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Converting a Word Document to Markdown in One Move

The Problem

A lot of important government documents are created and saved in Microsoft Word (*.docx). But Microsoft Word is a proprietary format, and it's not really useful for presenting documents on the web. So, I wanted to find a way to convert a .docx file into markdown.

Installing Pandoc

On a mac you can use homebrew by running the command brew install pandoc.

The Solution

Here are a few tips if you have trouble upgrading versions of React Native.

Upgrading dependencies for React 16 (`[email protected]` and above)

[email protected] uses React 16, while previous versions use React 15. Be aware that React 16 is still in Alpha, so unless you need features in React Native 0.45 or above, consider sticking to v0.44 for now.

If you upgrade, several dependencies need to be updated manually:

react should be on 16.0.0-alpha.12

Things I believe

This is a collection of the things I believe about software development. I have worked for years building backend and data processing systems, so read the below within that context.

Agree? Disagree? Feel free to let me know at @JanStette.

Fundamentals

Keep it simple, stupid. You ain't gonna need it.

Purpose

Bootstrap knowledge of LLMs ASAP. With a bias/focus to GPT.

Avoid being a link dump. Try to provide only valuable well tuned information.

Prelude

Neural network links before starting with transformers.

The reverse turing test

I asked GPT-4 to come up with 10 questions to determine if the answerer was AI or human.

I provided my own answers for these questions and I also asked ChatGPT to answer them.

The result is that GPT-4 was able to correctly differentiate between AI and Human.

	{ fontWeight: '100' }, // Thin
	{ fontWeight: '200' }, // Ultra Light
	{ fontWeight: '300' }, // Light
	{ fontWeight: '400' }, // Regular
	{ fontWeight: '500' }, // Medium
	{ fontWeight: '600' }, // Semibold
	{ fontWeight: '700' }, // Bold
	{ fontWeight: '800' }, // Heavy
	{ fontWeight: '900' }, // Black

	this._panResponder = PanResponder.create({
	// ----------- NEGOTIATION:
	// A view can become the touch responder by implementing the correct negotiation methods.

	// Should child views be prevented from becoming responder on first touch?
	onStartShouldSetPanResponderCapture: (evt, gestureState) => () => {
	console.info('onStartShouldSetPanResponderCapture');
	return true;
	},