In Praise of Memorization

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  • 2014-slides

    Slides from PyCon 2014

  • Speaking of air gaps, here's David Beazley's wonderful classic talk about using Python as a secret weapon while locked in a vault:

    >So, what happens when you lock a Python programmer in a secret vault containing 1.5 TBytes of C++ source code and no internet connection? Find out as I describe how I used Python as a secret weapon of "discovery" in an epic legal battle.

    >Slides can be found at: https://speakerdeck.com/pycon2014 and https://github.com/PyCon/2014-slides

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ4Sn-Y7AP8

  • Anki-Android

    AnkiDroid: Anki flashcards on Android. Your secret trick to achieve superhuman information retention.

  • If you have an Android device, we've added basic drawing functionality to AnkiDroid 2.16 (currently in alpha)[0].

    Image Occlusion is available via a third-party app[1]:

    The app is open to pull requests (raise an issue/pop into chat), and provides an API which allows external apps to create cards.

    [0] https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/releases

    [1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.infinyte7.ankiimageocclus...

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