Re: OT: central limit theorem

On 4/27/2024 3:15 AM, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:

I eventually scanned everything with a Perfect Binding and now fit those
same books on a single microSD card (in a Nook; PDFs on a 12" tablet).

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PDFs are a dreadful format! Maybe there's a high-end e-ink that
processes them effectively but they look like shit on the cheaper ones
like most of the Kindles with e-ink displays.

 PDF's are fearful. It is under control of one company, Adobe.
It is changed without notice. I regret the change away from PostScript
that at least was defined.

How is this any different than other file formats "controlled" by their
originators?  MS can't even access THEIR older versions of THEIR format.
I have PCB layout tools that can't read THEIR earlier (one version)
files, etc.
You can find other PDF tools (including FOSS) to support the BASIC
functionality of PDF documents.  Whether or not those tools will
support embedded script, etc. is something that few documents
really exploit (so, safe to ignore, in most cases)
You could always render your document to a TIFF (and then encapsulate it
in a PDF!), losing the textual nature in the process...