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johnloeber ◴[16 Sep 16 00:50 UTC] No.12511160[source]▶

I am surprised that YC would make this page so remarkably mobile-unfriendly. I don't have the time to listen to the interview, I just want to read the transcript. They could have just pasted it in a reader-friendly format, but instead it's in an annoying Scribd applet. I don't want to sign up for their service or download the app, not to mention that it's a terrible mobile reader anyway. This was very disappointing.

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sneak ◴[16 Sep 16 00:52 UTC] No.12511164[source]▶

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Yeah, kudos to Scribd for perhaps the maximum LOC codebase for "how to make plain text completely fucking unusable".

There's real irony there in it being an article about delivering value to society through making useful technology.

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1. thaumaturgy ◴[16 Sep 16 01:31 UTC] No.12511310[source]▶

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...and copy-pasting it into a text editor gives you an unintelligible wall of text, and copy-pasting it into LibreOffice causes it to hang.

Ha, that's actually kind of impressive, in a really perverse sort of way.

I'm so glad Scribd is helping with the effort to carve the open web into a series of uncooperative fiefdoms.

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