However, there are older tools that do this, such as BentoPDF (which is also open source) [1].

[1]: https://www.bentopdf.com/

The soot site is a bit vague about their product: https://spiral.soot.com/

I've previously encountered a similar product with much clearer marketing and documentation pages called Zegami: https://zegami.com/

Now [1] redirects to [2], essentially an About page with links to the data.

[1]: https://menus.nypl.org

[2]: https://www.nypl.org/research/support/whats-on-the-menu

[3]: https://web.archive.org/web/20241222134751/https://menus.nyp...

Whilst it's still not yet at 1.0.0, it's not that new: the first (0.1.0) release was in 2017: https://pypi.org/project/plotnine/#history

PDF viewers (like GoodReader) can download a PDF from a URL, or read it from a network drive.

Obsidian has functions that need internet access (e.g., connecting to the Obsidian sync servers, installing community plugins).

Password managers often have a sync feature.

A video player may be able to play files hosted on remote servers or network drives.

They should be useable without an internet connection, but it's entirely reasonable for them to request permissions for network access.

> The angle of attack, α, is the angle between the kite’s sail and the incoming wind. As α increases from zero, C_L increases approximately linearly until a critical angle (typically 12–18 degrees for flat surfaces), beyond which the airflow separates from the upper surface and the kite stalls (DT Online, 2024).

The supporting reference is [2]; this doesn't refer to a linear releationship or a critical angle, but does say that the angle of attack is typically 20 to 30 degrees (contradicting the claim that a kite would stall if the angle is above 12-18 degrees).

So I agree that this website does not seem trustworthy. Specific claims may or may not be correct, but they're not supported by the presented references.

[1]: https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/outdoors/kids-kite/#ref-7

[2]: https://wiki.dtonline.org/index.php/Kite_Design_Basics

Yep. From the site's about page:

> This site is produced with substantial help from large language models: they assist with the literature search, the drafting, and the arithmetic.

https://www.absurdlyoptimized.com/about/

> how much scrutiny did this get for accuracy?

The inclusion of references without hyperlinks suggests it wasn't thoroughly checked: they were probably put there by Claude, and as they aren't links the author probably hasn't read them (they could possibly have read them in hard-copy at a library, but given the rate at which articles were produced this seems very unlikely).

(One such reference is 17 - "Weijers, M. et al. “Heat-induced denaturation and aggregation of ovalbumin at neutral pH described by irreversible first-order kinetics.” Protein Science 12(12): 2693–2703, 2003")

It looks like "Amplify Education, Inc" and "Desmos Studio" (Public Benefit Corporation) are separate entities.

The desmos website still shows that most of the Desmos "math tools" still exist under the Desmos name (graphing calculator, scientific calculator, four function, matrix, geometry, 3D), but that "Desmos Classroom" specifically has been renamed to "Amplify Classroom" [1].

The amplify usage guidelines [2] say that "Amplify does not own but partners with Desmos Studio, the maker of a suite of free math tools, including a graphing calculator used by over 75 million people around the world. (See desmos.com for more information.)"

[1]: https://www.desmos.com/

[2]: https://amplify.com/ac-usage-guidelines/

[1]: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/decision-support-tool...

[1]: https://github.com/protomaps/PMTiles/blob/main/spec/v3/spec....

I'm not sure it says anything about them: "inferior court" is the term of art for any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court [1]. It's not a derogatory term; 'inferior' is just the Latin for 'lower'.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_court

And a blog post describing the creation of this visualization was posted too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42897120

> - Provides stable pricing in shorter term while accommodating price changes over longer term

How? If you pre-pay $5, your account is credited by $5, and when you make an API request you get charged at whatever the rate is for the model you called at the time you used it. You aren't buying some virtual currency or locking in a specific price.

> - Excites engagement

More accurately, irritates customers by keeping their money without providing any service in return.

These weighing instruments with draft shields are usually called analytical balances: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_balance