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seanhunter•about 3 hours ago
It's pretty bad form to give the doomsday algorithm and not give credit to John H. Conway who invented it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_rule
atestu•about 3 hours ago
He’s well credited in the article…
seanhunter•about 2 hours ago
Pretty sure he was not when I posted my comment. It currently says "more on him at the end" and that bit seems not to have been written yet. Also there are two mathematicians called "John Conway" so it's good form to say "John H Conway".
yang140•44 minutes ago
Author here, good call! I credit Conway in the center of the article, the content for "more on him at the end" was hidden after reader finish the challenge in part 6. I guess it worth to show it by default, updated already.

I'd also need to thanks for Dr. Arthur Benjamin. I saw his "That math show" with my 9 years old where he introduced this Doomsday rule, I thought it was really cool and try to create some interactive tutorial for it. Would love to see if this can help other kids or adults https://www.thatmathshow.com/