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Quick Fox
Ever wondered “What is the shortest sentence in english that uses all the letters of the alphabet”? Perhaps.
Did you know that “ A Quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, although often cited, is not the shortest?
Could you train an AI to find a shorter sentence? Would anyone care? Pangram adventurers, start here!
I wrote a quick way to check what characters you’ve used in a sentence or other kind of string. It does seem to work with most european languages, but doesn’t appear to like emoji. Sorry.
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The Minute Minder
Originally from one of my earlier instances of a personal website, I’m re-doing and re-posting it here, because my God it’s a perennially useful tool…
The idea is that small inconveniences can end up costing a significant chunk of money, and this calculator helps surface those costs. Perhaps it’s a slow laptop, and you need to justify buying a new one. Perhaps it’s rationalising how much time is being wasted in a regular, pointless meeting.
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