Alexander R. Webber

CS PhD. Focusing on computer science education, HPC, distributed computing, bioinformatics.

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@burkov Unfortunately a lot are, yes. It’s a distribution like any other, and social media / clout is pushing the scumminess mean to the right.

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@burkov @ChapterPal Working! Thanks for addressing it so quickly.

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@ChapterPal is there a way to adjust the frequency of the quizzes that pop up? Having the ability to increase it or decrease it, depending on the difficulty of the topic would be nice.

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@burkov @ChapterPal I’ve also tried reading further and generating from there, same result.

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@burkov @ChapterPal There were no sections or quizzes preceding this. And I’ve tried both options.

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@burkov @ChapterPal It doesn't terminate in an error or anything, the frame just disappears.

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@burkov @ChapterPal So far it seems stuck on "generating"

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@ZooL_Smith It's almost certainly in a system prompt now lol

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

I personally only know the basics of UX, so take my opinions with a grain of salt. I agree that selecting an entire section would be a hassle, so I like your alternative idea.

I would imagine that the longer the selection in the chat input panel, perhaps it should create more questions, proportional to the length in some way.

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

I think paragraphs are a natural unit of idea in writing. After after reading a paragraph, I usually pause to make sure I understand what was expressed, and how it fits in larger perspective with the previous paragraphs, before moving on.

The ability to select when to generate the quiz, like being able to use other contextualizing features you provide, I think aligns with your approach to agency and self-pacing.

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@BrendanEich "The season called Easter is chiefly famous for containing two Bank Holidays."

-Chesterton

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@ChapterPal My initial thought would be a button to the side of each new revealed section to generate a quiz for that section. Or, alternatively, you already have a context menu that appears after highlighting text, perhaps it can be added there.

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@burkov That looks clean!

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@ChapterPal I've emailed it twice. If the attached PDF still hasn't come through, I can send it via X message.

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@ChapterPal Sent the book. Unfortunately didn't save the log. The error message, IIRC, was "chapterpal_process failed". If it happens again, I'll be sure to send it. I can try and upload another book I'm reading to without premium OCR to test.

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@ChapterPal Just used premium, uploaded successfully. Thanks for replying!

[Alexander R. Webber @alexwebber]

@ChapterPal Sure. The book or the log?