<p>Are there compelling reasons to ever use let instead of let* in Racket? Contemplating making them aliases in my plait fork.</p><p>I get why letrec is its own thing, but I don&#39;t think I&#39;ve ever encountered a use case where I want to declare multiple things that can&#39;t refer backwards</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> too late…</p>

<p>I finally wrote a <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> article for Filipino violinist Gilopez Kabayao who recently died on October 12: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilopez_Kabayao" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilopez_</span><span class="invisible">Kabayao</span></a></p><p>It’s unfortunate that many notable people don’t get articles until after they die because that is when various obituaries are published that often provide the much-needed reliable sources and significant coverage that Wikipedia demands. Then again, that is the nature of tertiary sources like encyclopedias—they only follow after others. 🤷</p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Philippines</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/tootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tootSEA</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> we have a nursing pillow, which does wonders for this too. I found this photo online. And while he is using a controller, it works great with the Deck as well</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> I mean, maybe you do, Christina? 🤔</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> it is time to get rid of iMac:)</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> counterpoint: yes you do.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> I know this will sound hostile, but legit cri du coeur: how do you keep doing it when Apple so clearly despises its customers? When Microsoft so clearly despises its customers? When every damn vendor just straight up despises us</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> I support you in your frugalness but please let us know what you end up getting 🙂</p>