NeatNit

joined 10 months ago
[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 53 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The takeaway is that the format doesn't have any limit, but Adobe Acrobat in particular implements an arbitrary cutoff size. Other readers, such as Firefox's built-in PDF reader or Mac's Preview, can handle any arbitrary size. The article ends with a PDF the size of the universe, weighing an unimaginable 549 bytes!

But that limitlessness can come at a cost: according to the article, Preview doesn't handle UserUnit which should affect page size, while Acrobat (and Firefox) do. I'm guessing (gut feeling) Acrobat probably supports the most features overall, Firefox probably supports the vast majority of those used in practice, and Preview only allows Apple Approved™ PDF features and extensions deemed worthy of Their Appleness's consideration. Chrome's PDF reader is probably on the same level as Firefox, I guess.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For real! How am I going to make a 1:1 map of Europe like this?!

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

it stands for Mars (A Remote Satellite (of the sun))

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

it's not your fault, languages are confusing as hell

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

you seem to have French'd the guarantee

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

You realise that having to try a whole bunch of other distros is so much worse compared to the "turn key experience" they're after, right? And it's a valid complaint. I generally agree with the sentiment, even though I've more or less sworn off Windows whenever I can possibly avoid it.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

which part is the face and which part is the hat?

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

have they actually tried enforcing it yet? or is that just the internet's working theory?

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 9 months ago (3 children)

What do you think the implications of that are for this article reporting a completely non-political incident?

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

and then play around in a VM with the various options to become informed enough to do something less vanilla.

This part is skippable, right? Any reason a user should ever care about this?

(note: never heard of LVM before this thread)

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

what the heck is a range? search results are expectedly useless as it's an extremely common word for something else

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

this about sums up my experience on Lemmy so far.

view more: ‹ prev next ›