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The idea that the point of government is to somehow make a profit seems absurd to me. Any money the government makes is by definition money wasted.

By functional do you actually mean impossible to use?

I don’t think that counts as an automatic opt-in, given that it’s presented to the user directly during the setup process.

I’m so glad they got rid of the moon. The new Gerudo emblem is so much cooler looking.

> They weren’t trying to solve aging or bring everyone to the highest standard of living, they didn’t care to connect the world, explore it, and find others.

What are you talking about? Those are absolutely issues that are being worked on right here, right now. This framing is obviously false.

It’s a cute idea but I found it to be exceedingly unpleasant.

Who cares if it’s ludicrous? It’s a fun idea!

Given that a lot of people use it in the wild I’m not sure where you’re getting that from.

It used to be the official logo. The project was called PLT Scheme at the time.

C, python, java, Fortran, ruby, Common Lisp, Haskell, go, zig (I think), forth, swift, cobol, pretty much any language that doesn’t directly descent from Scheme.

> Wtf kind of intro to a programming language doesn’t include syntax rules?

Given that most languages don’t have syntax rules or anything like it, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that most language introductions/overviews/tutorials don’t mention it.

What’s the safari story look like right now?

I think you’re missing the point…

I feel like this question doesn’t need a blog post to answer.

Why write code in 2026? Because it’s fun.

It’s difficult to interpret his position as being in good faith given the organisation that controls and represents.