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1303 points serjester | 1 comments | 05 Feb 25 18:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source

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twelve40 ◴[05 Feb 25 23:11 UTC] No.42956704[source]▶

Isn't it amazing how one company invented a universally spread format that takes structured data from an editor (except images obviously) and converts it into a completely fucked-up unstructured form that then requires expensive voodoo magic to convert back into structured data.

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1. shermantanktop ◴[06 Feb 25 16:19 UTC] No.42963880[source]▶

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PDFs began as just postscript commands stored in a file. It’s a genius hack in a way that has become a Frankenstein’s monster.

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