what's the point of black and white statements that are wrong for a major subset of problems that the tool set out to solve?

the one being overtaken could release the throttle for a moment...

THE ONE BEING OVERTAKEN COULD RELEASE THE THROTTTTTTLE...!!!

:)

The overtaker could just not overtake

Yeah, except then they would lose 10 seconds from going 54 mph instead of 56 mph...

it's one service collecting ID's issued by dozens of governments.

the already too centralized is being made even more centralized here.

they deny you access until you give them access...

fsck them! i blocked my fb account and not looking back. once it was a place to find and discuss with interesting people... but now it's just a cesspool of filtered irrelevance and propaganda.

in hungarian it's ~"the exception strengthens the rule", which is equally misunderstood/misused by most people.

whatsapp is facebook; do you need any other "source"?

i'd be surprised if they didn't have straight out government logins...

Of course I need another source. I think you're right too but this is just speculation. I thought you had access to some actual information.

They're getting sued for it.

> They’re getting sued for it

If this is the case you’re referring to, then I don’t know that it is proof of your assertion, in fact maybe the opposite: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/31/us-author...

Anyone can sue anyone for anything. I have no doubt the US government has access to whatever data it wants from all businesses, but a lawsuit is not evidence of anything.

conspiracy theory, anyone? :)

That's a good one.

Are you arguing that calling something a conspiracy theory is a thought terminating cliche?

I suppose it could be, but the lizard people tell me it's not.

Guile' backtraces are useless to the point it baffles me how the community can work on anything else, or how it's not the first item on any such lists as above.

if it's Felleisen, then i'm surprised. i've met him on a conference for a couple of days about a decade ago, and my memory is of a nononsense guy with whom our vision of programming resonated a lot.

i was coming from the CL side of the isle, i hadn't known his work prior to that.

not allowed is a clearer language here.