buse browser-1 # open chrome

buse browser-1 navigate "https://example.com"

buse browser-2 # open a second browser

buse browser-2 search "cat"

buse browser-1 observe # returns JSON about the page

buse browser-1 click 16 # clicks on the learn more link

I've been reading about agentic computer use and I tried to use MCPs and Browserbase, but there was just a lot of friction for me. So, I brought it to the CLI instead.

https://github.com/rinvii/buse

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After I threw an AI agent at the problem with raindrip, all my bookmarks were sorted nicely into folders and now I have 17 tags.

If you trust AI enough to sort your bookmarks, give it a try:

https://github.com/rinvii/raindrip

Technical details:

- Built with uv

- TOON by default (https://github.com/toon-format/toon)

- 99% test coverage and readable API error messages to help AI vibe it out

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1. Feed lecture slides, labs, homework into ChatGPT and have it generate flashcards.

2. Write these flashcards into Anki and study them using Anki.

3. Run through some practice problems

I had originally intended for this system to be used long-term, but I get irresponsible and study the day of the exam. It really depends on the material, but for the most part, it takes around 5–7 hours of studying and preparation to feel completely confident about the exam. Often times, I wake up super early on the exam day to give me some time. This is not ideal of course and is just a product of my bad habits.

It's definitely doable to ace exams with only 2–3 of studying, but usually I need to pad it with another 2–3 hours of preparation like creating high quality flash cards and stuff. I believe most people can adopt this system and perform very well, but at the same time it's a very radical departure from traditional study practices and even then I'm not even using this system in the way it's actually intended (not the day of cramming-style method).

This system is not something I made up, but rather backed from a collective community effort that has produced amazing techniques, guides, research, etc.:

https://isaak.net/mandarinmethods/ - in depth guide detailing best practices with Anki regarding language learning (THE BEST)

https://cademcniven.com/posts/20211119/ - recommended number of cards per day to study based on some grassroots research

https://github.com/open-spaced-repetition/fsrs4anki - the most modern spaced repetition algorithm which uses machine learning to optimize for each individual's learning capabilities (THE BEST)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Anki/comments/18jvyun/some_posts_an... - meta resource on fsrs

https://www.justinmath.com/individualized-spaced-repetition-... - a reading which i've incorporated into the way i create flash cards pertaining to more problem-solving type of learning as opposed to pure memorization like facts about history

https://thehardway.guide/ - a damn good book teaching about actionable and pragmatic advice about language learning that i've applied to all of my college courses

at the end of the day, i think what makes someone a 2%er for them is whether that person knows when to accept without judgement and when to engage with curiosity.

Handwriting is extremely important.

Anecdote: been learning Mandarin for almost a month now, I've been typing the pinyin of each character and my retention did not improve significantly. So, for the past week, I've been learning how to write it on my phone Chinese drawing keyboard and so far I've learned over 60 new characters all in the past 5-6 days with a surprisingly strong retention rate.

This can be done programmatically with YouTube Transcript API [0]

But you may get IP blocked if you do it a lot so you can use a Tor proxy [1].

Afterwards, you can just cmd/ctrl+f through it or throw it at an LLM.

[0] https://github.com/jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api

[1] https://github.com/rinvii/yt-transcript

[0] https://diataxis.fr/tutorials/

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> The idea that describing something in words can have a detrimental effect on our memory of it makes sense given that we use words to categorize.

I find this a little backwards. Describing something in words is a way to demonstrate our understanding of that thing. The fact that our memory is made worse by engaging in verbal description I feel like indicates that our memory and understanding of the experience was incomplete or incorrect in the first place. This seems completely antithetical to the Feynman technique.