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scndrycntcton Buttons as Finite Automata

Repro's on Chrome/Mac as well--I think it's a macOS issue.

scndrycntcton Ancient Spartans didn’t kill ‘weak’ babies, new study argues

Pretty pedantic. I think we can agree that since the title and parent comment mention "Spartans", they are talking about the Spartans and not other residents.

scndrycntcton Notes on the Go translation of Reposurgeon (2020)

> I think Go people are allergic to writing code that does anything other than functionally work.

I think that's what Go was designed for, as a language. To be readable, usable. It's uncaring for your personal programming philosophies. I think that's why it's been successful.