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I think this is a fair question. In my opinion, if you're developing a larger application then nearly all of your code will either be in the "racket" language. If you're keen on ty…

Interesting, looks like Ben Greenman started work on a port to Racket, but it does appear that that work is still firmly WIP: https://github.com/bennn/mechanics

I think it's probably more productive to think of this in economic terms; "nonchalance toward optimization" "I can write this code in an hour instead of three hours". And, from a c…

I think the poster is referring to racket-lang.org, which is served through cloudflare. But wait! I have a solution. If you want the web site content locally, the whole thing is bu…

Lots of good clean fun in this article. My one question: would continuation marks avoid all of the `set!` messiness?

No, it's clear that the researchers are using the term trapdoor in a technical sense. Specifically, one of the key ideas in the swiss system is that it produce a proof that the vot…

another reason to dislike Python, sigh.

Sounds like you have a good source of information; any chance you can share pointers? Thanks! Apologies if I missed this in upstream posts.

Okay, this is going to sound mean, but this is like the definition of p-hacking. When you look at 30 values, you simply can't be surprised that one of them is lower than the mean, …

No, I think that the socratic method can be much more intensely infuriating because it's clear that the teacher is withholding the answer from you. (FWIW, I use the socratic method…

(Mostly just hoisting Noel Welsh's comment to the top level) How will the expected upcoming move of Racket to the use of Chez affect the comparison between Gerbil and Racket? I'm t…

I'm afraid I literally laughed out loud at your request for a simple standard algorithm for r5rs macro systems. However, it's a sympathetic laugh. Macro Hygiene is still very hard,…

You're right that the image is just one source of data. But... that's true of any one source of data. This data doesn't prove anything, it just contributes a bit more evidence (to …

self-reply: just tried it. It does well. Alarmingly well. so sad to have to choose between Brendan Eich and Mozilla. :(

so, as someone who keeps meaning to try it out but hasn't yet: how does Brave do with this site?

Ditto, except that I just use postfix's 'virtual' mechanism. Simple additional hack to simplify address creation; all my legal addresses begin with a particular 4-char sequence, an…

One data point to the contrary; I subscribed, and I can now view the site without ads. ObDetails: I use ghostery, and I don't block Google Analytics. All other trackers blocked, ac…

Wow; I really disagree with this viewpoint. I want clever compilers that produce good code from high-level specifications. I fully accept the lack of predictability. Also, your com…

Looks like another poster mentions " https://meet.jit.si" . Ran a 10-second test, and it looks like it can successfully display my face. Haven't tried it for actual communication.

There are some very helpful folks on Stack Overflow, but the racket-users mailing list is definitely the authoritative resource. Also, Neil Van Dyke (the package's author) is helpf…

Yes! I wrote about this in a widely-discussed ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H totally-unread blog post back in 2014: https://www.brinckerhoff.org/blog/2014/12/12/the-why-button/…

I think that Eve is tackling the wrong problem. Allow me an analogy: "Bronk, the math designed for humans." Instead of dense algebraic expressions like "3x+49", you get to write "t…

quite a bit longer, though...

Shameless plug (of my FOSS): if you like Diceware, you might like Molis Hai even better. Maps the 56-bit sequence 0x556bfdce0148c9 to "wrowd aut settea". I betcha the corresponding…

Is this the same article that appeared in the Communications of the ACM? Not behind paywall, that's a plus. ( http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2699417&CFID=612805967&CFT... )