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flaviat, flaviat@awful.systems

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reply to: Office workers are spending way too much on AI too in TechTakes@awful.systems

There cannot be such a thing since pdf does not structure its data. There is an extension to the standard that would let a program do it for you but nobody uses it (PDF/UA-1). (also pandoc is vibe coded now)

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reply to: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 3rd May 2026 in TechTakes@awful.systems

I believe it’s the “don’t stuff beans up your nose” effect, writing this prompt is causing it to mention goblins

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reply to: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 5th ... in TechTakes@awful.systems

Bravo. The farthest i could get is 2/3 assuming the following model: x₁ is a random number between 0 and 1, x₂ between x₁ and 1, and so on. If the service breaks at x₁, gets fixed at x₂, breaks again at x₃, etc. availability is 2/3.

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reply to: Office workers are spending way too much on AI too in TechTakes@awful.systems

There cannot be such a thing since pdf does not structure its data. There is an extension to the standard that would let a program do it for you but nobody uses it (PDF/UA-1). (also pandoc is vibe coded now)

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reply to: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 3rd May 2026 in TechTakes@awful.systems

I believe it’s the “don’t stuff beans up your nose” effect, writing this prompt is causing it to mention goblins

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reply to: Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 5th ... in TechTakes@awful.systems

Bravo. The farthest i could get is 2/3 assuming the following model: x₁ is a random number between 0 and 1, x₂ between x₁ and 1, and so on. If the service breaks at x₁, gets fixed at x₂, breaks again at x₃, etc. availability is 2/3.

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