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I usually just use Unit Test coverage as extra insurance that I didn't accidentally forget a path when writing up tests for new classes, or when trying to assess others tests to see if/what they miss. Outside of that, I basically ignore it.

That (per)mutation testing, sounds like pitest, which I've had fun with using to gauge the effectiveness of tests I've written in the past.

Yep, basically. I looked into Racketscript a while ago, seems like it was a graduate thesis project that heavily built off of a similar python project iirc. It's based on a very old version of rkt, pre-chez, and probably would need a huge investment just to work with the newer ecosystem.

Iirc, an interesting bullet-point in their backend rework to make the move to chez meant that doing things like targeting js might be easier now than ever. I would absolutely love a js backend for rkt, it seems like it would be a huge boon to the ecosystem.

I was really excited when I started using racket that I could switch to static typing when I wanted it. However after trying out contract's, I must say I'm quite a fan of them as an alternative. Sure, you lose out on static, compile time checking, but honestly, I haven't missed it. And it's _even more_ seamlessly integrated into un-contracted code. You can express more interesting things and complex relationships between parameters using the ->i contract than any type system I know of will allow. There's some limitations, but between it and unit testing, I've been having a blast.

I know I hate it when I join IRC channels and have no context as to what anybody has been talking about, as there is no history to quickly go over. Even just having the past days history would help in this regard, at least for more active channels.

It's the same as just barging into a conversation a group of people are having. You don't want to just join and start talking about a completely different topic. So you join, and wait for a bit to get a feel for what they're talking about before piping in. But with IRC, sometimes it can take _days_ to get that amount of information, depending on how active the channel is. The same thing could easily be accomplished by being able to read the last 10 messages in the channel.

I feel like Solution 1 is pretty close to what I see as the "solution".

I think for commonly requested permissions that are not commonly accepted, they should just use a smaller, more discreet icon for notifying the user; one that doesn't hang down over the chrome and block/cover up the site. That way, it can be easily ignored.

It should be more obvious than the one they're using in that solution. Maybe something equivalent to an icon next to the refresh button or something. The text icon they had in #1 was probably /too/ easy to ignore.

I haven't really checked out LineageOS before. Just briefly browsing their site gives me a bit of skepticism. It doesn't seem to be very professional. For example, their about page, and one of their most recent blog posts.

I'm definitely looking for an OS to move to from Android. I suspect Librem will have its own flaws, but they inspire more confidence in me than my first impressions of LineageOS from their website.

https://www.lineageos.org/about/ https://www.lineageos.org/An-April-Apology/

From the github repo readme:

> In most countries, transmitting radio waves without a state-issued licence specific to the transmission modalities (frequency, power, bandwidth, etc.) is illegal.

I find it absolutely mindboggling that Switch's are bricking when 3rd party accessories are plugged in isn't being treated as a bigger issue. Everything I've heard is that the Nyko dock is at fault, but why the hell aren't people mad at Nintendo? Then again, I haven't followed it very closely, maybe people are? All I've read is how the dock is bad, and nothing about the Switch's apparent fragility.

I'd be interested in something better as well. I was testing SQuirrel SQL the other day (have used it before for MSSQL), but the Oracle plugins for it seem to have succumb to bitrot over the past couple of years. UI can hang for minutes on new connections, CTE's aren't recognized as valid syntax, searching Objects is slow and cumbersome.

I know a few people who just use Intellij for it.

If only ICE transportation was the whole problem. It's something though. Moving in the right direction, just maybe not at a quick enough pace.

I think that might be the first time I've ever seen "Clojure" and "lack of parenthesis" in the same sentence. Presumably you meant C-style parens. :D

I agree though. Honestly, getting worked up over such fluff as where parens go, which whitespace to use, what line curly braces go on is a minor annoyance of mine. The human brain is capable of parsing some pretty obscure stuff (see: human language) just fine.

This is what I was looking for. The 'Performance' section of the article was pretty lacking on any actual details. They mention that it's more consistent over 24 hour periods, but that could've just meant that output was low, regardless of the time of day.

If I understand correctly, the head of the FCC wants state governments to decide which companies can participate in the federal Lifeline program to subsidize costs for consumers, instead of going directly to the FCC to apply.

Looks like you're both on the same page. "...but third party accusation should not be enough."

To be fair, it seems to me like the typical webdev coming from C#/Java really wants the class syntax. I disagree with it, but I don't think it's just MS that's pushing it through, and even if it is, there's definitely an audience for it.

Teams moving around for money: I couldn't agree more. I was recently living in STL and this left a really bad taste in my mouth, and I'm a Packer fan who will never have to worry about this. It really pulls to the forefront that these teams are purely profit-driven, which in professional sports is a given, but gives the appearance of excessive greed. In some ways it's the antithesis of all of those feel-good sports movies where they play through adversity to overcome.

I'd be interested in knowing how these sorts of stunts play out in a more macro sense. As a whole, it may be a net profit for the NFL, but I wonder if it's more of a medium-term win.