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Re:Claude asked to renumber pages deletes professor's syllab... by ibn_khaldun on Saturday November 14, 2026 @01:24PM (#50499414)
"The files were later recovered via Dropbox"
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Re:Claude asked to renumber pages deletes professor's syllab... by nix0n on Saturday November 14, 2026 @02:13PM (#50499857)
The professor was lucky that they noticed within Dropbox's recovery window (I think 30 days?) that Claude had deleted totally unrelated files.
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Re:Claude asked to renumber pages deletes professor's syllab... by ibn_khaldun on Saturday November 14, 2026 @04:07PM (#50500827)
Depending on his actual plan [0], taking anywhere between one month and a year to realize that the files (related to his current term!) were gone would be an indictment against the productivity of the University of Chicago law professor .

[0]: https://learn.dropbox.com/self-guided-learning/dropbox-funda...

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