's not pre-installed for windows, what makes people choose Chrome in 2023?

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submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by mattreb@feddit.it to c/eticadigitale@feddit.it

A quanto pare disattivando la cronologia, dopo varie richieste di riattivarla, youtube sostituisce l'intera homepage con l'avviso dell'immagine ("La tua cronologia delle visualizzazioni e' disattivata"). In pratica devi pagarla con i tuoi dati? Ho pensato fosse interessante....

[-] mattreb@feddit.it 36 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

deleting all NSFW

Which means they'll have to moderate, i.e. pay for moderators :)

[-] mattreb@feddit.it 18 points 3 years ago

This is so sad, I don't understand how any moderator would still feel ok to stay on reddit... Thank you for sharing

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