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Language design question: what type should `while True {}` have? Bottom: It doesn't contain any `break` statements. Unit: Treat loops with/without `break` consistently. I already have lints that warn on unreachable code after diverging loops, so the Unit case feels surprising.

I've just realised that Community Fibre, my ISP, offers 5 Gb/s packages in some London addresses! I'm struggling to imagine a use case for such a high residential bandwidth. When I switched to 1 Gb/s I needed to upgrade my wifi router to actually take advantage.

My 3.5yo is learning to use a mouse, and it's super interesting. He's mastered clicks and drags, but he hasn't yet figured out lifting up the mouse when run out of mouse pad. That's a tricky case where you deliberately break the relationship between mouse and cursor movement.