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kentosi-dwon Check if a file was made with Claude

Off topic: Is the grammar off here? Shouldn't it be "by Claude" instead of "with Claude"?

Unless I read this wrong, it sounds like the author is after a calendar background template that they can write over on their tablet (or ReMarkable/etc) device.

I mean that's basically what that last screenshot looked like to me...

kentosi-dwon Please stop the coding challenges

This blog post lists problems but offers no solutions.

Yes, complain all you want about what companies SHOULDN'T do. But then what do you feel is a better approach?

From my experience, you ask 4 software engineers what a proper interview should look like and you'll get 4 different answers.

kentosi-dwon IMG_0416

Thank you so much for this! I love & miss all the videos from the old days.

kentosi-dwon An illustrated proof of the CAP theorem (2018)

I was a little surprised that they author went though such detail to explain Consistency, and yet Availability was just 2 sentences and a quote...

kentosi-dwon 12 Months of Mandarin

The importance of an SRS system like Anki cannot be overstated. However I can see how this might be a burden to some when it comes to entering in your own sentences.

For this, I highly recommend making use of your OS's dictation (speech to text) feature. You get to practice speaking _and_ enter sentences much quicker.

kentosi-dwon 12 Months of Mandarin

Yes if you type "japanese conversation" in youtube you'll get lots of people mirroring this format. (Sorry at work and youtube is locked for me).

kentosi-dwon Normans and Slavery: Breaking the Bonds

Can someone explain what the deal was with selling slaves to Ireland? It makes it seem like Ireland was some wealthy nation buying slaves.

kentosi-dwon Pigeon towers: The rise and fall of a 17th-century status symbol (2015)

So fascinating! TIL that: 1. People farmed pigeons in the 17th century, which makes me wonder at what point chickens were introduced. 2. England and France seemingly have no native root vegetables to plant for winter.

kentosi-dwon Researchers accurately dating a 7k-year-old settlement using cosmic rays

https://archive.ph/LOUmX

Website seems to be really slow for some reason. Hence providing this.

kentosi-dwon Coding My Handwriting

This is pretty amazing. I would love to get my hand-writing as a font!

kentosi-dwon Obsidian 1.5 Desktop (Public)

A note taking app, bit like Notion.

kentosi-dwon Positive news from 2023

Yes, but on the other hand seeing an article about how "European rivers (were) restored" also let us know that the charities we donate to actually do make a significant impact.

kentosi-dwon [dead]

Typo in title. It's Inequality, not Unequality.

kentosi-dwon Tropical forests are approaching critical temperature thresholds

"The critical temperature beyond which photosynthetic machinery in tropical trees begins to fail averages approximately 46.7 °C"

I know the tropics are hot, but the idea of accepting ~45c as "average" sounds insane.